diff --git a/buildkite/bazelci.py b/buildkite/bazelci.py
index 9a9be648f8..b554d672e4 100755
--- a/buildkite/bazelci.py
+++ b/buildkite/bazelci.py
@@ -2645,7 +2645,6 @@ def execute_command(
         args,
         shell=shell,
         check=fail_if_nonzero,
-        env=os.environ,
         cwd=cwd,
         errors="replace",
         stdout=(