diff --git a/electron/app/js/imageBuilderUtils.js b/electron/app/js/imageBuilderUtils.js
index cd4cd4e1a..28b358ad7 100644
--- a/electron/app/js/imageBuilderUtils.js
+++ b/electron/app/js/imageBuilderUtils.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2021, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  * Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
  */
+const path = require('path');
 const fsUtils = require('./fsUtils');
 const { getLogger } = require('./wktLogging');
 const { getHttpsProxyUrl, getBypassProxyHosts } = require('./userSettings');
@@ -144,16 +145,16 @@ async function doPushImage(currentWindow, stdoutChannel, stderrChannel, imageBui
 }
 
 function getDockerEnv(httpsProxyUrl, bypassProxyHosts, imageBuilderOptions) {
-  let path = process.env.PATH;
+  let parentPath = process.env.PATH;
   if (imageBuilderOptions && imageBuilderOptions.extraPathDirectories) {
     const extraPathDirectories = imageBuilderOptions.extraPathDirectories.join(path.delimiter);
-    path += `${path.delimiter}${extraPathDirectories}`;
+    parentPath += `${path.delimiter}${extraPathDirectories}`;
   }
 
   let env = {
     DOCKER_BUILDKIT: '0',
     // podman relies on the PATH including other executables (e.g., newuidmap)...
-    PATH: path
+    PATH: parentPath
   };
 
   // Docker-specific environment variables that should be passed on
diff --git a/electron/app/js/witCache.js b/electron/app/js/witCache.js
index 853e49d4d..8d91eb768 100644
--- a/electron/app/js/witCache.js
+++ b/electron/app/js/witCache.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const { getLogger } = require('./wktLogging');
 const { getImagetoolShellScript } = require('./wktTools');
 const { executeScriptCommand } = require('./childProcessExecutor');
 
-/* global process */
 async function cacheInstallers(cacheConfig) {
   const results = {
     isSuccess: true
@@ -105,8 +104,7 @@ async function executeCacheCommand(javaHome, installerType, installerPath, insta
     `--version=${installerVersion}`
   ];
   const env = {
-    JAVA_HOME: javaHome,
-    PATH: process.env.PATH
+    JAVA_HOME: javaHome
   };
 
   const result = {