diff --git a/app/Jobs/DeployApplicationJob.php b/app/Jobs/DeployApplicationJob.php
index 9714834a7..e6cfbe37d 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/DeployApplicationJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/DeployApplicationJob.php
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ COPY --from={$this->application->uuid}:{$this->git_commit}-build /app/{$this->ap
     {
         $environment_variables = collect();
 
-        foreach ($this->application->environment_variables as $env) {
+        foreach ($this->application->runtime_environment_variables as $env) {
             $environment_variables->push("$env->key=$env->value");
         }
         // Add PORT if not exists, use the first port as default
diff --git a/app/Models/Application.php b/app/Models/Application.php
index b782e7616..7481747eb 100644
--- a/app/Models/Application.php
+++ b/app/Models/Application.php
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ class Application extends BaseModel
     {
         return $this->hasMany(EnvironmentVariable::class);
     }
+    public function runtime_environment_variables(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(EnvironmentVariable::class)->where('key', 'not like', 'NIXPACKS_%');
+    }
     public function build_environment_variables(): HasMany
     {
-        return $this->hasMany(EnvironmentVariable::class)->where('is_build_time', true);
+        return $this->hasMany(EnvironmentVariable::class)->where('is_build_time', true)->where('key', 'not like', 'NIXPACKS_%');
     }
     public function nixpacks_environment_variables(): HasMany
     {