diff --git a/pkg/commands/env.go b/pkg/commands/env.go
index 6a3153ba8..ecab6f1d9 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/env.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/env.go
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kaniko/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile/instructions"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 type EnvCommand struct {
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ func (e *EnvCommand) ExecuteCommand(config *manifest.Schema2Config) error {
 			Key:   expandedKey,
 			Value: expandedValue,
 		}
-		logrus.Infof("Setting environment variable %s=%s", pair.Key, expandedValue)
-		if err := os.Setenv(pair.Key, expandedValue); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 	}
 	return updateConfigEnv(newEnvs, config)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/run.go b/pkg/commands/run.go
index 6be8f33fe..f273d3d63 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/run.go
@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 package commands
 
 import (
-	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile/instructions"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/containers/image/manifest"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile/instructions"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 type RunCommand struct {
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ func (r *RunCommand) ExecuteCommand(config *manifest.Schema2Config) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command(newCommand[0], newCommand[1:]...)
 	cmd.Dir = config.WorkingDir
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	cmd.Env = config.Env
+
 	// If specified, run the command as a specific user
 	if config.User != "" {
 		userAndGroup := strings.Split(config.User, ":")