diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_farm_env_variables.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_farm_env_variables.py
index ee88985905..2a58b580cd 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_farm_env_variables.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_farm_env_variables.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class CollectCoreJobEnvVars(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
 
         for key in [
             "AYON_BUNDLE_NAME",
-            "AYON_DEFAULT_SETTINGS_VARIANT",
+            "AYON_USE_STAGING",
             "AYON_IN_TESTS",
             # NOTE Not sure why workdir is needed?
             "AYON_WORKDIR",