diff --git a/cmd/cmd_controller.js b/cmd/cmd_controller.js
index 143fa2502..9e5444db2 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_controller.js
+++ b/cmd/cmd_controller.js
@@ -3,16 +3,6 @@ const constants = require('../lib/constants');
 
 require('colors');
 
-// TODO: can this moved somewhere else? (e.g webpackProcess.js)
-// Override process.chdir so that we have a partial-implementation PWD for Windows
-const realChdir = process.chdir;
-process.chdir = (...args) => {
-  if (!process.env.PWD) {
-    process.env.PWD = process.cwd();
-  }
-  realChdir(...args);
-};
-
 let version = require('../package.json').version;
 
 class EmbarkController {
diff --git a/lib/utils/template_generator.js b/lib/utils/template_generator.js
index 63570fe85..32262fe2b 100644
--- a/lib/utils/template_generator.js
+++ b/lib/utils/template_generator.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class TemplateGenerator {
   }
 
   generate(destinationFolder, name) {
-    console.log(__('Initializing Embark Template....').green);
+    console.log(__('Initializing Embark Template...').green);
 
     let templatePath = fs.embarkPath(utils.joinPath('templates', this.templateName));
     let fspath = utils.joinPath(destinationFolder, name);
diff --git a/lib/utils/utils.js b/lib/utils/utils.js
index 35e24ed1b..92facc19d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/utils.js
@@ -467,9 +467,9 @@ module.exports = {
   pingEndpoint,
   decodeParams,
   runCmd,
-  cd: cd,
-  sed: sed,
-  exit: exit,
+  cd,
+  sed,
+  exit,
   downloadFile,
   extractTar,
   extractZip,