diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/ptyHost/buildPtyOptions.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/ptyHost/buildPtyOptions.ts
index 600a8fb0eff57..134f600942a08 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/ptyHost/buildPtyOptions.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/ptyHost/buildPtyOptions.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ export function getPtyProcessOptions(
         args: [],
         cwd: cmd.cwd,
         env,
-        initCommand: cmd.initCommand,
       };
     }
 
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/ptyHost/ptyHostClient.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/ptyHost/ptyHostClient.ts
index 80200a67bc5ae..1f2313dc6cd2b 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/ptyHost/ptyHostClient.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/ptyHost/ptyHostClient.ts
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ export function createPtyHostClient(
         request.setCwd(ptyOptions.cwd);
       }
 
-      if (ptyOptions.initCommand) {
-        request.setInitCommand(ptyOptions.initCommand);
-      }
-
       return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
         client.createPtyProcess(request, (error, response) => {
           if (error) {
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/types.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/types.ts
index ef261764b88d2..1ec7314652c05 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/types.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/services/pty/types.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ export type PtyServiceClient = {
 export type ShellCommand = PtyCommandBase & {
   kind: 'pty.shell';
   cwd?: string;
-  initCommand?: string;
 };
 
 export type TshLoginCommand = PtyCommandBase & {
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/proto/ptyHostService.proto b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/proto/ptyHostService.proto
index c52201800ed88..66e533a4fcb1f 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/proto/ptyHostService.proto
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/proto/ptyHostService.proto
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ message PtyCreate {
   string path = 3;
   repeated string args = 4;
   string cwd = 5;
-  optional string init_command = 6;
+  reserved 6;
+  reserved "init_command";
   google.protobuf.Struct env = 7;
 }
 
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/protogen/ptyHostService_pb.d.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/protogen/ptyHostService_pb.d.ts
index 31ab1d6bfe3cd..66135f4acb761 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/protogen/ptyHostService_pb.d.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/protogen/ptyHostService_pb.d.ts
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ export class PtyCreate extends jspb.Message {
     getCwd(): string;
     setCwd(value: string): PtyCreate;
 
-    hasInitCommand(): boolean;
-    clearInitCommand(): void;
-    getInitCommand(): string | undefined;
-    setInitCommand(value: string): PtyCreate;
-
     hasEnv(): boolean;
     clearEnv(): void;
     getEnv(): google_protobuf_struct_pb.Struct | undefined;
@@ -78,7 +73,6 @@ export namespace PtyCreate {
         path: string,
         argsList: Array<string>,
         cwd: string,
-        initCommand?: string,
         env?: google_protobuf_struct_pb.Struct.AsObject,
     }
 }
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/protogen/ptyHostService_pb.js b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/protogen/ptyHostService_pb.js
index a70320eb79331..50e6f30c1e3a3 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/protogen/ptyHostService_pb.js
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/api/protogen/ptyHostService_pb.js
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ proto.PtyCreate.toObject = function(includeInstance, msg) {
     path: jspb.Message.getFieldWithDefault(msg, 3, ""),
     argsList: (f = jspb.Message.getRepeatedField(msg, 4)) == null ? undefined : f,
     cwd: jspb.Message.getFieldWithDefault(msg, 5, ""),
-    initCommand: jspb.Message.getFieldWithDefault(msg, 6, ""),
     env: (f = msg.getEnv()) && google_protobuf_struct_pb.Struct.toObject(includeInstance, f)
   };
 
@@ -489,10 +488,6 @@ proto.PtyCreate.deserializeBinaryFromReader = function(msg, reader) {
       var value = /** @type {string} */ (reader.readString());
       msg.setCwd(value);
       break;
-    case 6:
-      var value = /** @type {string} */ (reader.readString());
-      msg.setInitCommand(value);
-      break;
     case 7:
       var value = new google_protobuf_struct_pb.Struct;
       reader.readMessage(value,google_protobuf_struct_pb.Struct.deserializeBinaryFromReader);
@@ -548,13 +543,6 @@ proto.PtyCreate.serializeBinaryToWriter = function(message, writer) {
       f
     );
   }
-  f = /** @type {string} */ (jspb.Message.getField(message, 6));
-  if (f != null) {
-    writer.writeString(
-      6,
-      f
-    );
-  }
   f = message.getEnv();
   if (f != null) {
     writer.writeMessage(
@@ -639,42 +627,6 @@ proto.PtyCreate.prototype.setCwd = function(value) {
 };
 
 
-/**
- * optional string init_command = 6;
- * @return {string}
- */
-proto.PtyCreate.prototype.getInitCommand = function() {
-  return /** @type {string} */ (jspb.Message.getFieldWithDefault(this, 6, ""));
-};
-
-
-/**
- * @param {string} value
- * @return {!proto.PtyCreate} returns this
- */
-proto.PtyCreate.prototype.setInitCommand = function(value) {
-  return jspb.Message.setField(this, 6, value);
-};
-
-
-/**
- * Clears the field making it undefined.
- * @return {!proto.PtyCreate} returns this
- */
-proto.PtyCreate.prototype.clearInitCommand = function() {
-  return jspb.Message.setField(this, 6, undefined);
-};
-
-
-/**
- * Returns whether this field is set.
- * @return {boolean}
- */
-proto.PtyCreate.prototype.hasInitCommand = function() {
-  return jspb.Message.getField(this, 6) != null;
-};
-
-
 /**
  * optional google.protobuf.Struct env = 7;
  * @return {?proto.google.protobuf.Struct}
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/ptyHostService.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/ptyHostService.ts
index 451afd8f4c6e8..3d83bb45c27c8 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/ptyHostService.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/ptyHostService.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ export function createPtyHostService(): IPtyHostServer {
           path: ptyOptions.path,
           args: ptyOptions.argsList,
           cwd: ptyOptions.cwd,
-          initCommand: ptyOptions.initCommand,
           ptyId,
           env: call.request.getEnv()?.toJavaScript() as Record<string, string>,
         });
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/ptyProcess.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/ptyProcess.ts
index a6356cde03685..9814d52ff5cd6 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/ptyProcess.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/ptyProcess.ts
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ export class PtyProcess extends EventEmitter implements IPtyProcess {
 
     this._process.onData(data => this._handleData(data));
     this._process.onExit(ev => this._handleExit(ev));
-
-    if (this.options.initCommand) {
-      this._process.write(this.options.initCommand + '\r');
-    }
   }
 
   write(data: string) {
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/types.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/types.ts
index 32edc963cd124..eafeefb7c9c2f 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/types.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/sharedProcess/ptyHost/types.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export type PtyProcessOptions = {
   path: string;
   args: string[];
   cwd?: string;
-  initCommand?: string;
 };
 
 export type IPtyProcess = {
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/DocumentTerminal/useDocumentTerminal.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/DocumentTerminal/useDocumentTerminal.ts
index 614f13db5182d..db556d57cc823 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/DocumentTerminal/useDocumentTerminal.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/DocumentTerminal/useDocumentTerminal.ts
@@ -251,24 +251,10 @@ async function setUpPtyProcess(
     });
   };
 
-  const removeInitCommand = () => {
-    if (doc.kind !== 'doc.terminal_shell') {
-      return;
-    }
-    // The initCommand has to be launched only once, not every time we recreate the document from
-    // the state.
-    //
-    // Imagine that someone creates a new terminal document with `rm -rf /tmp` as initCommand.
-    // We'd execute the command each time the document gets recreated from the state, which is not
-    // what the user would expect.
-    documentsService.update(doc.uri, { initCommand: undefined });
-  };
-
   // We don't need to clean up the listeners added on ptyProcess in this function. The effect which
   // calls setUpPtyProcess automatically disposes of the process on cleanup, removing all listeners.
   ptyProcess.onOpen(() => {
     refreshTitle();
-    removeInitCommand();
   });
 
   // TODO(ravicious): Refactor runOnce to not use the `n` variable. Otherwise runOnce subtracts 1
@@ -409,6 +395,5 @@ function createCmd(
     proxyHost,
     clusterName,
     cwd: doc.cwd,
-    initCommand: doc.initCommand,
   };
 }
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/services/workspacesService/documentsService/documentsService.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/services/workspacesService/documentsService/documentsService.ts
index f3bd43b86e8af..c96a35c9fd66f 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/services/workspacesService/documentsService/documentsService.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/services/workspacesService/documentsService/documentsService.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import {
   CreateAccessRequestDocumentOpts,
   CreateClusterDocumentOpts,
   CreateGatewayDocumentOpts,
-  CreateNewTerminalOpts,
   CreateTshKubeDocumentOptions,
   Document,
   DocumentAccessRequests,
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ export class DocumentsService {
     };
   }
 
-  openNewTerminal(opts: CreateNewTerminalOpts) {
+  openNewTerminal(opts: { rootClusterId: string; leafClusterId?: string }) {
     const doc = ((): Document => {
       const activeDocument = this.getActive();
 
diff --git a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/services/workspacesService/documentsService/types.ts b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/services/workspacesService/documentsService/types.ts
index ad079394cca20..29c8b5c3260ec 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/services/workspacesService/documentsService/types.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleterm/src/ui/services/workspacesService/documentsService/types.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ export interface DocumentAccessRequests extends DocumentBase {
 export interface DocumentPtySession extends DocumentBase {
   kind: 'doc.terminal_shell';
   cwd?: string;
-  initCommand?: string;
   rootClusterId?: string;
   leafClusterId?: string;
 }
@@ -211,9 +210,3 @@ export type CreateAccessRequestDocumentOpts = {
 };
 
 export type AccessRequestDocumentState = 'browsing' | 'creating' | 'reviewing';
-
-export type CreateNewTerminalOpts = {
-  initCommand?: string;
-  rootClusterId: string;
-  leafClusterId?: string;
-};