diff --git a/lib/less/browser.js b/lib/less/browser.js
index 36b3bfbd..168a1e9b 100644
--- a/lib/less/browser.js
+++ b/lib/less/browser.js
@@ -248,7 +248,12 @@ function extractUrlParts(url, baseUrl) {
 }
 
 function loadStyleSheet(sheet, callback, reload, remaining) {
-    loadFile(sheet, function(e, data, sheet, webInfo, path, env) {
+
+    var env = new less.tree.parseEnv(less);
+    env.mime = sheet.type;
+    env.currentFileInfo = null;
+
+    loadFile(sheet, env, function(e, data, sheet, webInfo, path, env) {
         if (webInfo) {
             webInfo.remaining = remaining;
         }
@@ -268,7 +273,7 @@ function loadStyleSheet(sheet, callback, reload, remaining) {
     }, reload);
 }
 
-function loadFile(sheet, callback, reload) {
+function loadFile(sheet, env, callback, reload) {
 
     // sheet may be set to the stylesheet for the initial load or a collection of properties including
     // some env variables for imports
@@ -277,21 +282,18 @@ function loadFile(sheet, callback, reload) {
     var css       = cache && cache.getItem(href);
     var timestamp = cache && cache.getItem(href + ':timestamp');
     var styles    = { css: css, timestamp: timestamp };
-    var env;
     var newFileInfo = {
             relativeUrls: less.relativeUrls,
             currentDirectory: hrefParts.path,
             filename: href
         };
 
-    if (sheet instanceof less.tree.parseEnv) {
-        env = new less.tree.parseEnv(sheet);
+    if (env.currentFileInfo) {
+        env = new less.tree.parseEnv(env);
         newFileInfo.entryPath = env.currentFileInfo.entryPath;
         newFileInfo.rootpath = env.currentFileInfo.rootpath;
         newFileInfo.rootFilename = env.currentFileInfo.rootFilename;
     } else {
-        env = new less.tree.parseEnv(less);
-        env.mime = sheet.type;
         newFileInfo.entryPath = hrefParts.path;
         newFileInfo.rootpath = less.rootpath || hrefParts.path;
         newFileInfo.rootFilename = href;
diff --git a/lib/less/env.js b/lib/less/env.js
index 91b0027e..6d46f393 100644
--- a/lib/less/env.js
+++ b/lib/less/env.js
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@
         }
     };
 
-    tree.parseEnv.prototype.toSheet = function (path) {
-        var env = new tree.parseEnv(this);
-        env.href = path;
-        //env.title = path;
-        env.type = this.mime;
-        return env;
-    };
-
     var evalCopyProperties = [
         'silent',      // whether to swallow errors and warnings
         'verbose',     // whether to log more activity
diff --git a/lib/less/index.js b/lib/less/index.js
index fa598d93..0207f4c1 100644
--- a/lib/less/index.js
+++ b/lib/less/index.js
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ less.Parser.fileLoader = function (file, currentFileInfo, callback, env) {
 
     function handleDataAndCallCallback(data) {
         env = new less.tree.parseEnv(env);
-        env.processImports = false;
-        
+
         var j = file.lastIndexOf('/');
 
         // Pass on an updated rootpath if path of imported file is relative and file 
diff --git a/lib/less/parser.js b/lib/less/parser.js
index c06a914a..f3c5e186 100644
--- a/lib/less/parser.js
+++ b/lib/less/parser.js
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ less.Parser = function Parser(env) {
                 less.Parser.fileLoader(path, currentFileInfo, function(e, contents, fullPath, env) {
                     if (e) {fileParsedFunc(e); return;}
 
+                    env.processImports = false;
+
                     new(less.Parser)(env).parse(contents, function (e, root) {
                         fileParsedFunc(e, root, fullPath);
                     });
@@ -1604,14 +1606,11 @@ if (less.mode === 'browser' || less.mode === 'rhino') {
         if (!/^([a-z-]+:)?\//.test(path) && currentFileInfo.currentDirectory) {
             path = currentFileInfo.currentDirectory + path;
         }
-        var sheetEnv = env.toSheet(path);
-        sheetEnv.processImports = false;
-        sheetEnv.currentFileInfo = currentFileInfo;
 
         // We pass `true` as 3rd argument, to force the reload of the import.
         // This is so we can get the syntax tree as opposed to just the CSS output,
         // as we need this to evaluate the current stylesheet.
-        loadFile(sheetEnv,
+        loadFile({href: path, type: env.mime }, env,
             function (e, data, sheet, webInfo, path, env) {
                 callback(e, data, path, env);
             }, true);