diff --git a/project/scripts/sbt b/project/scripts/sbt
index 957b229128d1..1be78905ce32 100755
--- a/project/scripts/sbt
+++ b/project/scripts/sbt
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ sbt -J-Xmx4096m \
     -J-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1024m \
     -Ddotty.drone.mem=4096m \
     -Dsbt.ivy.home=/var/cache/drone/ivy2 \
+    -DSBT_PGP_USE_GPG=false \
     -no-colors \
     "$CMD"
diff --git a/project/scripts/sbtPublish b/project/scripts/sbtPublish
index 513814df1565..d233455b8112 100755
--- a/project/scripts/sbtPublish
+++ b/project/scripts/sbtPublish
@@ -29,5 +29,4 @@ echo "$PGP_SECRET" > "$HOME/.sbt/gpg/secring.asc"
 
 # run sbt with the supplied arg
 SBT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >& /dev/null && pwd)/sbt"
-export SBT_PGP_USE_GPG=false
 "$SBT" "$RELEASE_CMD"