diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f99df769c4ebbd42f675ce879c20518abd954b8..be37db943b163c9543c0039d9f82288b61f385a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15837,7 +15837,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json_lenient",
  "sha2",
  "shellexpand 2.1.2",
- "smol",
  "util",
  "workspace-hack",
  "zed_actions",
diff --git a/crates/debugger_ui/src/session/running.rs b/crates/debugger_ui/src/session/running.rs
index f3a348da46b1780fdca4564275618a90c97e3178..beb6d848ffc5cf02910ca95890ef3ca8cc7608de 100644
--- a/crates/debugger_ui/src/session/running.rs
+++ b/crates/debugger_ui/src/session/running.rs
@@ -850,18 +850,9 @@ impl RunningState {
                         (task, None)
                     }
                 };
-                let Some(task) = task_template.resolve_task_and_check_cwd("debug-build-task", &task_context, cx.background_executor().clone()) else {
+                let Some(task) = task_template.resolve_task("debug-build-task", &task_context) else {
                     anyhow::bail!("Could not resolve task variables within a debug scenario");
                 };
-                let task = match task.await {
-                    Ok(task) => task,
-                    Err(e) => {
-                        workspace.update(cx, |workspace, cx| {
-                            workspace.show_error(&e, cx);
-                        }).ok();
-                        return Err(e)
-                    }
-                };
 
                 let locator_name = if let Some(locator_name) = locator_name {
                     debug_assert!(!config_is_valid);
diff --git a/crates/task/Cargo.toml b/crates/task/Cargo.toml
index aad013c8f06e8afd5437730f6a576ddccfd39b29..f79b39616fd1f528d7b0ac7822b62a89cd627952 100644
--- a/crates/task/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/task/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 serde_json_lenient.workspace = true
 sha2.workspace = true
 shellexpand.workspace = true
-smol.workspace = true
 util.workspace = true
 workspace-hack.workspace = true
 zed_actions.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/task/src/task_template.rs b/crates/task/src/task_template.rs
index b0d764959684cda689f668ffc688cedfab89719c..02310bb1b0208cc2d6f929b0898a6e5ffadd7586 100644
--- a/crates/task/src/task_template.rs
+++ b/crates/task/src/task_template.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-use anyhow::{Context as _, Result, anyhow, bail};
+use anyhow::{Context as _, bail};
 use collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
-use gpui::{BackgroundExecutor, Task};
 use schemars::{JsonSchema, r#gen::SchemaSettings};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
@@ -271,27 +270,6 @@ impl TaskTemplate {
             },
         })
     }
-
-    pub fn resolve_task_and_check_cwd(
-        &self,
-        id_base: &str,
-        task_context: &TaskContext,
-        executor: BackgroundExecutor,
-    ) -> Option<Task<Result<ResolvedTask>>> {
-        let resolved_task = self.resolve_task(id_base, task_context)?;
-        let task = executor.spawn(async move {
-            if let Some(cwd) = resolved_task.resolved.cwd.as_deref() {
-                match smol::fs::metadata(cwd).await {
-                    Ok(metadata) if metadata.is_dir() => Ok(resolved_task),
-                    Ok(_) => Err(anyhow!("cwd for resolved task is not a directory: {cwd:?}")),
-                    Err(e) => Err(e).context(format!("reading cwd of resolved task: {cwd:?}")),
-                }
-            } else {
-                Ok(resolved_task)
-            }
-        });
-        Some(task)
-    }
 }
 
 const MAX_DISPLAY_VARIABLE_LENGTH: usize = 15;
diff --git a/crates/terminal_view/src/terminal_panel.rs b/crates/terminal_view/src/terminal_panel.rs
index fd5ec476c613ccc855a1aada2141247337ab2e76..dc9313a38f9f588ae2d35cbd19f15148fa628996 100644
--- a/crates/terminal_view/src/terminal_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal_view/src/terminal_panel.rs
@@ -1461,27 +1461,10 @@ impl workspace::TerminalProvider for TerminalProvider {
         &self,
         task: SpawnInTerminal,
         window: &mut Window,
-        cx: &mut Context<Workspace>,
+        cx: &mut App,
     ) -> Task<Option<Result<ExitStatus>>> {
         let terminal_panel = self.0.clone();
-        let workspace = cx.weak_entity();
         window.spawn(cx, async move |cx| {
-            if let Some(cwd) = task.cwd.as_deref() {
-                let result = match smol::fs::metadata(cwd).await {
-                    Ok(metadata) if metadata.is_dir() => Ok(()),
-                    Ok(_) => Err(anyhow!("cwd for resolved task is not a directory: {cwd:?}")),
-                    Err(e) => Err(e).context(format!("reading cwd of resolved task: {cwd:?}")),
-                };
-                if let Err(e) = result {
-                    workspace
-                        .update(cx, |workspace, cx| {
-                            workspace.show_error(&e, cx);
-                        })
-                        .ok();
-                    return None;
-                }
-            }
-
             let terminal = terminal_panel
                 .update_in(cx, |terminal_panel, window, cx| {
                     terminal_panel.spawn_task(&task, window, cx)
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
index 6756782e5f7603381601f59ac1ba9f0eb09d0a29..3b90968251cfa6c1b2e1ed61ad6394917c380083 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ pub trait TerminalProvider {
         &self,
         task: SpawnInTerminal,
         window: &mut Window,
-        cx: &mut Context<Workspace>,
+        cx: &mut App,
     ) -> Task<Option<Result<ExitStatus>>>;
 }