diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/github-runner.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/github-runner.nix
index 54003382368..788457d68b9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/github-runner.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/github-runner.nix
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ in
 
       environment = {
         HOME = runtimeDir;
-        RUNNER_ROOT = runtimeDir;
+        RUNNER_ROOT = stateDir;
       };
 
       path = (with pkgs; [
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ in
                 echo "Configuring GitHub Actions Runner"
 
                 token=$(< "$STATE_DIRECTORY"/${newConfigTokenFilename})
-                RUNNER_ROOT="$STATE_DIRECTORY" ${cfg.package}/bin/config.sh \
+                ${cfg.package}/bin/config.sh \
                   --unattended \
                   --disableupdate \
                   --work "$RUNTIME_DIRECTORY" \