diff --git a/.builders/build.py b/.builders/build.py
index f1cf092c82dff..838edb70e9000 100644
--- a/.builders/build.py
+++ b/.builders/build.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def build_macos():
         env = {
             **os.environ,
             'DD_MOUNT_DIR': mount_dir,
+            'DD_ENV_FILE': mount_dir / '.env',
             # Paths to pythons
             'DD_PY3_BUILDENV_PATH': builder_root / 'py3' / 'bin' / 'python',
             'DD_PY2_BUILDENV_PATH': builder_root / 'py2' / 'bin' / 'python',
diff --git a/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/Dockerfile b/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/Dockerfile
index d49e249ba7899..8e9846c46800e 100644
--- a/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/Dockerfile
+++ b/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/python/${PYTHON2_VERSION}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 # Set up virtual environment for Python 2
 RUN /opt/python/${PYTHON2_VERSION}/bin/python -m pip install --no-warn-script-location virtualenv \
  && /opt/python/${PYTHON2_VERSION}/bin/python -m virtualenv /py2
-ENV DD_PY2_BUILDENV_PATH=/py2/bin/python
 
 # openssl
 RUN yum install -y perl-IPC-Cmd && \
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 RUN /opt/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/bin/python3 -m pip install --no-warn-script-location --upgrade pip \
  && /opt/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/bin/python3 -m pip install --no-warn-script-location virtualenv \
  && /opt/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/bin/python3 -m virtualenv /py3
-ENV DD_PY3_BUILDENV_PATH=/py3/bin/python
 
 # Rust toolchain
 ENV RUST_VERSION="nightly-2022-05-15"
@@ -167,6 +165,5 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install --no-warn-script-location -r /runner_dependencies.txt
 
 COPY build_script.sh /build_script.sh
 ENV DD_BUILD_COMMAND="bash /build_script.sh"
-ENV DD_MOUNT_DIR="/home"
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "/home/scripts/build_wheels.py"]
diff --git a/.builders/scripts/build_wheels.py b/.builders/scripts/build_wheels.py
index cda64693a00cd..5f12950d9ce44 100644
--- a/.builders/scripts/build_wheels.py
+++ b/.builders/scripts/build_wheels.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from utils import extract_metadata, normalize_project_name
 
+
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     PY3_PATH = Path('C:\\py3\\Scripts\\python.exe')
     PY2_PATH = Path('C:\\py2\\Scripts\\python.exe')
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ def path_to_uri(path: str) -> str:
     PY3_PATH = Path(os.environ.get('DD_PY3_BUILDENV_PATH', '/py3/bin/python'))
     PY2_PATH = Path(os.environ.get('DD_PY2_BUILDENV_PATH', '/py2/bin/python'))
     MOUNT_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('DD_MOUNT_DIR', '/home'))
-    ENV_FILE = MOUNT_DIR / '.env'
+    ENV_FILE = Path(os.environ.get('DD_ENV_FILE', '/.env'))
 
     def join_command_args(args: list[str]) -> str:
         return shlex.join(args)