diff --git a/.evergreen/InstallNode.ps1 b/.evergreen/InstallNode.ps1
index e050d7ffb..136d7a069 100644
--- a/.evergreen/InstallNode.ps1
+++ b/.evergreen/InstallNode.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ $url = "https://nodejs.org/download/release/v$version/node-v$version-win-x64.zip
 $filename = "node.zip"
 $node_zip = "$PSScriptRoot\$filename"
 $node_dir = "$PSScriptRoot\node-v$version-win-x64"
-$Env:target_env = "vs2022"
 
 Write-Host "[NODE] downloading nodejs install"
 Write-Host "url : $url"
diff --git a/.evergreen/compile-artifact.sh b/.evergreen/compile-artifact.sh
index ffef8040b..459dedb60 100755
--- a/.evergreen/compile-artifact.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/compile-artifact.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ fi
 # able to compile OpenSSL with assembly support,
 # so we revert back to the slower version.
 if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
+  export target_env='vs2022'
   export BOXEDNODE_CONFIGURE_ARGS='openssl-no-asm'
 elif uname -a | grep -q 'Darwin.*x86_64'; then
   export BOXEDNODE_CONFIGURE_ARGS='--openssl-no-asm'