diff --git a/build/scala-client/Dockerfile b/build/scala-client/Dockerfile
index e8ceb749ac3..949c6d04d6d 100644
--- a/build/scala-client/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/scala-client/Dockerfile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ RUN set -ex && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf scala-${SCALA_VERSION}.deb sbt-${SBT_VERSION}.tgz /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+ENV PATH="/sbt/bin:$PATH"
 COPY scripts/build-scala-client.sh /
 RUN chmod +x /build-scala-client.sh
 
diff --git a/magefiles/scala.go b/magefiles/scala.go
index ca6e2c95914..a1295619bfa 100644
--- a/magefiles/scala.go
+++ b/magefiles/scala.go
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ func BuildScala() error {
 		"--rm",
 		"-v", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/build", wd),
 		"-w", "/build",
+		"--env", "HOME=/tmp",
 		"armada-scala-client-builder")
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build-scala-client.sh b/scripts/build-scala-client.sh
index b0f1322bc46..ca9236b015f 100755
--- a/scripts/build-scala-client.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-scala-client.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # This script is intended to be run under the docker container
 # in the root dir of the Armada repo
 
-export PATH=/sbt/bin:$PATH
-
 ROOT=$(pwd)
 SDIR=client/scala/scala-armada-client