diff --git a/core/src/tasks/resolve-provider.ts b/core/src/tasks/resolve-provider.ts
index 1d50437d78..1ac540b542 100644
--- a/core/src/tasks/resolve-provider.ts
+++ b/core/src/tasks/resolve-provider.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ export class ResolveProviderTask extends BaseTask<Provider> {
     return getProviderStatusCachePath({
       gardenDirPath: this.garden.gardenDirPath,
       pluginName: this.plugin.name,
-      environmentName: this.garden.environmentName,
     })
   }
 
@@ -391,11 +390,9 @@ export class ResolveProviderTask extends BaseTask<Provider> {
 export function getProviderStatusCachePath({
   gardenDirPath,
   pluginName,
-  environmentName,
 }: {
   gardenDirPath: string
   pluginName: string
-  environmentName: string
 }) {
-  return join(gardenDirPath, "cache", "provider-statuses", `${pluginName}.${environmentName}.json`)
+  return join(gardenDirPath, "cache", "provider-statuses", `${pluginName}.json`)
 }
diff --git a/core/test/data/exec-provider-cache/.gitignore b/core/test/data/exec-provider-cache/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8c3214fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/data/exec-provider-cache/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+theFile
diff --git a/core/test/data/exec-provider-cache/project.garden.yml b/core/test/data/exec-provider-cache/project.garden.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5117eccd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/data/exec-provider-cache/project.garden.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+kind: Project
+name: incident-repro
+environments:
+  - name: one
+  - name: two
+providers:
+  - name: exec
+    initScript: "echo '${environment.name}' > theFile"
diff --git a/core/test/integ/src/plugins/exec/resolve.ts b/core/test/integ/src/plugins/exec/resolve.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..650434df47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/integ/src/plugins/exec/resolve.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Garden Technologies, Inc. <info@garden.io>
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+import { expect } from "chai"
+import { readFile } from "fs-extra"
+import { join } from "node:path"
+import { getDataDir, makeTestGarden, TestGarden } from "../../../../helpers"
+
+describe("exec provider initialization cache behaviour", () => {
+  let gardenOne: TestGarden
+  let tmpDir: string
+  let fileLocation: string
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    gardenOne = await makeTestGarden(getDataDir("exec-provider-cache"), { environmentName: "one" })
+
+    tmpDir = join(await gardenOne.getRepoRoot(), "project")
+    fileLocation = join(tmpDir, "theFile")
+
+    await gardenOne.resolveProvider(gardenOne.log, "exec")
+  })
+
+  it("writes the environment name to theFile as configured in the initScript", async () => {
+    const contents = await readFile(fileLocation, { encoding: "utf-8" })
+
+    expect(contents).equal("one\n")
+  })
+
+  it("overwrites theFile when changing environments", async () => {
+    let contents = await readFile(fileLocation, { encoding: "utf-8" })
+    expect(contents).equal("one\n")
+
+    const gardenTwo = await makeTestGarden(tmpDir, { environmentName: "two", noTempDir: true })
+    await gardenTwo.resolveProvider(gardenTwo.log, "exec")
+
+    contents = await readFile(fileLocation, { encoding: "utf-8" })
+    expect(contents).equal("two\n")
+  })
+
+  it("still overwrites theFile when changing environments back", async () => {
+    let contents = await readFile(fileLocation, { encoding: "utf-8" })
+    expect(contents).equal("one\n")
+
+    const gardenTwo = await makeTestGarden(tmpDir, { environmentName: "two", noTempDir: true })
+    await gardenTwo.resolveProvider(gardenTwo.log, "exec")
+
+    contents = await readFile(fileLocation, { encoding: "utf-8" })
+    expect(contents).equal("two\n")
+
+    const gardenOneAgain = await makeTestGarden(tmpDir, { environmentName: "one", noTempDir: true })
+    await gardenOneAgain.resolveProvider(gardenOneAgain.log, "exec")
+
+    contents = await readFile(fileLocation, { encoding: "utf-8" })
+    expect(contents).equal("one\n")
+  })
+})
diff --git a/plugins/terraform/commands.ts b/plugins/terraform/commands.ts
index 1fc15212e6..58a42dcb0a 100644
--- a/plugins/terraform/commands.ts
+++ b/plugins/terraform/commands.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ function makeRootCommand(commandName: string): PluginCommand {
       const cachePath = getProviderStatusCachePath({
         gardenDirPath: ctx.gardenDirPath,
         pluginName: provider.name,
-        environmentName: ctx.environmentName,
       })
       await remove(cachePath)