diff --git a/modules/programs/direnv.nix b/modules/programs/direnv.nix
index 228430c24..6d0af3ac1 100644
--- a/modules/programs/direnv.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/direnv.nix
@@ -130,39 +130,16 @@ in {
         ${getExe cfg.package} hook fish | source
       '');
 
-    programs.nushell.extraConfig = mkIf cfg.enableNushellIntegration (let
-      # We want to get the stdout from direnv even if it exits with non-zero,
-      # because it will have the DIRENV_ internal variables defined.
-      #
-      # However, nushell's current implementation of try-catch is subtly
-      # broken with external commands in pipelines[0].
-      #
-      # This means we don't have a good way to ignore the exit code
-      # without using do | complete, which has a side effect of also
-      # capturing stderr, which we don't want.
-      #
-      # So, as a workaround, we wrap nushell in a second script that
-      # just ignores the exit code and does nothing else, allowing
-      # nushell to capture our stdout, but letting stderr go through
-      # and not causing a spurious "command failed" message.
-      #
-      # [0]: https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/13868
-      #
-      # FIXME: remove the wrapper once the upstream issue is fixed
-
-      direnvWrapped = pkgs.writeShellScript "direnv-wrapped" ''
-        ${getExe cfg.package} export json || true
-      '';
-      # Using mkAfter to make it more likely to appear after other
-      # manipulations of the prompt.
-    in mkAfter ''
+    # Using mkAfter to make it more likely to appear after other
+    # manipulations of the prompt.
+    programs.nushell.extraConfig = mkIf cfg.enableNushellIntegration (mkAfter ''
       $env.config = ($env.config? | default {})
       $env.config.hooks = ($env.config.hooks? | default {})
       $env.config.hooks.pre_prompt = (
           $env.config.hooks.pre_prompt?
           | default []
           | append {||
-              ${direnvWrapped}
+              ${getExe cfg.package} export json
               | from json --strict
               | default {}
               | items {|key, value|
diff --git a/tests/modules/programs/direnv/nushell.nix b/tests/modules/programs/direnv/nushell.nix
index 86293e1d7..502b325d5 100644
--- a/tests/modules/programs/direnv/nushell.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/programs/direnv/nushell.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
       "home-files/.config/nushell/config.nu";
   in ''
     assertFileExists "${configFile}"
-    assertFileRegex "${configFile}" '/nix/store/.*direnv-wrapped'
+    assertFileRegex "${configFile}" '/nix/store/.*direnv.*/bin/direnv export json'
   '';
 }