diff --git a/internal/pkg/cli/deploy.go b/internal/pkg/cli/deploy.go
index d91a288b33f..c48e73044f6 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cli/deploy.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cli/deploy.go
@@ -397,13 +397,6 @@ func (o *deployOpts) maybeDeployEnv() error {
 	if !o.envExistsInWs {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if o.deployEnv == nil {
-		v, err := o.prompt.Confirm(fmt.Sprintf("Would you like to deploy the environment %q before deploying your workload?", o.envName), "", prompt.WithFinalMessage("Deploy environment:"))
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("confirm env deployment: %w", err)
-		}
-		o.deployEnv = aws.Bool(v)
-	}
 
 	if aws.BoolValue(o.deployEnv) {
 		cmd, err := o.newDeployEnvCmd(o)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/cli/deploy_test.go b/internal/pkg/cli/deploy_test.go
index c73b643d093..76f79bbff19 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/cli/deploy_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/cli/deploy_test.go
@@ -945,51 +945,26 @@ func Test_deployOpts_maybeInitEnv(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func Test_deployOpts_maybeDeployEnv(t *testing.T) {
-	mockError := errors.New("some error")
 	tests := map[string]struct {
 		envExistsInWs bool
 		deployEnv     *bool
 
-		mockPrompt       func(m *mocks.Mockprompter)
 		mockDeployEnvCmd func(m *mocks.Mockcmd)
 
 		wantErr string
 	}{
 		"env does not exist in ws": {
 			envExistsInWs:    false,
-			mockPrompt:       func(m *mocks.Mockprompter) {},
 			mockDeployEnvCmd: func(m *mocks.Mockcmd) {},
 		},
-		"env exists; deploy false when prompted": {
-			envExistsInWs: true,
-			mockPrompt: func(m *mocks.Mockprompter) {
-				m.EXPECT().Confirm(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(false, nil)
-			},
+		"env exists in app, flag set false": {
+			envExistsInWs:    true,
+			deployEnv:        aws.Bool(false),
 			mockDeployEnvCmd: func(m *mocks.Mockcmd) {},
 		},
-		"env exists; deploy true when prompted": {
-			envExistsInWs: true,
-			mockPrompt: func(m *mocks.Mockprompter) {
-				m.EXPECT().Confirm(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(true, nil)
-			},
-			mockDeployEnvCmd: func(m *mocks.Mockcmd) {
-				m.EXPECT().Validate().Return(nil)
-				m.EXPECT().Ask().Return(nil)
-				m.EXPECT().Execute().Return(nil)
-			},
-		},
-		"error selecting whether to deploy env": {
-			envExistsInWs: true,
-			mockPrompt: func(m *mocks.Mockprompter) {
-				m.EXPECT().Confirm(gomock.Any(), gomock.Any(), gomock.Any()).Return(false, mockError)
-			},
-			mockDeployEnvCmd: func(m *mocks.Mockcmd) {},
-			wantErr:          "confirm env deployment: some error",
-		},
 		"env exists; deploy flag set": {
 			envExistsInWs: true,
 			deployEnv:     aws.Bool(true),
-			mockPrompt:    func(m *mocks.Mockprompter) {},
 			mockDeployEnvCmd: func(m *mocks.Mockcmd) {
 				m.EXPECT().Validate().Return(nil)
 				m.EXPECT().Ask().Return(nil)
@@ -1002,10 +977,8 @@ func Test_deployOpts_maybeDeployEnv(t *testing.T) {
 			ctrl := gomock.NewController(t)
 			defer ctrl.Finish()
 
-			mockPrompt := mocks.NewMockprompter(ctrl)
 			mockDeployEnvCmd := mocks.NewMockcmd(ctrl)
 
-			tc.mockPrompt(mockPrompt)
 			tc.mockDeployEnvCmd(mockDeployEnvCmd)
 
 			o := &deployOpts{
@@ -1017,7 +990,6 @@ func Test_deployOpts_maybeDeployEnv(t *testing.T) {
 					deployEnv: tc.deployEnv,
 				},
 				envExistsInWs: tc.envExistsInWs,
-				prompt:        mockPrompt,
 				newDeployEnvCmd: func(o *deployOpts) (cmd, error) {
 					return mockDeployEnvCmd, nil
 				},
diff --git a/site/content/docs/commands/deploy.en.md b/site/content/docs/commands/deploy.en.md
index 3f8d5748e62..c08894415f4 100644
--- a/site/content/docs/commands/deploy.en.md
+++ b/site/content/docs/commands/deploy.en.md
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ rollback of the stack via the AWS console or AWS CLI before the next deployment.
 ## Examples
 Deploys a service named "frontend" to a "test" environment.
 ```console
-$ copilot deploy --name frontend --env test --deploy-env=false
+$ copilot deploy --name frontend --env test
 ```
 
 Deploys a job named "mailer" with additional resource tags to a "prod" environment.
 ```console
-$ copilot deploy -n mailer -e prod --resource-tags source/revision=bb133e7,deployment/initiator=manual --deploy-env=false
+$ copilot deploy -n mailer -e prod --resource-tags source/revision=bb133e7,deployment/initiator=manual
 ```
 
 Initializes and deploys an environment named "test" in us-west-2 under the "default" profile with local manifest,