diff --git a/openpype/lib/applications.py b/openpype/lib/applications.py
index 83f11a6b07..b95ba85fbe 100644
--- a/openpype/lib/applications.py
+++ b/openpype/lib/applications.py
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ def _merge_env(env, current_env):
     return result
 
 
-def prepare_host_environments(data):
+def prepare_host_environments(data, implementation_envs=True):
     """Modify launch environments based on launched app and context.
 
     Args:
@@ -1090,7 +1090,8 @@ def prepare_host_environments(data):
     loaded_env = _merge_env(acre.compute(env_values), data["env"])
 
     final_env = None
-    if app.host_name:
+    #
+    if app.host_name and implementation_envs:
         module = __import__("openpype.hosts", fromlist=[app.host_name])
         host_module = getattr(module, app.host_name, None)
         add_implementation_envs = None
@@ -1099,6 +1100,7 @@ def prepare_host_environments(data):
                 host_module, "add_implementation_envs", None
             )
         if add_implementation_envs:
+            # Function may only modify passed dict without returning value
             final_env = add_implementation_envs(loaded_env)
 
     if final_env is None: