diff --git a/test/e2e/dryrun.go b/test/e2e/dryrun.go
index 4319f0af8f..c005e869c7 100644
--- a/test/e2e/dryrun.go
+++ b/test/e2e/dryrun.go
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ func loadExpectedClusterDetails(filepath string, clusterName string, rootDir str
 		return "", err
 	}
 	out := string(data)
-	out = strings.ReplaceAll(out, "<CLUSTER_NAME>", clusterName)
-	out = strings.ReplaceAll(out, "<ROOT_DIR>", rootDir)
 	return out, nil
 }
 
@@ -49,15 +47,15 @@ func CaseDryrun(clusterName string, kwokctlPath string, rootDir string) *feature
 			t.Fatal("Could not get expected cluster details:", err)
 		}
 		t.Log("EXPECTED CLUSTER:", expected)
-		os.Setenv("KWOK_RUNTIME","binary")
 		cmd := exec.Command(kwokctlPath, "create", "cluster", "--name="+clusterName, "--dry-run", "--runtime=binary", "--kube-authorization=false", "--disable-qps-limits", "--quiet-pull", "--timeout=30m", "--wait=30m")
-		os.Unsetenv("KWOK_RUNTIME")
 		var output []byte
 		output, err = cmd.Output()
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("Could not get the output of the command:", err)
 		}
 		got := string(output)
+		got = strings.ReplaceAll(got, clusterName, "<CLUSTER_NAME>")
+		got = strings.ReplaceAll(got, rootDir, "<ROOT_DIR>")
 		t.Log("GOT CLUSTER:", got)
 		if !strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(got), strings.TrimSpace(expected)) {
 			t.Fatalf("Expected %s but got %s", expected, got)