diff --git a/pkg/util/command_util.go b/pkg/util/command_util.go
index 6d9471ebd..15ed41b18 100644
--- a/pkg/util/command_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/command_util.go
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ func ResolveEnvironmentReplacementList(values, envs []string, isFilepath bool) (
 func ResolveEnvironmentReplacement(value string, envs []string, isFilepath bool) (string, error) {
 	shlex := shell.NewLex(parser.DefaultEscapeToken)
 	fp, err := shlex.ProcessWord(value, envs)
-	if !isFilepath {
+	// Check after replacement if value is a remote URL
+	if !isFilepath || IsSrcRemoteFileURL(fp) {	
 		return fp, err
 	}
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/util/command_util_test.go b/pkg/util/command_util_test.go
index 3e2342595..6f7aa01a7 100644
--- a/pkg/util/command_util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/command_util_test.go
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ var testEnvReplacement = []struct {
 		},
 		expectedPath: "8080/udp",
 	},
+	{
+		path: "$url",
+		envs: []string{
+			"url=http://example.com",
+		},
+		isFilepath:   true,
+		expectedPath: "http://example.com",
+	},
 }
 
 func Test_EnvReplacement(t *testing.T) {
@@ -472,15 +480,16 @@ func TestResolveEnvironmentReplacementList(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "url",
 			args: args{
 				values: []string{
-					"https://google.com/$foo", "$bar",
+					"https://google.com/$foo", "$bar", "$url",
 				},
 				envs: []string{
 					"foo=baz",
 					"bar=bat",
+					"url=https://google.com",
 				},
 			},
-			want: []string{"https://google.com/baz", "bat"},
-		},
+			want: []string{"https://google.com/baz", "bat", "https://google.com"},
+		},		
 		{
 			name: "mixed",
 			args: args{