diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2b8ff759dc6..6ae6e15b969 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -290,14 +290,16 @@ step-mksnapshot-store: &step-mksnapshot-store
 step-generate-breakpad-symbols: &step-generate-breakpad-symbols
   run:
     name: Generate breakpad symbols
+    environment:
+      # TODO(alexeykuzmin): Explicitly pass an out folder path to the scripts.
+      ELECTRON_OUT_DIR: Default
     command: |
       cd src
+
       # Build needed dump_syms executable
       ninja -C out/Default third_party/breakpad:dump_syms
-      electron/script/dump-symbols.py -d "$PWD/out/Default/electron.breakpad.syms"
 
-      # TODO(alexeykuzmin): Explicitly pass an out folder path to the "zip-symbols.py" script.
-      export ELECTRON_OUT_DIR=Default
+      electron/script/dump-symbols.py -d "$PWD/out/Default/electron.breakpad.syms"
       electron/script/zip-symbols.py
 
 step-maybe-native-mksnapshot-gn-gen: &step-maybe-native-mksnapshot-gn-gen