diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index b9cd8c9d..ba292487 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ BASHUNIT_HEADER_ASCII_ART=
 BASHUNIT_SIMPLE_OUTPUT=
 BASHUNIT_STOP_ON_FAILURE=
 BASHUNIT_SHOW_EXECUTION_TIME=
-BASHUNIT_DEV_MODE=
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 07307b0d..2334ec51 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - Improved output: adding a space between each test file
+- Remove `BASHUNIT_DEV_MODE` in favor of `BASHUNIT_DEV_LOG`
 
 ## [0.18.0](https://github.com/TypedDevs/bashunit/compare/0.17.0...0.18.0) - 2024-10-16
 
diff --git a/docs/command-line.md b/docs/command-line.md
index adbd4696..fe2285bd 100644
--- a/docs/command-line.md
+++ b/docs/command-line.md
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ BASHUNIT_HEADER_ASCII_ART:    false
 BASHUNIT_SIMPLE_OUTPUT:       false
 BASHUNIT_STOP_ON_FAILURE:     false
 BASHUNIT_SHOW_EXECUTION_TIME: true
-BASHUNIT_DEV_MODE:            true
 BASHUNIT_VERBOSE:             true
 ########################################################################################################################################
 
diff --git a/src/env.sh b/src/env.sh
index 12092b98..1875ef43 100644
--- a/src/env.sh
+++ b/src/env.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function env::is_show_execution_time_enabled() {
 }
 
 function env::is_dev_mode_enabled() {
-  [[ -f "$BASHUNIT_DEV_LOG" ]]
+  [[ -n "$BASHUNIT_DEV_LOG" ]]
 }
 
 function env::is_verbose_enabled() {
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ function env::print_verbose() {
     "BASHUNIT_SIMPLE_OUTPUT"
     "BASHUNIT_STOP_ON_FAILURE"
     "BASHUNIT_SHOW_EXECUTION_TIME"
-    "BASHUNIT_DEV_MODE"
     "BASHUNIT_VERBOSE"
   )