diff --git a/src/routes/assets.ts b/src/routes/assets.ts
index a46801559..e22e34658 100644
--- a/src/routes/assets.ts
+++ b/src/routes/assets.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import assetPath from "../services/asset_path.js";
 import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import express from "express";
-import env from "../services/env.js";
+import { isDev } from "../services/utils.js";
 import type serveStatic from "serve-static";
 
 const persistentCacheStatic = (root: string, options?: serveStatic.ServeStaticOptions<express.Response<any, Record<string, any>>>) => {
-    if (!env.isDev()) {
+    if (!isDev) {
         options = {
             maxAge: "1y",
             ...options
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const persistentCacheStatic = (root: string, options?: serveStatic.ServeStaticOp
 
 async function register(app: express.Application) {
     const srcRoot = path.join(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
-    if (env.isDev()) {
+    if (isDev) {
         const webpack = (await import("webpack")).default;
         const webpackMiddleware = (await import("webpack-dev-middleware")).default;
         const productionConfig = (await import("../../webpack.config.js")).default;
diff --git a/src/routes/index.ts b/src/routes/index.ts
index 0365d9bf8..966f71ab3 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.ts
+++ b/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import attributeService from "../services/attributes.js";
 import config from "../services/config.js";
 import optionService from "../services/options.js";
 import log from "../services/log.js";
-import env from "../services/env.js";
-import { isElectron } from "../services/utils.js";
+import { isDev, isElectron } from "../services/utils.js";
 import protectedSessionService from "../services/protected_session.js";
 import packageJson from "../../package.json" with { type: "json" };
 import assetPath from "../services/asset_path.js";
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ function index(req: Request, res: Response) {
         maxEntityChangeSyncIdAtLoad: sql.getValue("SELECT COALESCE(MAX(id), 0) FROM entity_changes WHERE isSynced = 1"),
         instanceName: config.General ? config.General.instanceName : null,
         appCssNoteIds: getAppCssNoteIds(),
-        isDev: env.isDev(),
+        isDev,
         isMainWindow: view === "mobile" ? true : !req.query.extraWindow,
         isProtectedSessionAvailable: protectedSessionService.isProtectedSessionAvailable(),
         maxContentWidth: Math.max(640, parseInt(options.maxContentWidth)),
diff --git a/src/services/app_path.ts b/src/services/app_path.ts
index f4ae316c3..8f2a57809 100644
--- a/src/services/app_path.ts
+++ b/src/services/app_path.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 import assetPath from "./asset_path.js";
-import env from "./env.js";
+import { isDev } from "./utils.js";
 
-export default env.isDev() ? assetPath + "/app" : assetPath + "/app-dist";
+export default isDev ? assetPath + "/app" : assetPath + "/app-dist";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/services/code_block_theme.ts b/src/services/code_block_theme.ts
index e56dc8ee4..8351b2519 100644
--- a/src/services/code_block_theme.ts
+++ b/src/services/code_block_theme.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import fs from "fs";
 import themeNames from "./code_block_theme_names.json" with { type: "json" };
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { join } from "path";
-import { isElectron, getResourceDir } from "./utils.js";
-import env from "./env.js";
+import { isDev, isElectron, getResourceDir } from "./utils.js";
 
 /**
  * Represents a color scheme for the code block syntax highlight.
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ export function listSyntaxHighlightingThemes() {
 }
 
 function getStylesDirectory() {
-    if (isElectron() && !env.isDev()) {
+    if (isElectron && !isDev) {
         return "styles";
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/env.ts b/src/services/env.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 08737bb2d..000000000
--- a/src/services/env.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-function isDev() {
-    return !!(process.env.TRILIUM_ENV && process.env.TRILIUM_ENV === "dev");
-}
-
-export default {
-    isDev
-};
diff --git a/src/services/port.ts b/src/services/port.ts
index 3d7cfe9b2..8e76a2afc 100644
--- a/src/services/port.ts
+++ b/src/services/port.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import config from "./config.js";
-import { isElectron } from "./utils.js";
-import env from "./env.js";
+import { isDev, isElectron } from "./utils.js";
 import dataDir from "./data_dir.js";
 
 function parseAndValidate(portStr: string, source: string) {
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ let port: number;
 if (process.env.TRILIUM_PORT) {
     port = parseAndValidate(process.env.TRILIUM_PORT, "environment variable TRILIUM_PORT");
 } else if (isElectron) {
-    port = env.isDev() ? 37740 : 37840;
+    port = isDev ? 37740 : 37840;
 } else {
     port = parseAndValidate(config["Network"]["port"] || "3000", `Network.port in ${dataDir.CONFIG_INI_PATH}`);
 }
diff --git a/src/services/utils.ts b/src/services/utils.ts
index d8f353de8..b00c1e488 100644
--- a/src/services/utils.ts
+++ b/src/services/utils.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import sanitize from "sanitize-filename";
 import mimeTypes from "mime-types";
 import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-import env from "./env.js";
 import { dirname, join } from "path";
 
 const randtoken = generator({ source: "crypto" });
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@ export const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
 
 export const isElectron = !!process.versions["electron"];
 
+export const isDev = !!(process.env.TRILIUM_ENV && process.env.TRILIUM_ENV === "dev");
+
 export function newEntityId() {
     return randomString(12);
 }
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ export function envToBoolean(val: string | undefined) {
  * @returns the resource dir.
  */
 export function getResourceDir() {
-    if (isElectron && !env.isDev()) {
+    if (isElectron && !isDev) {
         return process.resourcesPath;
     } else {
         return join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..", "..");
diff --git a/src/services/window.ts b/src/services/window.ts
index 70107285c..84c8f5a46 100644
--- a/src/services/window.ts
+++ b/src/services/window.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import path from "path";
 import url from "url";
 import port from "./port.js";
 import optionService from "./options.js";
-import env from "./env.js";
 import log from "./log.js";
 import sqlInit from "./sql_init.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import keyboardActionsService from "./keyboard_actions.js";
 import remoteMain from "@electron/remote/main/index.js";
 import type { App, BrowserWindow, BrowserWindowConstructorOptions, WebContents } from "electron";
 import { ipcMain } from "electron";
-import { isMac, isWindows } from "./utils.js";
+import { isDev, isMac, isWindows } from "./utils.js";
 
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { dirname } from "path";
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ function configureWebContents(webContents: WebContents, spellcheckEnabled: boole
 }
 
 function getIcon() {
-    return path.join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../../images/app-icons/png/256x256" + (env.isDev() ? "-dev" : "") + ".png");
+    return path.join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../../images/app-icons/png/256x256" + (isDev ? "-dev" : "") + ".png");
 }
 
 async function createSetupWindow() {
diff --git a/src/services/ws.ts b/src/services/ws.ts
index 21e80bc6b..9215b4572 100644
--- a/src/services/ws.ts
+++ b/src/services/ws.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { WebSocketServer as WebSocketServer, WebSocket } from "ws";
-import { isElectron, randomString } from "./utils.js";
+import { isDev, isElectron, randomString } from "./utils.js";
 import log from "./log.js";
 import sql from "./sql.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ import protectedSessionService from "./protected_session.js";
 import becca from "../becca/becca.js";
 import AbstractBeccaEntity from "../becca/entities/abstract_becca_entity.js";
 
-import env from "./env.js";
 import type { IncomingMessage, Server as HttpServer } from "http";
 import type { EntityChange } from "./entity_changes_interface.js";
 
-if (env.isDev()) {
+if (isDev) {
     const chokidar = (await import("chokidar")).default;
     const debounce = (await import("debounce")).default;
     const debouncedReloadFrontend = debounce(() => reloadFrontend("source code change"), 200);