diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-console.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-console.yaml
index 4ccead6181762..06f7a4c9f1a03 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-console.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-console.yaml
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ objects:
         cp "$(command -v openshift-install)" /tmp
         mkdir /tmp/artifacts/installer
 
-        export EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
-        export SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
-        export PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
+        EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
+        PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
 
         if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "aws" ]]; then
             cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
index 33e91fd4b80a1..e9b2bc35fc79e 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-e2e.yaml
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ objects:
           echo "Installing from release ${RELEASE_IMAGE_LATEST}"
         fi
 
-        export EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
-        export SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
-        export PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
+        EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
+        PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
 
         if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "aws" ]]; then
             cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-metal-e2e.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-metal-e2e.yaml
index f6e73d205a1cd..20d465a24894e 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-metal-e2e.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-metal-e2e.yaml
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ objects:
           echo "Installing from release ${RELEASE_IMAGE_LATEST}"
         fi
 
-        export EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
-        export SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
-        export PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
+        EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
+        PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
 
         cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF
         apiVersion: v1beta4
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-openstack-e2e.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-openstack-e2e.yaml
index 6fdf37ca560c3..a529d5da51dbb 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-openstack-e2e.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-openstack-e2e.yaml
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ objects:
           echo "Installing from release ${RELEASE_IMAGE_LATEST}"
         fi
 
-        export EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
-        export SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
-        export PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
+        EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
+        PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
 
         # create a new floating ip tagged with CLUSTER_NAME so it can be deleted later
         LB_FIP=$(openstack floating ip create --description $CLUSTER_NAME $OPENSTACK_EXTERNAL_NETWORK --format value -c 'floating_ip_address')
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ objects:
           fi
         }
         function nuke() {
-          export PREFIX=$(grep cluster_id /tmp/artifacts/installer/terraform.tfvars | cut -d '"' -f4)
+          PREFIX=$(grep cluster_id /tmp/artifacts/installer/terraform.tfvars | cut -d '"' -f4)
           openstack server list -c ID -f value --name $PREFIX | xargs openstack server delete
 
           openstack router remove subnet  $PREFIX-external-router $PREFIX-service
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-src.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-src.yaml
index 00d46d09847d0..0dfbf50acf849 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-src.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-src.yaml
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ objects:
         cp "$(command -v openshift-install)" /tmp
         mkdir /tmp/artifacts/installer
 
-        export EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
-        export SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
-        export PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
+        EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
+        PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
 
         if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "aws" ]]; then
             cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-upi-e2e.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-upi-e2e.yaml
index ef59c9b822ddf..5c87f097a8296 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-upi-e2e.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/installer/cluster-launch-installer-upi-e2e.yaml
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ objects:
           echo "Installing from release ${RELEASE_IMAGE_LATEST}"
         fi
 
-        export EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
-        export SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
-        export PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
+        EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
+        PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
 
         if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "aws" ]]; then
             cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ objects:
         EOF
         elif [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "vsphere" ]]; then
             # Get user and password from TFVARS_PATH
-            export VSPHERE_USER=$(grep -oP 'vsphere_user="\K[^"]+' ${TFVARS_PATH})
-            export VSPHERE_PASSWORD=$(grep -oP 'vsphere_password="\K[^"]+' ${TFVARS_PATH})
+            VSPHERE_USER=$(grep -oP 'vsphere_user="\K[^"]+' ${TFVARS_PATH})
+            VSPHERE_PASSWORD=$(grep -oP 'vsphere_password="\K[^"]+' ${TFVARS_PATH})
             cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF
         apiVersion: v1beta4
         baseDomain: ${BASE_DOMAIN}
@@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ objects:
         cp -r /var/lib/openshift-install/upi/${CLUSTER_TYPE}/* /tmp/tf
 
         # Create terraform.tfvars
-        export BOOTSTRAP_URL="http://${JOB_NAME_SAFE}-bootstrap-exporter-${NAMESPACE}.svc.ci.openshift.org/bootstrap.ign"
-        export MASTER_IGN=$(cat /tmp/artifacts/installer/master.ign)
-        export WORKER_IGN=$(cat /tmp/artifacts/installer/worker.ign)
+        BOOTSTRAP_URL="http://${JOB_NAME_SAFE}-bootstrap-exporter-${NAMESPACE}.svc.ci.openshift.org/bootstrap.ign"
+        MASTER_IGN=$(cat /tmp/artifacts/installer/master.ign)
+        WORKER_IGN=$(cat /tmp/artifacts/installer/worker.ign)
 
         cat > /tmp/tf/terraform.tfvars <<-EOF
           machine_cidr = "139.178.73.0/26"
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ objects:
           if [ -f /tmp/artifacts/installer/.openshift_install_state.json ]
           then
               # Remove VSPHERE_USER and VSPHERE_PASSWORD from install state json
-              export VSPHERE_USER=$(grep -oP 'vsphere_user="\K[^"]+' ${TFVARS_PATH})
-              export VSPHERE_PASSWORD=$(grep -oP 'vsphere_password="\K[^"]+' ${TFVARS_PATH})
+              VSPHERE_USER=$(grep -oP 'vsphere_user="\K[^"]+' ${TFVARS_PATH})
+              VSPHERE_PASSWORD=$(grep -oP 'vsphere_password="\K[^"]+' ${TFVARS_PATH})
               sed -i "s;${VSPHERE_USER};REDACTED;g" /tmp/artifacts/installer/.openshift_install_state.json
               sed -i "s;${VSPHERE_PASSWORD};REDACTED;g" /tmp/artifacts/installer/.openshift_install_state.json
 
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-40.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-40.yaml
index 0a289fb0ac087..28433c9bf7bc5 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-40.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-launch-e2e-40.yaml
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ objects:
 
         mkdir /tmp/artifacts/installer
 
-        export SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
-        export PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
+        PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
 
         if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "gcp" ]]; then
           cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ objects:
         EOF
         elif [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "aws" ]]; then
           export AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE="/etc/openshift-installer/.awscred"
-          export EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+          EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
           cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF
         apiVersion: v1beta4
         baseDomain: test.ose
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-scaleup-e2e-40.yaml b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-scaleup-e2e-40.yaml
index 3df4e382a346d..3e036ab1bba53 100644
--- a/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-scaleup-e2e-40.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/openshift/openshift-ansible/cluster-scaleup-e2e-40.yaml
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ objects:
         cp "$(command -v openshift-install)" /tmp
         mkdir /tmp/artifacts/installer
 
-        export EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
-        export SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
-        export PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
+        EXPIRATION_DATE=$(date -d '4 hours' --iso=minutes --utc)
+        SSH_PUB_KEY=$(cat "${SSH_PUB_KEY_PATH}")
+        PULL_SECRET=$(cat "${PULL_SECRET_PATH}")
 
         if [[ "${CLUSTER_TYPE}" == "aws" ]]; then
             cat > /tmp/artifacts/installer/install-config.yaml << EOF