diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 330a803ef..36f62d305 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Imports:
     pkgdown (>= 2.2.0),
     pkgload (>= 1.5.2),
     profvis (>= 0.4.0),
-    rcmdcheck (>= 1.4.0),
+    rcmdcheck (>= 1.4.0.9001),
     rlang (>= 1.2.0),
     roxygen2 (>= 7.3.3),
     rversions (>= 3.0.0),
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Suggests:
     rstudioapi (>= 0.13),
     spelling (>= 2.2),
     xml2
+Remotes:
+    r-lib/rcmdcheck
 VignetteBuilder: 
     knitr,
     quarto
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 03da4ddb6..01775391d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # devtools (development version)
 
 * `submit_cran()` gives a more informative error when the CRAN submission form can't be used, suggesting that the user consult <https://cran.r-project.org> to see if there's a CRAN closure (#2700).
+* `check_built()` no longer prints `R_CHECK_` check env variables - now handled by `rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck()` directly as of r-lib/rcmdcheck#237 (#2621)
 
 # devtools 2.5.2
 
diff --git a/R/check.R b/R/check.R
index 5e49fc945..ed39789a0 100644
--- a/R/check.R
+++ b/R/check.R
@@ -224,10 +224,6 @@ check_built <- function(
   }
 
   env_vars <- check_env_vars(cran, remote, incoming, force_suggests, env_vars)
-  if (!quiet) {
-    cli::cat_rule("Checking", col = "cyan", line = 2)
-    show_env_vars(env_vars)
-  }
 
   withr::with_envvar(env_vars, action = "replace", {
     rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(