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 ## Environment Variables
 
-Netlify Dev supports local environment variables through `.env` files.
-Netlify Dev will look in project root directory and each of your JavaScript based Netlify Functions directories for
-`.env` file and will provide those variables to the spawned site generator/server and Netlify Functions.
+If the current project is linked to a Netlify site (`netlify link`), enviornment variables are pulled down from production and populated in `netlify dev` server. This functionality requires that you're logged in (`netlify login`) and connected to the internet when running `netlify dev`.
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+Netlify Dev also supports local environment variables through `.env` files.
+Netlify Dev will look in project root directory for `.env` file and will provide those variables to the spawned site generator/server and Netlify Functions.
 
 ## Netlify Functions