diff --git a/lib/before-cleanApp.js b/lib/before-cleanApp.js
index eb8cbccc..83968a37 100644
--- a/lib/before-cleanApp.js
+++ b/lib/before-cleanApp.js
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 const { cleanSnapshotArtefacts } = require("../snapshot/android/project-snapshot-generator");
 const { isAndroid } = require("../projectHelpers");
-const { setProcessInitDirectory } = require("./utils");
 
 module.exports = function (hookArgs) {
     if (isAndroid(hookArgs.platformInfo.platform)) {
-        const projectDir = hookArgs.platformInfo.projectData.projectDir;
-        setProcessInitDirectory(projectDir);
-        cleanSnapshotArtefacts(projectDir);
+        cleanSnapshotArtefacts(hookArgs.platformInfo.projectData.projectDir);
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/before-prepareJS.js b/lib/before-prepareJS.js
index 58593396..94d3fde0 100644
--- a/lib/before-prepareJS.js
+++ b/lib/before-prepareJS.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const { runWebpackCompiler } = require("./compiler");
-const { setProcessInitDirectory } = require("./utils");
 
 module.exports = function ($logger, hookArgs) {
     const env = hookArgs.config.env || {};
@@ -12,9 +11,6 @@ module.exports = function ($logger, hookArgs) {
         release: appFilesUpdaterOptions.release,
     };
 
-    const projectData = hookArgs.config.projectData;
-    setProcessInitDirectory(projectData.projectDir);
-
-    const result = config.bundle && runWebpackCompiler.bind(runWebpackCompiler, config, projectData, $logger, hookArgs);
+    const result = config.bundle && runWebpackCompiler.bind(runWebpackCompiler, config, hookArgs.config.projectData, $logger, hookArgs);
     return result;
 }
diff --git a/lib/before-shouldPrepare.js b/lib/before-shouldPrepare.js
index 2d44c915..f61fa2df 100644
--- a/lib/before-shouldPrepare.js
+++ b/lib/before-shouldPrepare.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 const { join } = require("path");
 const { readFileSync, existsSync, writeFileSync } = require("fs");
-const { setProcessInitDirectory } = require("./utils");
 const envOptionsCacheFileLocation = join(__dirname, "env.cache.json");
 
 module.exports = function (hookArgs) {
 	const platformInfo = hookArgs.shouldPrepareInfo && hookArgs.shouldPrepareInfo.platformInfo;
 	if (platformInfo && platformInfo.appFilesUpdaterOptions && platformInfo.appFilesUpdaterOptions.bundle) {
-		setProcessInitDirectory(platformInfo.projectData.projectDir);
 
 		return (args, originalMethod) => {
 			return originalMethod(...args).then(originalShouldPrepare => {
diff --git a/lib/before-watch.js b/lib/before-watch.js
index 4c9b6b04..b930d096 100644
--- a/lib/before-watch.js
+++ b/lib/before-watch.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const { runWebpackCompiler } = require("./compiler");
-const { setProcessInitDirectory } = require("./utils");
 
 module.exports = function ($logger, hookArgs) {
 	if (hookArgs.config) {
@@ -16,9 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function ($logger, hookArgs) {
 					watch: true
 				};
 
-				const projectData = hookArgs.projectData;
-				setProcessInitDirectory(projectData.projectDir);
-				return runWebpackCompiler(config, projectData, $logger, hookArgs);
+				return runWebpackCompiler(config, hookArgs.projectData, $logger, hookArgs);
 			}));
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lib/before-watchPatterns.js b/lib/before-watchPatterns.js
index 7d4118c3..182deb30 100644
--- a/lib/before-watchPatterns.js
+++ b/lib/before-watchPatterns.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const { basename } = require("path");
 const {
     buildEnvData,
     getCompilationContext,
-    setProcessInitDirectory,
 } = require("./utils");
 
 module.exports = function (hookArgs) {
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ module.exports = function (hookArgs) {
         return;
     }
 
-    setProcessInitDirectory(hookArgs.projectData.projectDir);
     const { platforms } = hookArgs;
     const { env } = liveSyncData;
     return (args, originalMethod) => {
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 426d517c..1f524b19 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -41,13 +41,8 @@ function shouldSnapshot(config) {
     return config.bundle && config.release && platformSupportsSnapshot && osSupportsSnapshot;
 }
 
-function setProcessInitDirectory(dir) {
-    process.env.INIT_CWD = dir;
-}
-
 module.exports = {
     buildEnvData,
     getCompilationContext,
-    shouldSnapshot,
-    setProcessInitDirectory,
+    shouldSnapshot
 };