diff --git a/core/api/BUCK b/core/api/BUCK
index f47cda5d57..0d3a868a46 100644
--- a/core/api/BUCK
+++ b/core/api/BUCK
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jest_test(
     name = "unit-tests",
     srcs = [":src"] + [":test_src"] + glob(["galoy.yaml"]),
     config_file = "test/unit/jest.config.js",
-    env_json_target = "//dev:env.json",
+    env_json = "//dev:env.json",
     env = {
         "LOGLEVEL": "warn",
     }
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ jest_test(
     prod_deps_srcs = prod_deps_srcs,
     config_file = "test/integration/jest.config.js",
     run_serially = True,
-    env_json_target = "//dev:env.json",
+    env_json = "//dev:env.json",
     env = {
         "LOGLEVEL": "warn",
     }
diff --git a/toolchains/workspace-pnpm/macros.bzl b/toolchains/workspace-pnpm/macros.bzl
index 7031010bfd..dfe381bb71 100644
--- a/toolchains/workspace-pnpm/macros.bzl
+++ b/toolchains/workspace-pnpm/macros.bzl
@@ -634,9 +634,9 @@ def _npm_test_impl(
         cmd_args(program_run_info),
     ])
 
-    if hasattr(ctx.attrs, 'env_json_target'):
-        run_cmd_args.add("--env-json-target")
-        run_cmd_args.add(ctx.attrs.env_json_target)
+    if hasattr(ctx.attrs, 'env_json'):
+        run_cmd_args.add("--env-json")
+        run_cmd_args.add(ctx.attrs.env_json)
 
     run_cmd_args.add("--")
     run_cmd_args.add(program_args)
@@ -1165,8 +1165,8 @@ _jest_test = rule(
             default = False,
             doc = "Run all tests serially in the current process"
         ),
-        "env_json_target": attrs.option(
-            attrs.string(),
+        "env_json": attrs.option(
+            attrs.source(),
             doc = """buck2 target for json file with env variables required.""",
             default = None,
         ),
diff --git a/toolchains/workspace-pnpm/run_npm_test.py b/toolchains/workspace-pnpm/run_npm_test.py
index 4a9f06123e..d37acfa571 100644
--- a/toolchains/workspace-pnpm/run_npm_test.py
+++ b/toolchains/workspace-pnpm/run_npm_test.py
@@ -8,33 +8,6 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-def env_dict_from_target(target):
-    repo_root_cmd = ["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"]
-    repo_root_res = subprocess.run(repo_root_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
-    if repo_root_res.returncode != 0:
-        raise RuntimeError(repo_root_res.stderr)
-    repo_root = repo_root_res.stdout.strip()
-
-    env_json_cmd = [
-        "buck2",
-        "--isolation-dir",
-        "buck-out",
-        "uquery",
-        "inputs(deps('{}'))".format(target),
-    ]
-    env_json_res = subprocess.run(env_json_cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
-    if env_json_res.returncode != 0:
-        raise RuntimeError(env_json_res.stderr)
-    env_json = env_json_res.stdout.strip()
-
-
-    abs_file_path = "{}/{}".format(repo_root, env_json)
-    with open(abs_file_path, 'r') as file:
-        env_dict = json.load(file)
-
-    return env_dict
-
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -46,7 +19,7 @@ def env_dict_from_target(target):
         help="Binary to execute program with",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--env-json-target",
+        "--env-json",
         help="Env file to load variables from",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -58,9 +31,10 @@ def env_dict_from_target(target):
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
-    if (args.env_json_target):
-        env_json = env_dict_from_target(args.env_json_target)
-        env = {**env, **env_json}
+    if (args.env_json):
+        with open(args.env_json, 'r') as file:
+            env_dict = json.load(file)
+        env = {**env, **env_dict}
 
     bin_args = args.args[1:] # ignore '--' separator
     if env.get("TEST"):