diff --git a/cloud/cpi_cmd_runner.go b/cloud/cpi_cmd_runner.go
index a3fc0d074..eee31560b 100644
--- a/cloud/cpi_cmd_runner.go
+++ b/cloud/cpi_cmd_runner.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
 
 	bosherr "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/errors"
 	boshlog "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/logger"
@@ -100,14 +98,6 @@ func (r *cpiCmdRunner) Run(context CmdContext, method string, apiVersion int, ar
 	if err != nil {
 		return CmdOutput{}, bosherr.WrapErrorf(err, "Marshalling external CPI command input %#v", cmdInput)
 	}
-	useIsolatedEnv := true
-	value, present := os.LookupEnv("BOSH_CPI_USE_ISOLATED_ENV")
-	if present {
-		useIsolatedEnv, err = strconv.ParseBool(value)
-		if err != nil {
-			return CmdOutput{}, bosherr.WrapErrorf(err, "Parsing $BOSH_CPI_USE_ISOLATED_ENV error, could not parse value: %v", value)
-		}
-	}
 
 	cmdPath := r.cpi.ExecutablePath()
 	cmd := boshsys.Command{
@@ -115,11 +105,10 @@ func (r *cpiCmdRunner) Run(context CmdContext, method string, apiVersion int, ar
 		Env: map[string]string{
 			"BOSH_PACKAGES_DIR": r.cpi.PackagesDir,
 			"BOSH_JOBS_DIR":     r.cpi.JobsDir,
-			"PATH":              "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin",
 		},
-		UseIsolatedEnv: useIsolatedEnv,
-		Stdin:          bytes.NewReader(inputBytes),
+		Stdin: bytes.NewReader(inputBytes),
 	}
+
 	stdout, stderr, exitCode, err := r.cmdRunner.RunComplexCommand(cmd)
 	r.logger.Debug(r.logTag, "Exit Code %d when executing external CPI command '%s'\nSTDIN: '%s'\nSTDOUT: '%s'\nSTDERR: '%s'", exitCode, cmdPath, string(inputBytes), stdout, stderr)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cloud/cpi_cmd_runner_test.go b/cloud/cpi_cmd_runner_test.go
index 6ce84b23d..a1df13bda 100644
--- a/cloud/cpi_cmd_runner_test.go
+++ b/cloud/cpi_cmd_runner_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"os"
 
 	boshlog "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/logger"
 	fakesys "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/system/fakes"
@@ -63,9 +62,7 @@ var _ = Describe("CpiCmdRunner", func() {
 			Expect(actualCmd.Env).To(Equal(map[string]string{
 				"BOSH_PACKAGES_DIR": cpi.PackagesDir,
 				"BOSH_JOBS_DIR":     cpi.JobsDir,
-				"PATH":              "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin",
 			}))
-			Expect(actualCmd.UseIsolatedEnv).To(BeTrue())
 			bytes, err := io.ReadAll(actualCmd.Stdin)
 			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			Expect(string(bytes)).To(Equal(
@@ -89,41 +86,6 @@ var _ = Describe("CpiCmdRunner", func() {
 				apiVersion = 2
 			})
 
-			AfterEach(func() {
-				os.Unsetenv("BOSH_CPI_USE_ISOLATED_ENV")
-			})
-			It("creates correct command with UseIsolatedEnv false if BOSH_CPI_USE_ISOLATED_ENV is set", func() {
-				os.Setenv("BOSH_CPI_USE_ISOLATED_ENV", "false")
-				cmdOutput := CmdOutput{}
-				outputBytes, err := json.Marshal(cmdOutput)
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-				result := fakesys.FakeCmdResult{
-					Stdout:     string(outputBytes),
-					ExitStatus: 0,
-				}
-				cmdRunner.AddCmdResult("/jobs/cpi/bin/cpi", result)
-				_, err = cpiCmdRunner.Run(context, "fake-method", apiVersion, "fake-argument-1", "fake-argument-2")
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				actualCmd := cmdRunner.RunComplexCommands[0]
-				Expect(actualCmd.UseIsolatedEnv).To(BeFalse())
-
-			})
-			It("throws helpful error if the value of BOSH_CPI_USE_ISOLATED_ENV cannot be parsed into a bool", func() {
-				os.Setenv("BOSH_CPI_USE_ISOLATED_ENV", "falasdse")
-				cmdOutput := CmdOutput{}
-				outputBytes, err := json.Marshal(cmdOutput)
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-				result := fakesys.FakeCmdResult{
-					Stdout:     string(outputBytes),
-					ExitStatus: 0,
-				}
-				cmdRunner.AddCmdResult("/jobs/cpi/bin/cpi", result)
-				_, err = cpiCmdRunner.Run(context, "fake-method", apiVersion, "fake-argument-1", "fake-argument-2")
-				Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
-				Expect(MatchRegexp("BOSH_CPI_USE_ISOLATED_ENV cannot be parsed", err))
-			})
 			It("creates correct command with stemcell api_version in context", func() {
 				cmdOutput := CmdOutput{}
 				outputBytes, err := json.Marshal(cmdOutput)
@@ -145,9 +107,7 @@ var _ = Describe("CpiCmdRunner", func() {
 				Expect(actualCmd.Env).To(Equal(map[string]string{
 					"BOSH_PACKAGES_DIR": cpi.PackagesDir,
 					"BOSH_JOBS_DIR":     cpi.JobsDir,
-					"PATH":              "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/sbin",
 				}))
-				Expect(actualCmd.UseIsolatedEnv).To(BeTrue())
 				bytes, err := io.ReadAll(actualCmd.Stdin)
 				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 				Expect(string(bytes)).To(Equal(
diff --git a/installation/pkg/compiler.go b/installation/pkg/compiler.go
index dfd7b2f26..8c914ef78 100644
--- a/installation/pkg/compiler.go
+++ b/installation/pkg/compiler.go
@@ -102,11 +102,8 @@ func (c *compiler) Compile(pkg birelpkg.Compilable) (bistatepkg.CompiledPackageR
 				"BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET": installDir,
 				"BOSH_PACKAGE_NAME":   pkg.Name(),
 				"BOSH_PACKAGES_DIR":   c.packagesDir,
-				"PATH":                os.Getenv("PATH"),
-				"LD_LIBRARY_PATH":     os.Getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"),
 			},
-			UseIsolatedEnv: true,
-			WorkingDir:     packageSrcDir,
+			WorkingDir: packageSrcDir,
 		}
 
 		_, _, _, err = c.runner.RunComplexCommand(cmd)
diff --git a/installation/pkg/compiler_test.go b/installation/pkg/compiler_test.go
index acf666b0f..00c064e7b 100644
--- a/installation/pkg/compiler_test.go
+++ b/installation/pkg/compiler_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package pkg_test
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	fakeblobstore "github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils/blobstore/fakes"
@@ -175,11 +174,8 @@ var _ = Describe("PackageCompiler", func() {
 						"BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET": installPath,
 						"BOSH_PACKAGE_NAME":   "pkg1-name",
 						"BOSH_PACKAGES_DIR":   packagesDir,
-						"PATH":                os.Getenv("PATH"),
-						"LD_LIBRARY_PATH":     os.Getenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"),
 					},
-					UseIsolatedEnv: true,
-					WorkingDir:     "/pkg-dir",
+					WorkingDir: "/pkg-dir",
 				}
 
 				Expect(runner.RunComplexCommands).To(HaveLen(1))