diff --git a/utils/capture-libs.c b/utils/capture-libs.c
index 4e5a8c1b0ad99971b562d94fd1fd098af77d5ea1..33668cc286c1649682c3f437ba75e7c3e2a10dee 100644
--- a/utils/capture-libs.c
+++ b/utils/capture-libs.c
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     int code = 0;
     char *message = NULL;
 
-    set_debug_flags( secure_getenv("CAPSULE_DEBUG") );
+    set_debug_flags( getenv("CAPSULE_DEBUG") );
 
     while( 1 )
     {
diff --git a/utils/elf-dump.c b/utils/elf-dump.c
index 8a2c149d6ea865ca3309c566494e7d4b9c55465e..08c5a3c4b3e3a4f92fb4d1da466183c1f7cec03b 100644
--- a/utils/elf-dump.c
+++ b/utils/elf-dump.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
     void *handle;
     const char *libname;
 
-    set_debug_flags( secure_getenv("CAPSULE_DEBUG") );
+    set_debug_flags( getenv("CAPSULE_DEBUG") );
 
     if( argc < 2 )
     {
diff --git a/utils/print-libstubs.c b/utils/print-libstubs.c
index de1acb1dd989bcfbead833248587ece57d5afd61..a28aeacaefa8562b15c53f5dd70bd477ba284d46 100644
--- a/utils/print-libstubs.c
+++ b/utils/print-libstubs.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
         exit( 1 );
     }
 
-    set_debug_flags( secure_getenv("CAPSULE_DEBUG") );
+    set_debug_flags( getenv("CAPSULE_DEBUG") );
 
     if( argc > 2 )
         prefix = argv[2];
diff --git a/utils/print-version.c b/utils/print-version.c
index 26ebb78842b47dceaf9ba4453810b6b79e66112e..65ab1cd96312b7987a8c5e8d3599bf2b13b28271 100644
--- a/utils/print-version.c
+++ b/utils/print-version.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
     int error = 0;
     int e = 0;
 
-    set_debug_flags( secure_getenv("CAPSULE_DEBUG") );
+    set_debug_flags( getenv("CAPSULE_DEBUG") );
 
     if( argc < 2 )
     {