diff --git a/bazel/labgrid/driver/localhost.py b/bazel/labgrid/driver/localhost.py
index ed74c388eadd6e0d07737c43ec8a96326ea0e60f..e97a307f793e8f35aef918fb83931152ba0ad09e 100644
--- a/bazel/labgrid/driver/localhost.py
+++ b/bazel/labgrid/driver/localhost.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import attr
 
-from os import environ, linesep
+from os import linesep
 from shutil import copy, copytree
 from subprocess import run, PIPE
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from bazel.python.runfiles import exclude_runfile_env_vars
 from labgrid.factory import target_factory
 from labgrid.step import step
 from labgrid.driver import Driver
@@ -27,12 +26,11 @@ class LocalhostDriver(CommandMixin, Driver, CommandProtocol, FileTransferProtoco
         return self._run(cmd, timeout=timeout, codec=codec, decodeerrors=decodeerrors)
 
     def _run(self, cmd, *, timeout=30.0, codec="utf-8", decodeerrors="strict"):
-        env = exclude_runfile_env_vars(environ)
         process = run(
             cmd,
             stdout=PIPE,
             stderr=PIPE,
-            env=env,
+            env={},
             shell=True,
             timeout=timeout,
             encoding=codec,