diff --git a/src/powershell-run/main.cs b/src/powershell-run/main.cs
index d26a5c58d8..b5e76b6168 100644
--- a/src/powershell-run/main.cs
+++ b/src/powershell-run/main.cs
@@ -74,13 +74,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Samples.PowerShell.Host
             set { this.exitCode = value; }
         }
 
-        // TODO:PSL this needs to be removed, it is only here for legacy testing purposes
-        public static void init()
-        {
-            string psBasePath = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
-            PowerShellAssemblyLoadContextInitializer.SetPowerShellAssemblyLoadContext(psBasePath);
-        }
-
         // this is the unmanaged main entry point used by the CoreCLR host
         public static int UnmanagedMain(int argc, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray,ArraySubType=UnmanagedType.LPStr,SizeParamIndex=0)] String[] argv)
         {
@@ -102,7 +95,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Samples.PowerShell.Host
         /// <param name="args">This parameter is not used.</param>
         private static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            init();
             ManagedMain(args);
         }