diff --git a/core/cli/env.el b/core/cli/env.el
index a0c3ffbb3..6b1570892 100644
--- a/core/cli/env.el
+++ b/core/cli/env.el
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ Why this over exec-path-from-shell?
   '(;; State that may be problematic if overwritten
     "^HOME$" "^\\(OLD\\)?PWD$" "^SHLVL$" "^PS1$" "^R?PROMPT$" "^TERM\\(CAP\\)?$"
     "^USER$"
-    ;; X server or services' variables
+    ;; X server or services' variables that shouldn't be persisted
     "^DISPLAY$" "^DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS$" "^XAUTHORITY$"
+    ;; Windows+WSL envvars that shouldn't be persisted
+    "^WSL_INTEROP$"
     ;; ssh and gpg variables (likely to become stale)
     "^SSH_\\(AUTH_SOCK\\|AGENT_PID\\)$" "^\\(SSH\\|GPG\\)_TTY$"
     "^GPG_AGENT_INFO$"