diff --git a/tools/cargo-mutants.sh b/tools/cargo-mutants.sh
index b46bd90..f95d5c6 100644
--- a/tools/cargo-mutants.sh
+++ b/tools/cargo-mutants.sh
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ if [ "$1" = --host ]; then
   common=(--label "$YGG_LABEL" "--cpus=${YGG_CPUS:-4}" "--memory=${YGG_MEM:-6g}"
     -v "$YGG_WORK:/seed:ro" -v "$D:/cm:ro" -v /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id:ro
     -v eureka-cargo-home:/cargo-home -v eureka-nuget:/root/.nuget/packages -v eureka-sccache:/sccache
-    -e BASH_ENV=/tmp/.ygg-bash-env -e CARGO_HOME=/cargo-home -e PATH=/usr/local/cargo/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+    -e BASH_ENV=/tmp/.ygg-bash-env -e CARGO_HOME=/cargo-home
     -e "WORKDIR=${WORKDIR:-.}" -e "BASE=$BASE" -e "TEST_ARGS=${TEST_ARGS:-}" -e "FILTERS=${FILTERS:-}" -e "CM_NAMES=${CM_NAMES:-}" -e "JOBS=$JOBS"
     -e "MIN_TEST_TIMEOUT=$MIN_TEST_TIMEOUT" -e "CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_MULT=$CONFIRM_TIMEOUT_MULT"
     -e GIT_CONFIG_COUNT=1 -e GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0=safe.directory -e 'GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0=*')
diff --git a/tools/stopgap/ygg-verify.sh b/tools/stopgap/ygg-verify.sh
index aeeb461..c39d8f0 100644
--- a/tools/stopgap/ygg-verify.sh
+++ b/tools/stopgap/ygg-verify.sh
@@ -407,12 +407,10 @@ else
 # on the same disk go first (2026-10-31: three verify jobs held IO pressure at ~75% full).
 # Cargo's package-cache lock lives in $CARGO_HOME, so the shared volume is CARGO_HOME itself: a registry-only mount left the
 # lock in each container's layer and sibling containers unpacking one crate removed each other's directories (2026-11-03).
-# PATH restates the image's; only the rust image needs it.
-case $image in eureka-verify-rust:*) cargo_env=(-e CARGO_HOME=/cargo-home -e PATH=/usr/local/cargo/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin) ;; *) cargo_env=() ;; esac
 sudo docker run --rm --name "$cname" --label "$label" --cpus="$cpus" --memory="$mem" \
   -v "$work:/src" -v /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id:ro \
   -v eureka-cargo-home:/cargo-home -v eureka-nuget:/root/.nuget/packages \
-  -v eureka-sccache:/sccache "${cargo_env[@]}" \
+  -v eureka-sccache:/sccache -e CARGO_HOME=/cargo-home \
   -e BASH_ENV=/tmp/.ygg-bash-env ${nonce:+-e YGG_NONCE=$nonce} \
   -e GIT_CONFIG_COUNT=1 -e GIT_CONFIG_KEY_0=safe.directory -e GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_0='*' \
   $docker_args \