diff --git a/labgrid/executor/executor.py b/labgrid/executor/executor.py
index 81c246d37e279d4f1ff39678595f41d1809382e0..68f9cf7d86bbf15fdb6fbf3da4b766a29c61990a 100644
--- a/labgrid/executor/executor.py
+++ b/labgrid/executor/executor.py
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ def main(exe: Path, *args: str) -> int:
         cmd = (which("sh"), *cmd)
 
     with parsed.manager() as data:
+        env = {k: v for k, v in data.env.items() if k != "RUNFILES_DIR"}
         try:
-            run(cmd, env=data.env, check=True)
+            run(cmd, env=env, check=True)
         except CalledProcessError as e:
             return e.returncode
         except KeyboardInterrupt: