diff --git a/env_setup.bat b/env_setup.bat
index f60008e9e..f7ee37690 100644
--- a/env_setup.bat
+++ b/env_setup.bat
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 set JULIAUP_DEPOT_PATH=%~dp0
+set QUARTO_PYTHON=python
diff --git a/env_setup.sh b/env_setup.sh
index 15e083050..74a3d0b94 100644
--- a/env_setup.sh
+++ b/env_setup.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 JULIAUP_DEPOT_PATH=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 export JULIAUP_DEPOT_PATH
+QUARTO_PYTHON=python
+export QUARTO_PYTHON
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 69e20235a..87b248240 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ build-julia-docs = { cmd = "julia --project=docs docs/make.jl", depends_on = [
     "instantiate-julia",
 ] }
 quartodoc-build = { cmd = "quartodoc build && rm objects.json", cwd = "docs" }
-quarto-preview = { cmd = "export QUARTO_PYTHON=python && quarto preview docs", depends_on = [
+quarto-preview = { cmd = "quarto preview docs", depends_on = [
     "quartodoc-build",
 ] }
 quarto-check = { cmd = "quarto check all", depends_on = ["quartodoc-build"] }
-quarto-render = { cmd = "julia --project=docs --eval 'using Pkg; Pkg.build(\"IJulia\")' && export QUARTO_PYTHON=python && quarto render docs --to html --execute", depends_on = [
+quarto-render = { cmd = "julia --project=docs --eval 'using Pkg; Pkg.build(\"IJulia\")' && quarto render docs --to html --execute", depends_on = [
     "quartodoc-build",
 ] }
 docs = { depends_on = ["build-julia-docs", "quarto-preview"] }