diff --git a/test/container/containerd_test.sh b/test/container/containerd_test.sh
index ea03f77a..48b00347 100755
--- a/test/container/containerd_test.sh
+++ b/test/container/containerd_test.sh
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ testing::containerd::toolkit::run() {
 		--volumes-from "${containerd_dind_ctr}" \
 		-v "${shared_dir}/etc/containerd/config_${version}.toml:${containerd_dind_containerd_dir}/containerd.toml" \
 		--pid "container:${containerd_dind_ctr}" \
-		-e "RUNTIME=containerd" \
-		-e "RUNTIME_ARGS=--config=${containerd_dind_containerd_dir}/containerd.toml --socket=${containerd_dind_containerd_dir}/containerd.sock" \
+		-e RUNTIME="containerd" \
+		-e RUNTIME_ARGS="--config=${containerd_dind_containerd_dir}/containerd.toml --socket=${containerd_dind_containerd_dir}/containerd.sock" \
+		-e CDI_OUTPUT_DIR="" \
 		--name "${containerd_test_ctr}" \
 		"${toolkit_container_image}" "/usr/local/nvidia" "--no-daemon"
 
diff --git a/test/container/docker_test.sh b/test/container/docker_test.sh
index 6d66adbe..b314c8c0 100755
--- a/test/container/docker_test.sh
+++ b/test/container/docker_test.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ testing::docker::toolkit::run() {
 	docker run -d --rm --privileged \
 		--volumes-from "${docker_dind_ctr}" \
 		--pid "container:${docker_dind_ctr}" \
-		-e "RUNTIME_ARGS=--socket ${docker_dind_socket}" \
+		-e RUNTIME_ARGS="--socket ${docker_dind_socket}" \
+		-e CDI_OUTPUT_DIR="" \
 		--name "${docker_test_ctr}" \
 		"${toolkit_container_image}" "/usr/local/nvidia" "--no-daemon"