diff --git a/cmd/dagger/cmd/new.go b/cmd/dagger/cmd/new.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e3eba77..00000000
--- a/cmd/dagger/cmd/new.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-	"go.dagger.io/dagger/cmd/dagger/cmd/common"
-	"go.dagger.io/dagger/cmd/dagger/logger"
-	"go.dagger.io/dagger/state"
-)
-
-var newCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "new <NAME>",
-	Short: "Create a new empty environment",
-	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		// Fix Viper bug for duplicate flags:
-		// https://github.com/spf13/viper/issues/233
-		if err := viper.BindPFlags(cmd.Flags()); err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-	},
-	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		lg := logger.New()
-		ctx := lg.WithContext(cmd.Context())
-
-		project := common.CurrentProject(ctx)
-
-		if viper.GetString("environment") != "" {
-			lg.
-				Fatal().
-				Msg("cannot use option -e,--environment for this command")
-		}
-		name := args[0]
-
-		st, err := project.Create(ctx, name, state.Plan{
-			Package: viper.GetString("package"),
-		}, viper.GetString("platform"))
-
-		if err != nil {
-			lg.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to create environment")
-		}
-
-		<-common.TrackProjectCommand(ctx, cmd, project, st)
-	},
-}
-
-func init() {
-	newCmd.Flags().StringP("package", "p", "", "references the name of the Cue package within the module to use as a plan. Default: defer to cue loader")
-	newCmd.Flags().String("platform", "", "platform of the running pipeline. Default: host platform")
-	if err := viper.BindPFlags(newCmd.Flags()); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/dagger/cmd/root.go b/cmd/dagger/cmd/root.go
index 8e371722..357a56c0 100644
--- a/cmd/dagger/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/dagger/cmd/root.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ func init() {
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(
 		initCmd,
-		newCmd,
 		listCmd,
 		upCmd,
 		downCmd,