diff --git a/scripts/release_project_sync.py b/scripts/release_project_sync.py
index b8e6ab2ee7f..ab8b82ae997 100644
--- a/scripts/release_project_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/release_project_sync.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_transifex_project(self, project_slug):
         """
         Get openedx-translations projects from Transifex.
         """
-        tx_api_token = self.environ.get('TX_API_TOKEN')
+        tx_api_token = self.environ.get('TRANSIFEX_API_TOKEN')
         if not tx_api_token:
             config = configparser.ConfigParser()
             config.read(expanduser('~/.transifexrc'))
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_release_project_sync.py b/scripts/tests/test_release_project_sync.py
index d79b8f2b94e..d10ae1100f3 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_release_project_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_release_project_sync.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from . import response_data
 from ..release_project_sync import (
     Command,
-    ORGANIZATION_SLUG,
 )
 
 HOST = transifex_api.HOST
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ def sync_command(**kwargs):
         'resource': '',
         'release_name': 'zebrawood',
         'environ': {
-            'TX_API_TOKEN': 'dummy-token'
+            'TRANSIFEX_API_TOKEN': 'dummy-token'
         }
     }
     command_args.update(kwargs)