diff --git a/tests/c-xrefrc.tpl b/tests/c-xrefrc.tpl
index 3685a638..d21e6e9b 100644
--- a/tests/c-xrefrc.tpl
+++ b/tests/c-xrefrc.tpl
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@
   -refs CURDIR/CXrefs
   //  number of tag files
   -refnum=10
-  -set env ENV
diff --git a/tests/test_get_environment_value/Makefile b/tests/test_get_environment_value/Makefile
index 9f16a83e..1d8dca29 100644
--- a/tests/test_get_environment_value/Makefile
+++ b/tests/test_get_environment_value/Makefile
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ $(TEST): CXrefs
 trace: EXTRA = \'-trace\'
 trace: $(TEST)
 
-CXrefs: .c-xrefrc
+CXrefs: tweaked-c-xrefrc
 	@$(CXREF) -create test_source -o cxrefs.log
 
+tweaked-c-xrefrc: .c-xrefrc
+	echo "  -set env ENV" >> .c-xrefrc
+
+
 debug:
 	@$(EDIT_SERVER_DRIVER) commands.input $(EXTRA) --delay 5 > output.tmp &
 	sleep 1