diff --git a/crates/node_runtime/src/node_runtime.rs b/crates/node_runtime/src/node_runtime.rs
index 6e705289a3fd9e814574198004b8213e5147b7ca..1faf22dc9844f648fec53654ef3bde500cec32e2 100644
--- a/crates/node_runtime/src/node_runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/node_runtime/src/node_runtime.rs
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ impl ManagedNodeRuntime {
 
         let valid = if fs::metadata(&node_binary).await.is_ok() {
             let result = util::command::new_smol_command(&node_binary)
-                .env_clear()
                 .env(NODE_CA_CERTS_ENV_VAR, node_ca_certs)
                 .arg(npm_file)
                 .arg("--version")
@@ -701,7 +700,6 @@ impl NodeRuntimeTrait for SystemNodeRuntime {
         let mut command = util::command::new_smol_command(self.npm.clone());
         let path = path_with_node_binary_prepended(&self.node).unwrap_or_default();
         command
-            .env_clear()
             .env("PATH", path)
             .env(NODE_CA_CERTS_ENV_VAR, node_ca_certs)
             .arg(subcommand)