diff --git a/core/api/BUCK b/core/api/BUCK
index ae9155829e1..9c10f9ba18d 100644
--- a/core/api/BUCK
+++ b/core/api/BUCK
@@ -15,6 +15,26 @@ load(
 )
 load("@toolchains//rover:macros.bzl", "sdl", "diff_check", "dev_update_file")
 
+dummy_env_dict = {
+  "HELMREVISION": "dummy",
+  "KRATOS_PG_CON": "pg://dummy",
+  "OATHKEEPER_DECISION_ENDPOINT": "http://dummy",
+  "NETWORK": "regtest",
+  "TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID": "dummy",
+  "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN": "dummy",
+  "TWILIO_VERIFY_SERVICE_ID": "dummy",
+  "KRATOS_PUBLIC_API": "http://dummy",
+  "KRATOS_ADMIN_API": "http://dummy",
+  "KRATOS_MASTER_USER_PASSWORD": "dummy",
+  "KRATOS_CALLBACK_API_KEY": "dummy",
+  "BRIA_HOST": "dummy",
+  "BRIA_API_KEY": "dummy",
+  "MONGODB_CON": "mongodb://dummy",
+  "REDIS_MASTER_NAME": "dummy",
+  "REDIS_PASSWORD": "dummy",
+  "REDIS_0_DNS": "dummy",
+}
+
 dev_pnpm_task_binary(
   name = "fix-lint",
   command = "eslint-fix",
@@ -255,6 +275,7 @@ dev_pnpm_task_binary(
   command = "dev:cron",
   srcs = [":src"],
   visibility = ["PUBLIC"],
+  env = dummy_env_dict,
 )
 
 dev_pnpm_task_binary(