diff --git a/pipenv/environments.py b/pipenv/environments.py
index e5e0cd9106..5b9a1499d2 100644
--- a/pipenv/environments.py
+++ b/pipenv/environments.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 
 from pipenv._compat import fix_utf8
 from pipenv.patched.pip._vendor.platformdirs import user_cache_dir
-from pipenv.utils.constants import FALSE_VALUES
-from pipenv.utils.shell import env_to_bool
+from pipenv.utils.shell import env_to_bool, is_env_truthy
 from pipenv.vendor.vistir.misc import _isatty
 
 # HACK: avoid resolver.py uses the wrong byte code files.
@@ -18,14 +17,6 @@
 os.environ["PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE"] = "1"
 
 
-# TODO(micahjsmith) refactor to use env2bool
-def _is_env_truthy(name):
-    """An environment variable is truthy if it exists and isn't one of (0, false, no, off)"""
-    if name not in os.environ:
-        return False
-    return os.environ.get(name).lower() not in FALSE_VALUES
-
-
 def get_from_env(arg, prefix="PIPENV", check_for_negation=True, default=None):
     """
     Check the environment for a variable, returning its truthy or stringified value
@@ -86,7 +77,7 @@ def normalize_pipfile_path(p):
 SESSION_IS_INTERACTIVE = _isatty(sys.stdout)
 
 # TF_BUILD indicates to Azure pipelines it is a build step
-PIPENV_IS_CI = _is_env_truthy("CI") or _is_env_truthy("TF_BUILD")
+PIPENV_IS_CI = is_env_truthy("CI") or is_env_truthy("TF_BUILD")
 
 
 NO_COLOR = False
@@ -101,7 +92,7 @@ def normalize_pipfile_path(p):
 PIPENV_HIDE_EMOJIS = (
     os.environ.get("PIPENV_HIDE_EMOJIS") is None
     and (os.name == "nt" or PIPENV_IS_CI)
-    or _is_env_truthy("PIPENV_HIDE_EMOJIS")
+    or is_env_truthy("PIPENV_HIDE_EMOJIS")
 )
 """Disable emojis in output.
 
diff --git a/pipenv/utils/shell.py b/pipenv/utils/shell.py
index a8765e2987..1668d7574c 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils/shell.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils/shell.py
@@ -407,6 +407,11 @@ def env_to_bool(val):
     raise ValueError(f"Value is not a valid boolean-like: {val}")
 
 
+def is_env_truthy(name):
+    """An environment variable is truthy if it exists and isn't one of (0, false, no, off)"""
+    return env_to_bool(os.getenv(name))
+
+
 def project_python(project, system=False):
     if not system:
         python = project._which("python")