diff --git a/src/tasks.ts b/src/tasks.ts
index ea85291..80dc192 100644
--- a/src/tasks.ts
+++ b/src/tasks.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import * as vscode from "vscode";
 import { getMesonTargets, getMesonTests, getMesonBenchmarks } from "./introspection";
-import { extensionConfiguration, getOutputChannel, getTargetName, getEnvDict } from "./utils";
+import { extensionConfiguration, getOutputChannel, getTargetName } from "./utils";
 import { Test, Target } from "./types";
 import { checkMesonIsConfigured } from "./utils";
-import { workspaceState } from "./extension";
 import { mesonProgram } from "./utils";
 
 interface MesonTaskDefinition extends vscode.TaskDefinition {
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ function createTestTask(meson: string, t: Test, buildDir: string, isBenchmark: b
   return testTask;
 }
 
-function createRunTask(t: Target, targetName: string) {
+function createRunTask(meson: string, t: Target, targetName: string, buildDir: string) {
   const targetDisplayName = targetName.split(":")[0];
   let runTask = new vscode.Task(
     {
@@ -44,9 +43,8 @@ function createRunTask(t: Target, targetName: string) {
     },
     `Run ${targetDisplayName}`,
     "Meson",
-    new vscode.ProcessExecution(t.filename[0], {
-      cwd: workspaceState.get<string>("mesonbuild.sourceDir")!,
-      env: getEnvDict(),
+    new vscode.ProcessExecution(meson, ["devenv", t.filename[0]], {
+      cwd: buildDir,
     }),
   );
   runTask.group = vscode.TaskGroup.Test;
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ export async function getMesonTasks(buildDir: string, sourceDir: string) {
               // Create run tasks for executables that are not tests,
               // both installed and uninstalled (eg: examples)
               if (!tests.some((test) => test.name === t.name)) {
-                return [buildTask, createRunTask(t, targetName)];
+                return [buildTask, createRunTask(meson, t, targetName, buildDir)];
               }
             }
             return buildTask;
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 09ec6bc..722e8e5 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ export function isThenable<T>(x: vscode.ProviderResult<T>): x is Thenable<T> {
   return arrayIncludes(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(x), "then");
 }
 
-let _envDict: { [key: string]: string } | undefined = undefined;
-
 export async function genEnvFile(buildDir: string) {
   const envfile = path.join(buildDir, "meson-vscode.env");
   try {
@@ -164,22 +162,6 @@ export async function genEnvFile(buildDir: string) {
     // Ignore errors, Meson could be too old to support --dump-format.
     return;
   }
-
-  // Load into a dict because vscode.ProcessExecution() does not support envFile.
-  _envDict = {};
-  const data = await fs.promises.readFile(envfile);
-  for (const i of data.toString().split(/\r?\n/)) {
-    // Poor man's i.split("=", 1), JS won't return part after first equal sign.
-    // Value is quoted, remove first and last " char and also possible \r ending.
-    const index = i.indexOf("=");
-    const key = i.substring(0, index);
-    const value = i.slice(index + 2, -1);
-    _envDict[key] = value;
-  }
-}
-
-export function getEnvDict() {
-  return _envDict;
 }
 
 // meson setup --reconfigure is needed if and only if coredata.dat exists.