diff --git a/tests/tools/test_base_environment.py b/tests/tools/test_base_environment.py
index 3d4eb8202f3e..7b84b15787e6 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_base_environment.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_base_environment.py
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ class TestWrapCommand:
         assert "eval 'echo hello'" in wrapped
         assert "__hermes_ec=$?" in wrapped
         assert "export -p >" in wrapped
-        assert "pwd -P >" in wrapped
+        # cwd travels via the stdout marker only — no temp-file write.
+        assert "pwd -P >" not in wrapped
         assert env._cwd_marker in wrapped
         assert "exit $__hermes_ec" in wrapped
 
@@ -357,7 +358,9 @@ class TestSnapshotFileModes:
 
             assert stat.S_IMODE(user_file.stat().st_mode) == 0o644
             assert stat.S_IMODE(Path(env._snapshot_path).stat().st_mode) == 0o600
-            assert stat.S_IMODE(Path(env._cwd_file).stat().st_mode) == 0o600
+            # The cwd temp file is no longer written (cwd travels via the
+            # stdout marker for every backend) — nothing to leak on disk.
+            assert not Path(env._cwd_file).exists()
         finally:
             os.umask(old_umask)
 
diff --git a/tools/environments/base.py b/tools/environments/base.py
index 87049fa954dd..1b20cfa90ee0 100644
--- a/tools/environments/base.py
+++ b/tools/environments/base.py
@@ -478,7 +478,6 @@ class BaseEnvironment(ABC):
         # ``Directory \\drivers\\etc does not exist`` failure class.
         # On POSIX this is plain ``shlex.quote``.
         _quoted_snap = self._quote_shell_path(self._snapshot_path)
-        _quoted_cwd_file = self._quote_shell_path(self._cwd_file)
         # Use atomic file replacement: assemble the snapshot in a temp file,
         # then mv it over the final path.  This prevents concurrent source()
         # calls from reading a half-written snapshot when another terminal
@@ -523,7 +522,6 @@ class BaseEnvironment(ABC):
             # partial temp rather than leave it to be sourced or orphaned.
             f"mv -f {_snap_tmp} {_quoted_snap} || rm -f {_snap_tmp}\n"
             f"builtin cd -- {_quoted_cwd} 2>/dev/null || true\n"
-            f"pwd -P > {_quoted_cwd_file} 2>/dev/null || true\n"
             f"printf '\\n{self._cwd_marker}%s{self._cwd_marker}\\n' \"$(pwd -P)\"\n"
         )
         try:
@@ -602,10 +600,9 @@ class BaseEnvironment(ABC):
         re-dumps env vars, and emits CWD markers."""
         escaped = command.replace("'", "'\\''")
 
-        # Quote snapshot/cwd-file paths (see init_session — LocalEnvironment
-        # rewrites ``C:/...`` to ``/c/...`` so MSYS doesn't mangle them).
+        # Quote the snapshot path (see init_session — LocalEnvironment
+        # rewrites ``C:/...`` to ``/c/...`` so MSYS doesn't mangle it).
         _quoted_snap = self._quote_shell_path(self._snapshot_path)
-        _quoted_cwd_file = self._quote_shell_path(self._cwd_file)
         # Use atomic file replacement for env snapshot updates (issue #38249).
         # Assemble into a per-writer-unique temp file, then mv to atomically
         # replace the snapshot so concurrent source() calls never read a
@@ -651,8 +648,8 @@ class BaseEnvironment(ABC):
                 f"2>/dev/null || rm -f {_snap_tmp} 2>/dev/null || true"
             )
 
-        # Write CWD to file (local reads this) and stdout marker (remote parses this)
-        parts.append(f"pwd -P > {_quoted_cwd_file} 2>/dev/null || true")
+        # Emit the CWD stdout marker; all backends (including local, since
+        # PR #63255) parse it from output — no temp-file write needed.
         # Use a distinct line for the marker. The leading \n ensures
         # the marker starts on its own line even if the command doesn't
         # end with a newline (e.g. printf 'exact'). We'll strip this