diff --git a/tools/packaging/guest-image/build_image.sh b/tools/packaging/guest-image/build_image.sh
index 27ec99e0b7..65c0ba8e0d 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/guest-image/build_image.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/guest-image/build_image.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ build_image() {
 	info "image os: $img_distro"
 	info "image os version: $img_os_version"
 	# CCv0 on image is currently unsupported, do not pass
-	unset SKOPEO_UMOCI
+	unset SKOPEO
+	unset UMOCI
 	unset AA_KBC
 	sudo -E PATH="${PATH}" make image \
 		DISTRO="${img_distro}" \
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
index c026d4c199..a8f7b118e7 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-binaries-in-docker.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ docker run ${TTY_OPT} \
 	-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
 	--user ${uid}:${gid} \
 	--env USER=${USER} \
-	--env SKOPEO_UMOCI="${SKOPEO_UMOCI:-}" \
+	--env SKOPEO="${SKOPEO:-}" \
+	--env UMOCI="${UMOCI:-}" \
 	--env AA_KBC="${AA_KBC:-}" \
 	--env INCLUDE_ROOTFS="${INCLUDE_ROOTFS:-}" \
 	-v "${kata_dir}:${kata_dir}" \