diff --git a/src/parallel b/src/parallel
index c8984c65..b9765cf0 100755
--- a/src/parallel
+++ b/src/parallel
@@ -1124,7 +1124,6 @@ sub parse_options {
 
     parse_halt();
     parse_sshlogin();
-    parse_env_var();
 
     if(remote_hosts() and ($opt::X or $opt::m or $opt::xargs)) {
         # As we do not know the max line length on the remote machine
@@ -1195,7 +1194,7 @@ sub check_invalid_option_combinations {
 
 sub init_globals {
     # Defaults:
-    $Global::version = 20160523;
+    $Global::version = 20160529;
     $Global::progname = 'parallel';
     $Global::infinity = 2**31;
     $Global::debug = 0;
@@ -1425,30 +1424,6 @@ sub record_env {
     }
 }
 
-sub parse_env_var {
-    # Parse --env and set $Global::envvar, $Global::envwarn and $Global::envvarlen
-    #
-    # Bash functions must be parsed to export them remotely
-    #   Pre-shellshock style bash function:
-    #     myfunc=() {...
-    #   Post-shellshock style bash function (v1):
-    #     BASH_FUNC_myfunc()=() {...
-    #   Post-shellshock style bash function (v2):
-    #     BASH_FUNC_myfunc%%=() {...
-    #
-    # Uses:
-    #   $Global::envvar = eval string that will set variables in both bash and csh
-    #   $Global::envwarn = If functions are used: Give warning in csh
-    #   $Global::envvarlen = length of $Global::envvar
-    #   @opt::env
-    #   $Global::shell
-    #   %ENV
-    # Returns: N/A
-    $Global::envvar = "";
-
-    $Global::envvarlen = length $Global::envvar;
-}
-
 sub open_joblog {
     # Open joblog as specified by --joblog
     # Uses:
@@ -2060,7 +2035,6 @@ sub __RUNNING_THE_JOBS_AND_PRINTING_PROGRESS__ {}
 #    $Global::start_no_new_jobs = should more jobs be started?
 #    $Global::original_stderr = file handle for STDERR when the program started
 #    $Global::total_started = total number of jobs started
-#    $Global::envvar = string to set the shell environment variables
 #    $Global::joblog = filehandle of joblog
 #    $Global::debug = Is debugging on?
 #    $Global::exitstatus = status code of GNU Parallel
@@ -3113,7 +3087,6 @@ sub parse_host_filtering {
 
 sub parallelized_host_filtering {
     # Uses:
-    #   $Global::envvar
     #   %Global::host
     # Returns:
     #   text entries with:
@@ -3135,7 +3108,6 @@ sub parallelized_host_filtering {
     }
 
     my(@cores, @cpus, @maxline, @echo);
-    my $envvar = ::shell_quote_scalar($Global::envvar);
     while (my ($host, $sshlogin) = each %Global::host) {
 	if($host eq ":") { next }
 	# The 'true' is used to get the $host out later
@@ -3150,28 +3122,34 @@ sub parallelized_host_filtering {
 	    $sshlogin->serverlogin();
 	push(@echo, $host."\t".$sshcmd." -- echo\n\0");
     }
-    my ($fh, $tmpfile) = ::tmpfile(SUFFIX => ".ssh");
-    print $fh @cores, @cpus, @maxline, @echo;
-    close $fh;
+
     # --timeout 10: Setting up an SSH connection and running a simple
     #               command should never take > 10 sec.
     # --delay 0.1:  If multiple sshlogins use the same proxy the delay
     #               will make it less likely to overload the ssh daemon.
     # --retries 3:  If the ssh daemon it overloaded, try 3 times
-    # -s 16000:     Half of the max line on UnixWare
-    my $unlinkcmd = $Global::debug ? "true" : "rm $tmpfile";
-    my $cmd = "($unlinkcmd; cat -) < $tmpfile | ".
+    my $cmd =
 	"$0 -j0 --timeout 10 --joblog - --plain --delay 0.1 --retries 3 ".
-	"--tag --tagstring '{1}' -0 --colsep '\t' -k eval '{2}' ";
+	"--tag --tagstring '{1}' -0 --colsep '\t' -k eval '{2}' && true ";
     $cmd = $Global::shell." -c ".::shell_quote_scalar($cmd);
     ::debug("init", $cmd, "\n");
     my @out;
     my $prepend = "";
-    open(my $host_fh, "-|", $cmd) || ::die_bug("parallel host check: $cmd");
+    
+    my ($host_fh,$in,$err);
+    open3($in, $host_fh, $err, $cmd) || ::die_bug("parallel host check: $cmd");
+    if(not fork()) {
+	# Give the commands to run to the $cmd
+	close $host_fh;
+	print $in @cores, @cpus, @maxline, @echo;
+	close $in;
+	exit();
+    }
+    close $in;
     for(<$host_fh>) {
 	if(/\'$/) {
 	    # if last char = ' then append next line
-	    # This may be due to quoting of $Global::envvar
+	    # This may be due to quoting of \n in environment var
 	    $prepend .= $_;
 	    next;
 	}
@@ -4559,8 +4537,7 @@ sub memfree_recompute {
 		$perlscript .= 'if($^O eq "'.$os.'") { '.$script_of{$os}.'}';
 	    }
 	    $perlscript =~ s/[\t\n ]+/ /g;
-	    $perlscript = "perl -e " . ::shell_quote_scalar($perlscript);
-	    $script = $Global::envvar. " " .$perlscript;
+	    $script = "perl -e " . ::shell_quote_scalar($perlscript);
 	}
 	return $script
     }
@@ -4745,8 +4722,7 @@ sub swap_activity {
 		$perlscript .= 'if($^O eq "'.$os.'") { print `'.$vmstat{$os}[0].' | awk "{print ' .
 		    $vmstat{$os}[1] . '}"` }';
 	    }
-	    $perlscript = "perl -e " . ::shell_quote_scalar($perlscript);
-	    $script = $Global::envvar. " " .$perlscript;
+	    $script = "perl -e " . ::shell_quote_scalar($perlscript);
 	}
 	return $script;
     }
@@ -5337,12 +5313,11 @@ sub ncpus {
             }
         } else {
             my $ncpu;
-	    my $sqe = ::shell_quote_scalar($Global::envvar);
             if($opt::use_cpus_instead_of_cores) {
-                $ncpu = ::qqx("echo|$sshcmd $serverlogin -- $sqe parallel --number-of-cpus");
+                $ncpu = ::qqx("echo|$sshcmd $serverlogin -- parallel --number-of-cpus");
             } else {
-		::debug("init",qq(echo|$sshcmd $serverlogin -- $sqe parallel --number-of-cores\n));
-                $ncpu = ::qqx("echo|$sshcmd $serverlogin -- $sqe parallel --number-of-cores");
+		::debug("init",qq(echo|$sshcmd $serverlogin -- parallel --number-of-cores\n));
+                $ncpu = ::qqx("echo|$sshcmd $serverlogin -- parallel --number-of-cores");
             }
 	    chomp $ncpu;
             if($ncpu =~ /^\s*[0-9]+\s*$/s) {
@@ -6815,7 +6790,6 @@ sub wrapped {
     # * --nice/--cat/--fifo should be done on the remote machine
     # * --pipepart/--pipe should be done on the local machine inside --tmux
     # Uses:
-    #   $Global::envvar
     #   $opt::shellquote
     #   $opt::nice
     #   $Global::shell
@@ -8642,7 +8616,7 @@ sub len {
 	$len *= 4;
     }
     # If we are using --env, add the prefix for that, too.
-    $len += $Global::envvarlen;
+    $len += 0;
     return $len;
 }
 
diff --git a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.gp b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.gp
index 84d56b0b..050cef56 100755
--- a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.gp
+++ b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.gp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k A={} /usr/bin/gnuplot
+#!/usr/local/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k A={} /usr/bin/gnuplot
 
 name=system("echo $A")
 print name
diff --git a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.oct b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.oct
index e45bbfd2..99630f3d 100755
--- a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.oct
+++ b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.oct
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/octave -qf
+#!/usr/local/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/octave -qf
 
 arg_list = argv ();
 filename = arg_list{1};
diff --git a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.pl b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.pl
index 5970265e..b9fde22b 100755
--- a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.pl
+++ b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.pl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/local/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/perl
 
 print @ARGV,"\n";
diff --git a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.py b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.py
index 07dbeeb6..b01b64d5 100755
--- a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.py
+++ b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/local/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/python
 
 import sys
 
diff --git a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.r b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.r
index 6b47943e..27cb1c9d 100755
--- a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.r
+++ b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.r
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/Rscript --vanilla --slave
+#!/usr/local/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/Rscript --vanilla --slave
 
 options <- commandArgs(trailingOnly = TRUE)
 options
diff --git a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.rb b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.rb
index 77397c5b..297b1de6 100755
--- a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.rb
+++ b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/ruby
+#!/usr/local/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /usr/bin/ruby
 
 p ARGV
diff --git a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.sh b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.sh
index df7bdc31..c2516531 100755
--- a/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.sh
+++ b/testsuite/input-files/shebang/shebangwrap.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /bin/sh
+#!/usr/local/bin/parallel --shebang-wrap -k /bin/sh
 
 echo "$@"
diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
index 6b66e576..b6fb3fba 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
+++ b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-0.3s.sh
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ echo '**'
 
 echo 'bug #47002: --tagstring with -d \n\n'
 
-  (seq 3;echo;seq 4) | parallel -d '\n\n' --tagstring {%} echo ABC';'echo
+  (seq 3;echo;seq 4) | parallel -k -d '\n\n' --tagstring {%} echo ABC';'echo
 
 echo '**'
 
diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-ssh3.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-ssh3.sh
index 7da05db8..25934939 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-ssh3.sh
+++ b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-ssh3.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # SSH only allowed to localhost/lo
 cat <<'EOF' | sed -e s/\$SERVER1/$SERVER1/\;s/\$SERVER2/$SERVER2/ | parallel -vj100% --retries 3 -k --joblog /tmp/jl-`basename $0` -L1
 echo '### --hostgroup force ncpu'
-  parallel --delay 0.1 --hgrp -S @g1/1/parallel@lo -S @g2/3/lo whoami\;sleep 0.3{} ::: {1..8} | sort
+  parallel --delay 0.1 --hgrp -S @g1/1/parallel@lo -S @g2/3/lo whoami\;sleep 0.4{} ::: {1..8} | sort
 
 echo '### --hostgroup two group arg'
   parallel -k --sshdelay 0.1 --hgrp -S @g1/1/parallel@lo -S @g2/3/lo whoami\;sleep 0.3{} ::: {1..8}@g1+g2 | sort
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ echo 'bug #47695: How to set $PATH on remote?'
   rm -rf /tmp/parallel
   cp /usr/local/bin/parallel /tmp
   
-  cat <<'_EOS' | stdout ssh nopathbash@lo -T
+  cat <<'_EOS' | stdout ssh nopathbash@lo -T | grep -v 'packages can be updated'
   echo BASH Path before: $PATH with no parallel
   parallel echo ::: 1
   echo '^^^^^^^^ Not found is OK'
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ echo 'bug #47695: How to set $PATH on remote?'
 _EOS
   echo
   
-  cat <<'_EOS' | stdout ssh nopathcsh@lo -T
+  cat <<'_EOS' | stdout ssh nopathcsh@lo -T | grep -v 'packages can be updated'
   echo CSH Path before: $PATH with no parallel
   which parallel >& /dev/stdout
   echo '^^^^^^^^ Not found is OK'
diff --git a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local7.sh b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local7.sh
index c5c6bd4a..b7c9d6f5 100755
--- a/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local7.sh
+++ b/testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local7.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ par_tmux_filter() {
 export -f par_tmux_filter
 
 par_tmux() {
-    (stdout parallel --timeout 3 --tmux --delay .4 echo '{}{=$_="\\"x$_=}'; echo $?) | par_tmux_filter
+    (stdout parallel --timeout 3 --tmux --delay .03 echo '{}{=$_="\\"x$_=}'; echo $?) | par_tmux_filter
 }
 export -f par_tmux
 cat <<'EOF' | sed -e 's/;$/; /;s/$SERVER1/'$SERVER1'/;s/$SERVER2/'$SERVER2'/' | stdout parallel -vj3 --timeout 60 --retries 2 -k --joblog /tmp/jl-`basename $0` -L1
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
index 0abfd92b..c2f84009 100644
--- a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
+++ b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-0.3s
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ echo '**'
 **
 echo 'bug #47002: --tagstring with -d \n\n'
 bug #47002: --tagstring with -d \n\n
-  (seq 3;echo;seq 4) | parallel -d '\n\n' --tagstring {%} echo ABC';'echo
+  (seq 3;echo;seq 4) | parallel -k -d '\n\n' --tagstring {%} echo ABC';'echo
 1	ABC
 1	1
 1	2
diff --git a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-ssh3 b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-ssh3
index b9ea5744..26ae8d63 100644
--- a/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-ssh3
+++ b/testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-ssh3
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 echo '### --hostgroup force ncpu'
 ### --hostgroup force ncpu
-  parallel --delay 0.1 --hgrp -S @g1/1/parallel@lo -S @g2/3/lo whoami\;sleep 0.3{} ::: {1..8} | sort
+  parallel --delay 0.1 --hgrp -S @g1/1/parallel@lo -S @g2/3/lo whoami\;sleep 0.4{} ::: {1..8} | sort
 parallel
 parallel
 tange
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ Welcome to Linux Mint 17 Qiana (GNU/Linux 3.16.0-31-lowlatency x86_64)
 Welcome to Linux Mint
  * Documentation:  http://www.linuxmint.com
 
-195 packages can be updated.
 0 updates are security updates.
 
 BASH Path before: /bin:/usr/bin with no parallel
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ Welcome to Linux Mint 17 Qiana (GNU/Linux 3.16.0-31-lowlatency x86_64)
 Welcome to Linux Mint
  * Documentation:  http://www.linuxmint.com
 
-195 packages can be updated.
 0 updates are security updates.
 
 Warning: no access to tty (Bad file descriptor).