diff --git a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
index 1f346ef74..ae89b80b4 100644
--- a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
+++ b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/CompileTargets.cs
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
         {
             Rmdir(outputDir);
 
-            dotnet.SetDotNetHome();
-
             var configuration = c.BuildContext.Get<string>("Configuration");
             var binDir = Path.Combine(outputDir, "bin");
             var runtimeOutputDir = Path.Combine(outputDir, "runtime", "coreclr");
diff --git a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/Utils/DotNetCli.cs b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/Utils/DotNetCli.cs
index 51e194504..67d30fa8b 100644
--- a/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/Utils/DotNetCli.cs
+++ b/scripts/dotnet-cli-build/Utils/DotNetCli.cs
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Build
             BinPath = binPath;
         }
 
-        public void SetDotNetHome()
-        {
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_HOME", Path.GetDirectoryName(BinPath));
-        }
-
         public Command Exec(string command, params string[] args)
         {
             return Command.Create(Path.Combine(BinPath, $"dotnet{Constants.ExeSuffix}"), Enumerable.Concat(new[] { command }, args));