diff --git a/openpype/lib/execute.py b/openpype/lib/execute.py
index 834394b02f..ef456395e7 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/execute.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/execute.py
@@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ def clean_envs_for_openpype_process(env=None):
     """
     if env is None:
         env = os.environ
-    return {
-        key: value
-        for key, value in env.items()
-        if key not in ("PYTHONPATH",)
-    }
+
+    # Exclude some environment variables from a copy of the environment
+    env = env.copy()
+    for key in ["PYTHONPATH", "PYTHONHOME"]:
+        env.pop(key, None)
+
+    return env
 
 
 def run_openpype_process(*args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/openpype/pipeline/colorspace.py b/openpype/pipeline/colorspace.py
index e96563fa98..b21008af9f 100644
--- a/openpype/pipeline/colorspace.py
+++ b/openpype/pipeline/colorspace.py
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ def get_data_subprocess(config_path, data_type):
         log.info("Executing: {}".format(" ".join(args)))
 
         process_kwargs = {
-            "logger": log,
-            "env": {}
+            "logger": log
         }
 
         run_openpype_process(*args, **process_kwargs)
diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
index 95575444b2..ed39bd9354 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_burnin.py
@@ -336,8 +336,7 @@ class ExtractBurnin(publish.Extractor):
 
                 # Run burnin script
                 process_kwargs = {
-                    "logger": self.log,
-                    "env": {}
+                    "logger": self.log
                 }
 
                 run_openpype_process(*args, **process_kwargs)