diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a15f759e2de..75706642343 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -869,7 +869,8 @@ setenv =
     EXTERNAL_REGISTRY = {env:EXTERNAL_REGISTRY:k3d-registry.localhost:5800}
 commands =
     bash -c "echo Running with ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE=$ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE NODE_PORT=$NODE_PORT NODE_URL=$NODE_URL \
-    Excluding notebooks: $EXCLUDE_NOTEBOOKS SYFT_VERSION=$SYFT_VERSION; date"
+    Excluding notebooks: $EXCLUDE_NOTEBOOKS SYFT_VERSION=$SYFT_VERSION \
+    EXTERNAL_REGISTRY=$EXTERNAL_REGISTRY; date"
 
 
     k3d version
@@ -1117,8 +1118,7 @@ setenv =
 commands =
     bash -c "echo Running with ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE=$ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE NODE_PORT=$NODE_PORT NODE_URL=$NODE_URL \
     Excluding notebooks: $EXCLUDE_NOTEBOOKS SYFT_VERSION=$SYFT_VERSION \
-    EXTERNAL_REGISTRY=$EXTERNAL_REGISTRY EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_USERNAME=$EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_USERNAME \
-    EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD=$EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD; date"
+    EXTERNAL_REGISTRY=$EXTERNAL_REGISTRY; date"
 
 
     # Schema for EXLUDE_NOTEBOOKS is