diff --git a/cmd/airflow.go b/cmd/airflow.go
index bc4413adf..366a61b87 100644
--- a/cmd/airflow.go
+++ b/cmd/airflow.go
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ astro dev init --from-template
 
 	configReinitProjectConfigMsg = "Reinitialized existing Astro project in %s\n"
 	configInitProjectConfigMsg   = "Initialized empty Astro project in %s\n"
-	changeDirectoryMsg           = "To begin developing, change to your project directory with `cd %s`\n"
 
 	// this is used to monkey patch the function in order to write unit test cases
 	containerHandlerInit = airflow.ContainerHandlerInit
@@ -460,12 +459,6 @@ func airflowInit(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	projectName = name
 
-	// Save the directory we are in when the init command is run.
-	initialDir, err := fileutil.GetWorkingDir()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	if fromTemplate == "select-template" {
 		selectedTemplate, err := selectedTemplate()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -552,13 +545,6 @@ func airflowInit(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		fmt.Printf(configInitProjectConfigMsg, config.WorkingPath)
 	}
 
-	// If we started in a different directory, that means the positional argument for projectName was used.
-	// This means the users shell pwd is not the project directory, so we print a message
-	// to cd into the project directory.
-	if initialDir != config.WorkingPath {
-		fmt.Printf(changeDirectoryMsg, projectName)
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -580,7 +566,7 @@ func ensureProjectDirectory(args []string, workingPath, projectName string) (str
 
 	// If the project directory does not exist, create it.
 	if !projectDirExists {
-		err := os.Mkdir(newProjectPath, os.FileMode(directoryPermissions))
+		err := os.Mkdir(newProjectPath, os.FileMode(directoryPermissions)) //nolint:gosec
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/airflow_test.go b/cmd/airflow_test.go
index 8dd26ceef..93a007d0e 100644
--- a/cmd/airflow_test.go
+++ b/cmd/airflow_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -481,16 +480,14 @@ func (s *AirflowSuite) TestAirflowInit() {
 
 		orgStdout := os.Stdout
 		defer func() { os.Stdout = orgStdout }()
-		r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
+		_, w, _ := os.Pipe()
 		os.Stdout = w
 
 		err := airflowInit(cmd, args)
 
 		w.Close()
-		out, _ := io.ReadAll(r)
 
 		s.NoError(err)
-		s.Contains(string(out), fmt.Sprintf(changeDirectoryMsg, args[0]))
 	})
 
 	s.Run("specify flag and positional argument for project name, resulting in error", func() {