diff --git a/core/cli/env.el b/core/cli/env.el
index 5be59a6f1..c889bab17 100644
--- a/core/cli/env.el
+++ b/core/cli/env.el
@@ -124,12 +124,14 @@ default, on Linux, this is '$SHELL -ic /usr/bin/env'. Variables in
                (whitelist (remq nil (append whitelist doom-env-whitelist))))
            (insert "(")
            (dolist (env doom--initial-process-environment)
-             (let* ((var  (car (split-string env "=")))
-                    (pred (doom-rpartial #'string-match-p var)))
-               (if (seq-find pred blacklist)
-                   (doom-log "Ignoring %s" var)
-                 (when (seq-find pred whitelist)
-                   (doom-log "Whitelisted %s" var))
+             (catch 'skip
+               (let* ((var  (car (split-string env "=")))
+                      (pred (doom-rpartial #'string-match-p var)))
+                 (when (seq-find pred blacklist)
+                   (if (seq-find pred whitelist)
+                       (doom-log "Whitelisted %s" var)
+                     (doom-log "Ignored %s" var)
+                     (throw 'skip t)))
                  (insert (prin1-to-string env) "\n "))))
            (insert ")"))
          (print! (success "Successfully generated %S") (path env-file))