diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c67e0bc1c..726438ebd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 * `test_coverage_active_file()` now reports if any tests failed and does
   a better job of executing snapshot comparisons.
 
+* `check_built()` no longer prints check env variables - now handled by `rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck()` directly as of r-lib/rcmdcheck#237 (#2621)
+
 # devtools 2.4.5
 
 * `check(cleanup =)` was deprecated in devtools v1.11.0 (2016-04-12) and was
diff --git a/R/check.R b/R/check.R
index 11489ffb1..1f9df4b42 100644
--- a/R/check.R
+++ b/R/check.R
@@ -212,10 +212,6 @@ check_built <- function(path = NULL, cran = TRUE,
   }
 
   env_vars <- check_env_vars(cran, remote, incoming, force_suggests, env_vars)
-  if (!quiet) {
-    cat_rule("Checking", col = "cyan", line = 2)
-    show_env_vars(env_vars)
-  }
 
   withr::with_envvar(env_vars, action = "replace", {
     rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(path,