diff --git a/scripts/runps-simple.sh b/scripts/runps-simple.sh
index 63615f271d..24cd30aa42 100755
--- a/scripts/runps-simple.sh
+++ b/scripts/runps-simple.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ CWD=$(pwd)
 SCRIPTDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 
 cd "$SCRIPTDIR"
-PSMODULEPATH="$SCRIPTDIR/Modules" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$SCRIPTDIR" ./host_cmdline -c ../coreclr -alc Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext.dll -tpa powershell-simple.exe powershell-simple.exe "$@"
+CORE_ROOT=../coreclr PSMODULEPATH="$SCRIPTDIR/Modules" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$SCRIPTDIR" ./host_cmdline -alc Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext.dll -tpa powershell-simple.exe powershell-simple.exe "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/runps-test.sh b/scripts/runps-test.sh
index 5196f708be..83644c2d41 100755
--- a/scripts/runps-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/runps-test.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ CWD=$(pwd)
 SCRIPTDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 
 cd "$SCRIPTDIR"
-PSMODULEPATH="$SCRIPTDIR/Modules" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$SCRIPTDIR" ./host_cmdline -c ../coreclr -alc Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext.dll -tpa xunit.console.netcore.exe xunit.console.netcore.exe "$@"
+CORE_ROOT=../coreclr PSMODULEPATH="$SCRIPTDIR/Modules" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$SCRIPTDIR" ./host_cmdline -alc Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext.dll -tpa xunit.console.netcore.exe xunit.console.netcore.exe "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/runps.sh b/scripts/runps.sh
index d47a5e77ee..2110ff4613 100755
--- a/scripts/runps.sh
+++ b/scripts/runps.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ CWD=$(pwd)
 SCRIPTDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 
 cd "$SCRIPTDIR"
-PSMODULEPATH="$SCRIPTDIR/Modules" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$SCRIPTDIR" ./host_cmdline -c ../coreclr -alc Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext.dll -tpa powershell-run.exe powershell-run.exe "$@"
+CORE_ROOT=../coreclr PSMODULEPATH="$SCRIPTDIR/Modules" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$SCRIPTDIR" ./host_cmdline -alc Microsoft.PowerShell.CoreCLR.AssemblyLoadContext.dll -tpa powershell-run.exe powershell-run.exe "$@"