diff --git a/lib/foreman.rb b/lib/foreman.rb
index 339ece7..5b661a4 100644
--- a/lib/foreman.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ module Foreman
 
   class AppDoesNotExist < Exception; end
 
-  # load contents of env_file into ENV
-  def self.load_env!(env_file = './.env')
-    require 'foreman/engine'
-    Foreman::Engine.load_env!(env_file)
-  end
-
   def self.runner
     File.expand_path("../../bin/foreman-runner", __FILE__)
   end
diff --git a/lib/foreman/engine.rb b/lib/foreman/engine.rb
index 9adef78..3e169a0 100644
--- a/lib/foreman/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman/engine.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require "thread"
 
 class Foreman::Engine
 
+  attr_reader :environment
   attr_reader :procfile
   attr_reader :directory
   attr_reader :options
@@ -28,11 +29,6 @@ class Foreman::Engine
     @output_mutex = Mutex.new
   end
 
-  def self.load_env!(env_file)
-    @environment = read_environment_files(env_file)
-    apply_environment!
-  end
-
   def start
     proctitle "ruby: foreman master"
     termtitle "#{File.basename(@directory)} - foreman"
@@ -52,6 +48,10 @@ class Foreman::Engine
     base_port.to_i + offset + num - 1
   end
 
+  def apply_environment!
+    environment.each { |k,v| ENV[k] = v }
+  end
+
 private ######################################################################
 
   def spawn_processes
@@ -198,42 +198,27 @@ private ######################################################################
     COLORS[@current_color]
   end
 
-  module Env
-    attr_reader :environment
+  def read_environment_files(filenames)
+    environment = {}
 
-    def read_environment_files(filenames)
-      environment = {}
-
-      (filenames || "").split(",").map(&:strip).each do |filename|
-        error "No such file: #{filename}" unless File.exists?(filename)
-        environment.merge!(read_environment(filename))
-      end
-
-      environment.merge!(read_environment(".env")) unless filenames
-      environment
+    (filenames || "").split(",").map(&:strip).each do |filename|
+      error "No such file: #{filename}" unless File.exists?(filename)
+      environment.merge!(read_environment(filename))
     end
 
-    def read_environment(filename)
-      return {} unless File.exists?(filename)
-
-      File.read(filename).split("\n").inject({}) do |hash, line|
-        if line =~ /\A([A-Za-z_0-9]+)=(.*)\z/
-          hash[$1] = $2
-        end
-        hash
-      end
-    end
-
-    def apply_environment!
-      @environment.each { |k,v| ENV[k] = v }
-    end
-
-    def error(message)
-      puts "ERROR: #{message}"
-      exit 1
-    end
+    environment.merge!(read_environment(".env")) unless filenames
+    environment
   end
 
-  include Env
-  extend  Env
+  def read_environment(filename)
+    return {} unless File.exists?(filename)
+
+        if line =~ /\A([A-Za-z_0-9]+)=(.*)\z/
+          hash[$1] = $2
+    File.read(filename).split("\n").inject({}) do |hash, line|
+        end
+      end
+      hash
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/foreman_spec.rb b/spec/foreman_spec.rb
index 016e527..b4265ff 100644
--- a/spec/foreman_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/foreman_spec.rb
@@ -8,24 +8,6 @@ describe Foreman do
     it { should be_a String }
   end
 
-  describe "::load_env!(env_file)", :fakefs do
-    after do
-      ENV['FOO'] = nil
-    end
-
-    it "should load env_file into ENV" do
-      File.open("/tmp/env1", "w") { |f| f.puts("FOO=bar") }
-      Foreman.load_env!("/tmp/env1")
-      ENV['FOO'].should == 'bar'
-    end
-
-    it "should assume env_file in ./.env" do
-      File.open("./.env", "w") { |f| f.puts("FOO=bar") }
-      Foreman.load_env!
-      ENV['FOO'].should == 'bar'
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "runner" do
     it "should exist" do
       File.exists?(Foreman.runner).should == true