diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
index adb069d077..3c95d8055b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
@@ -20,16 +20,14 @@ env:
   DOCKER_LOGIN: docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} -p ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   BUILD: selfdrive/test/docker_build.sh base
 
-  RUN: docker run --shm-size 1G -v $PWD:/tmp/openpilot -w /tmp/openpilot -e PYTHONWARNINGS=error -e FILEREADER_CACHE=1 -e PYTHONPATH=/tmp/openpilot -e NUM_JOBS -e JOB_ID -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/scons_cache:/tmp/scons_cache -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/comma_download_cache:/tmp/comma_download_cache -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/openpilot_cache:/tmp/openpilot_cache $BASE_IMAGE /bin/bash -c
+  RUN: docker run --shm-size 1G -v $PWD:/tmp/openpilot -w /tmp/openpilot -e CI=1 -e PYTHONWARNINGS=error -e FILEREADER_CACHE=1 -e PYTHONPATH=/tmp/openpilot -e NUM_JOBS -e JOB_ID -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/scons_cache:/tmp/scons_cache -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/comma_download_cache:/tmp/comma_download_cache -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/openpilot_cache:/tmp/openpilot_cache $BASE_IMAGE /bin/bash -c
 
   BUILD_CL: selfdrive/test/docker_build.sh cl
 
-  RUN_CL: docker run --shm-size 1G -v $PWD:/tmp/openpilot -w /tmp/openpilot -e PYTHONWARNINGS=error -e PYTHONPATH=/tmp/openpilot -e NUM_JOBS -e JOB_ID -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/scons_cache:/tmp/scons_cache -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/comma_download_cache:/tmp/comma_download_cache -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/openpilot_cache:/tmp/openpilot_cache $CL_BASE_IMAGE /bin/bash -c
+  RUN_CL: docker run --shm-size 1G -v $PWD:/tmp/openpilot -w /tmp/openpilot -e CI=1 -e PYTHONWARNINGS=error -e PYTHONPATH=/tmp/openpilot -e NUM_JOBS -e JOB_ID -e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_RUN_ID -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/scons_cache:/tmp/scons_cache -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/comma_download_cache:/tmp/comma_download_cache -v $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.ci_cache/openpilot_cache:/tmp/openpilot_cache $CL_BASE_IMAGE /bin/bash -c
 
   PYTEST: pytest --continue-on-collection-errors --cov --cov-report=xml --cov-append --durations=0 --durations-min=5 --hypothesis-seed 0
 
-  CI: 1
-
 jobs:
   build_release:
     name: build release