diff --git a/core/cli/env.el b/core/cli/env.el
index e98ad528692..a0c3ffbb3c1 100644
--- a/core/cli/env.el
+++ b/core/cli/env.el
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ Why this over exec-path-from-shell?
 
 (defvar doom-env-blacklist
   '(;; State that may be problematic if overwritten
-    "^HOME$" "^\\(OLD\\)?PWD$" "^SHLVL$" "^PS1$" "^R?PROMPT$" "^TERM$" "^USER$"
+    "^HOME$" "^\\(OLD\\)?PWD$" "^SHLVL$" "^PS1$" "^R?PROMPT$" "^TERM\\(CAP\\)?$"
+    "^USER$"
     ;; X server or services' variables
     "^DISPLAY$" "^DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS$" "^XAUTHORITY$"
     ;; ssh and gpg variables (likely to become stale)