diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
index 8b2adbb0966..6ba3deb121f 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ export RUN_TIDY=${RUN_TIDY:-false}
 # This is needed because some ci machines have slow CPU or disk, so sanitizers
 # might be slow or a reindex might be waiting on disk IO.
 export TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR=${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR:-40}
-export TEST_RUNNER_ENV=${TEST_RUNNER_ENV:-}
 export RUN_FUZZ_TESTS=${RUN_FUZZ_TESTS:-false}
 
 # Randomize test order.
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_multiprocess.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_multiprocess.sh
index 647f4103e2d..7b46835b57f 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_multiprocess.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_multiprocess.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ export DEP_OPTS="DEBUG=1 MULTIPROCESS=1"
 export GOAL="install"
 export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--enable-debug CC='clang -m32' CXX='clang++ -m32' \
 LDFLAGS='--rtlib=compiler-rt -lgcc_s' CPPFLAGS='-DBOOST_MULTI_INDEX_ENABLE_SAFE_MODE'"
-export TEST_RUNNER_ENV="BITCOIND=bitcoin-node"
+export BITCOIND=bitcoin-node  # Used in functional tests
diff --git a/ci/test/02_run_container.sh b/ci/test/02_run_container.sh
index edf8f2c30f6..64b1e4e1827 100755
--- a/ci/test/02_run_container.sh
+++ b/ci/test/02_run_container.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ CI_EXEC git config --global --add safe.directory \"*\"
 
 CI_EXEC mkdir -p "${BINS_SCRATCH_DIR}"
 
-CI_EXEC "${BASE_ROOT_DIR}/ci/test/06_script_b.sh"
+CI_EXEC "${BASE_ROOT_DIR}/ci/test/03_test_script.sh"
 
 if [ -z "$DANGER_RUN_CI_ON_HOST" ]; then
   echo "Stop and remove CI container by ID"
diff --git a/ci/test/06_script_b.sh b/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
similarity index 90%
rename from ci/test/06_script_b.sh
rename to ci/test/03_test_script.sh
index 20464c3aea6..cdcd7315282 100755
--- a/ci/test/06_script_b.sh
+++ b/ci/test/03_test_script.sh
@@ -163,15 +163,16 @@ if [ -n "$USE_VALGRIND" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$RUN_UNIT_TESTS" = "true" ]; then
-  bash -c "${TEST_RUNNER_ENV} DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA=${DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA} LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib make $MAKEJOBS check VERBOSE=1"
+  DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA="${DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA}" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib" make "${MAKEJOBS}" check VERBOSE=1
 fi
 
 if [ "$RUN_UNIT_TESTS_SEQUENTIAL" = "true" ]; then
-  bash -c "${TEST_RUNNER_ENV} DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA=${DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA} LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib ${BASE_OUTDIR}/bin/test_bitcoin --catch_system_errors=no -l test_suite"
+  DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA="${DIR_UNIT_TEST_DATA}" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib" "${BASE_OUTDIR}"/bin/test_bitcoin --catch_system_errors=no -l test_suite
 fi
 
 if [ "$RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS" = "true" ]; then
-  bash -c "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib ${TEST_RUNNER_ENV} test/functional/test_runner.py --ci $MAKEJOBS --tmpdirprefix ${BASE_SCRATCH_DIR}/test_runner/ --ansi --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR} ${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA} --quiet --failfast"
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib" test/functional/test_runner.py --ci "${MAKEJOBS}" --tmpdirprefix "${BASE_SCRATCH_DIR}"/test_runner/ --ansi --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor="${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR}" ${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA} --quiet --failfast
 fi
 
 if [ "${RUN_TIDY}" = "true" ]; then
@@ -200,5 +201,6 @@ if [ "${RUN_TIDY}" = "true" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$RUN_FUZZ_TESTS" = "true" ]; then
-  bash -c "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib test/fuzz/test_runner.py ${FUZZ_TESTS_CONFIG} $MAKEJOBS -l DEBUG ${DIR_FUZZ_IN} --empty_min_time=60"
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${DEPENDS_DIR}/${HOST}/lib" test/fuzz/test_runner.py ${FUZZ_TESTS_CONFIG} "${MAKEJOBS}" -l DEBUG "${DIR_FUZZ_IN}" --empty_min_time=60
 fi