diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 499e6285618f212..4b31e4dcc8add6d 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -525,12 +525,6 @@ def _fwalk(topfd, toppath, isbytes, topdown, onerror, follow_symlinks):
 
     __all__.append("fwalk")
 
-# Make sure os.environ exists, at least
-try:
-    environ
-except NameError:
-    environ = {}
-
 def execl(file, *args):
     """execl(file, *args)