diff --git a/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml b/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
index 2fc8111d..a64f507c 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ stages:
               "npx wait-on http://localhost:8080 && npm run test:playwright -- --shard=$(shardNumber)/$(totalShards) --reporter=list,blob --grep \"@smoke | @Advanced\"")
 
             # Start container and stream logs
-
             echo "Starting tests for shard $(shardNumber)..."
             docker start -a $container_id
 
@@ -189,8 +188,6 @@ stages:
             -e JIRA_SERVER=$(JIRA_SERVER) \
             -e JIRA_USERNAME=$(JIRA_USERNAME) \
             -e JIRA_API_KEY=$(JIRA_API_KEY) \
-            -e CI=true \
-            -e NODE_ENV=$(NODE_ENV) \
             $(dockerImageName):$(imageTag) \
             . $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/devops/scripts/jira_writeback.sh &&
             add_comment "$(Build.SourceBranchName)" "AUTOMATED TEST RUN: $(date)" "$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/ortoni-report/index.html")