diff --git a/pkg/hostagent/hostagent.go b/pkg/hostagent/hostagent.go
index 88491d9babf..c0452c8ba72 100644
--- a/pkg/hostagent/hostagent.go
+++ b/pkg/hostagent/hostagent.go
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ func (a *HostAgent) processGuestAgentEvents(ctx context.Context, client *guestag
 		// - v1.1.0-beta.0: false
 		useSSHFwd := false
 		if envVar := os.Getenv("LIMA_SSH_PORT_FORWARDER"); envVar != "" {
-			b, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("LIMA_SSH_PORT_FORWARDER"))
+			b, err := strconv.ParseBool(envVar)
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.WithError(err).Warnf("invalid LIMA_SSH_PORT_FORWARDER value %q", envVar)
 			} else {
diff --git a/pkg/qemu/qemu.go b/pkg/qemu/qemu.go
index 8a54ba8a587..2fb08886ffc 100644
--- a/pkg/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/pkg/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ func Cmdline(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) (exe string, args []string, err er
 		var firmware string
 		firmwareInBios := runtime.GOOS == "windows"
 		if envVar := os.Getenv("_LIMA_QEMU_UEFI_IN_BIOS"); envVar != "" {
-			b, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("_LIMA_QEMU_UEFI_IN_BIOS"))
+			b, err := strconv.ParseBool(envVar)
 			if err != nil {
 				logrus.WithError(err).Warnf("invalid _LIMA_QEMU_UEFI_IN_BIOS value %q", envVar)
 			} else {