diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
index dbc6414bf60..fe2d69a2998 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/lava/lava_job_submitter.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def generate_lava_yaml(args):
     else:
         run_steps += [
             "echo Could not find jwt file, disabling MINIO requests...",
-            "unset MINIO_RESULTS_UPLOAD",
+            "sed -i '/MINIO_RESULTS_UPLOAD/d' /set-job-env-vars.sh",
         ]
 
     run_steps += [