diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess.js b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess.js
index b28716a7ceae60c1cb20b212d71a5043d135a536..f95a5984dd8544ffb7913ee7b4dad4605fd8af13 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess.js
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess.js
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ function main() {
 	const args = parseURLQueryArgs();
 	const configuration = JSON.parse(args['config'] || '{}') || {};
 
-	// Correctly inherit the parent's environment
-	assign(process.env, configuration.userEnv);
-
 	// Get the nls configuration into the process.env as early as possible.
 	var nlsConfig = { availableLanguages: {} };
 	const config = process.env['VSCODE_NLS_CONFIG'];
@@ -98,9 +95,7 @@ function main() {
 			});
 		}
 
-		require(['vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcessMain'], function () {
-
-		});
+		require(['vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcessMain'], function () { });
 	});
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
index 9912806456fa8eb4cb9ac2b0d96ae5cf39f0bc93..fddf71b339406b595f8a61cbd7dbf88dd314bea2 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ function main(accessor: ServicesAccessor, mainIpcServer: Server, userEnv: platfo
 	// Spawn shared process
 	const initData = { args: environmentService.args };
 
-	const sharedProcess = spawnSharedProcess(initData)
+	const sharedProcess = spawnSharedProcess(initData, environmentService.appRoot, environmentService.nodeCachedDataDir)
 		.then(disposable => connect(environmentService.sharedIPCHandle, 'main'));
 
 	// Create a new service collection, because the telemetry service
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
index 66c7a783cf29c1527176620da145350a8fec3258..e5b25b54ce81250be1c31c6c215d295887cd26e5 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/sharedProcess.ts
@@ -12,18 +12,14 @@ export interface ISharedProcessInitData {
 	args: ParsedArgs;
 }
 
-export function spawnSharedProcess(initData: ISharedProcessInitData): TPromise<void> {
+export function spawnSharedProcess(initData: ISharedProcessInitData, appRoot: string, nodeCachedDataDir: string): TPromise<void> {
 	const window = new BrowserWindow();
-	const config = assign({
-		userEnv: {},
-		appRoot: '',
-		nodeCachedDataDir: ''
-	});
+	const config = assign({ appRoot, nodeCachedDataDir });
 
 	const url = `${require.toUrl('vs/code/electron-browser/sharedProcess.html')}?config=${encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(config))}`;
 	window.loadURL(url);
-	// window.hide();
 	window.webContents.openDevTools();
+	// window.hide();
 
 	// Prevent the window from dying
 	window.on('close', e => {