diff --git a/api-docs/README.md b/api-docs/README.md
index 0ad89de..aabade5 100644
--- a/api-docs/README.md
+++ b/api-docs/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,37 @@ export const bucket = app.outputs['bucket'];
 | `name` | `readonly` | `string` | `undefined` | The name of the component | [stack.ts:57](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L57) |
 | `outputs` | `public` | `object` | `{}` | The collection of outputs from the AWS CDK Stack represented as Pulumi Outputs. Each CfnOutput defined in the AWS CDK Stack will populate a value in the outputs. | [stack.ts:63](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L63) |
 
+#### Accessors
+
+##### env
+
+###### Get Signature
+
+> **get** **env**(): `Environment`
+
+This can be used to get the CDK Environment based on the Pulumi Provider used for the App.
+You can then use this to configure an explicit environment on Stacks.
+
+###### Example
+
+```ts
+const app = new pulumicdk.App('app', (scope: pulumicdk.App) => {
+    const stack = new pulumicdk.Stack(scope, 'pulumi-stack', {
+        props: { env: app.env },
+    });
+});
+```
+
+###### Returns
+
+`Environment`
+
+the CDK Environment configured for the App
+
+###### Defined in
+
+[stack.ts:155](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L155)
+
 ***
 
 ### Stack
@@ -121,7 +152,7 @@ Create and register an AWS CDK stack deployed with Pulumi.
 
 ###### Defined in
 
-[stack.ts:330](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L330)
+[stack.ts:336](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L336)
 
 #### Methods
 
@@ -151,7 +182,7 @@ A Pulumi Output value.
 
 ###### Defined in
 
-[stack.ts:432](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L432)
+[stack.ts:418](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L418)
 
 ## Interfaces
 
@@ -266,7 +297,7 @@ new App('testapp', (scope: App) => {
 
 | Property | Type | Description | Defined in |
 | ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
-| `props?` | `StackProps` | The CDK Stack props | [stack.ts:289](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L289) |
+| `props?` | `StackProps` | The CDK Stack props | [stack.ts:295](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cdk/blob/main/src/stack.ts#L295) |
 
 ## Type Aliases
 
diff --git a/examples/lookups-enabled/index.ts b/examples/lookups-enabled/index.ts
index d4fffea..1a9c402 100644
--- a/examples/lookups-enabled/index.ts
+++ b/examples/lookups-enabled/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import * as aws from '@pulumi/aws';
 import * as pulumi from '@pulumi/pulumi';
 import * as pulumicdk from '@pulumi/cdk';
 import * as ec2 from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2';
@@ -12,14 +11,12 @@ import {
 
 const config = new pulumi.Config();
 const zoneName = config.require('zoneName');
-const accountId = config.require('accountId');
-const region = aws.config.requireRegion();
 
 export class Ec2CdkStack extends pulumicdk.Stack {
     constructor(app: pulumicdk.App, id: string) {
         super(app, id, {
             props: {
-                env: { region, account: accountId },
+                env: app.env,
             },
         });
 
diff --git a/src/stack.ts b/src/stack.ts
index 3bacf67..ad1a1ac 100644
--- a/src/stack.ts
+++ b/src/stack.ts
@@ -140,11 +140,17 @@ export class App
     }
 
     /**
-     * Because the app creates CDK Stacks in an async function, we can grab the
-     * environment from the AWS CCAPI provider used by the App and make that available
-     * as the CDK Environment for the Stacks.
+     * This can be used to get the CDK Environment based on the Pulumi Provider used for the App.
+     * You can then use this to configure an explicit environment on Stacks.
      *
-     * @internal
+     * @example
+     * const app = new pulumicdk.App('app', (scope: pulumicdk.App) => {
+     *     const stack = new pulumicdk.Stack(scope, 'pulumi-stack', {
+     *         props: { env: app.env },
+     *     });
+     * });
+     *
+     * @returns the CDK Environment configured for the App
      */
     public get env(): cdk.Environment {
         if (!this._env) {
@@ -328,27 +334,7 @@ export class Stack extends cdk.Stack {
      * @param options A bag of options that control this resource's behavior.
      */
     constructor(private readonly app: App, name: string, options?: StackOptions) {
-        const env: Writeable<cdk.Environment> = options?.props?.env ?? {};
-        const hasNativeProvider = hasProvider(options?.providers, (p) => native.Provider.isInstance(p));
-
-        if (!env.account && !hasNativeProvider) {
-            env.account = app.env.account;
-        }
-
-        // if the user has provided a separate native provider to the stack
-        // then we don't want to set the region from the app provider. The stack will
-        // be an environment agnostic (and determine the region  from the provider) unless
-        // they provide a region to the stack props.
-        if (!env.region && !hasNativeProvider) {
-            env.region = app.env.region;
-        }
-
-        super(app.app, name, {
-            // set the env based on the credentials of the App
-            // but allow the user to override it
-            ...options?.props,
-            env: env,
-        });
+        super(app.app, name, options?.props);
         Object.defineProperty(this, STACK_SYMBOL, { value: true });
 
         this.options = options;