diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 7e6bae3e..08b02edb 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as io from '@actions/io';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
-import { createScriptFile, TEMP_DIRECTORY, NullOutstreamStringWritable, deleteFile, getCurrentTime } from './utils';
+import { createScriptFile, TEMP_DIRECTORY, NullOutstreamStringWritable, deleteFile, getCurrentTime, checkIfEnvironmentVariableIsOmitted } from './utils';
 
 const START_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_MARKER: string = `Starting script execution via docker image mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli:`;
 const BASH_ARG: string = `bash --noprofile --norc -e `;
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ const run = async () => {
         inlineScript = ` set -e >&2; echo '${START_SCRIPT_EXECUTION_MARKER}' >&2; ${inlineScript}`;
         scriptFileName = await createScriptFile(inlineScript);
         let startCommand: string = ` ${BASH_ARG}${CONTAINER_TEMP_DIRECTORY}/${scriptFileName} `;
-        let gitHubEnvironmentVariables = '';
+        let environmentVariables = '';
         for (let key in process.env){
-            if (key.toUpperCase().startsWith("GITHUB_") && key.toUpperCase() !== 'GITHUB_WORKSPACE' && process.env[key]){
-                gitHubEnvironmentVariables += ` -e "${key}=${process.env[key]}" `;
+            // if (key.toUpperCase().startsWith("GITHUB_") && key.toUpperCase() !== 'GITHUB_WORKSPACE' && process.env[key]){
+            if(!checkIfEnvironmentVariableIsOmitted(key) && process.env[key]){
+                environmentVariables += ` -e "${key}=${process.env[key]}" `;
             }
         }
         /*
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ const run = async () => {
         */
         let command: string = `run --workdir ${CONTAINER_WORKSPACE} -v ${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}:${CONTAINER_WORKSPACE} `;
         command += ` -v ${process.env.HOME}/.azure:/root/.azure -v ${TEMP_DIRECTORY}:${CONTAINER_TEMP_DIRECTORY} `;
-        command += ` ${gitHubEnvironmentVariables} `;
+        command += ` ${environmentVariables} `;
         command += `-e GITHUB_WORKSPACE=${CONTAINER_WORKSPACE} `;
         command += `--name ${CONTAINER_NAME} `;
         command += ` mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli:${azcliversion} ${startCommand}`;
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 594d3157..e40480c0 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -44,4 +44,53 @@ export class NullOutstreamStringWritable extends stream.Writable {
             callback();
         }
     }
-};
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+};
+
+export const checkIfEnvironmentVariableIsOmitted = (key: string): boolean => {
+
+    const omitEnvironmentVariables: string [] = [
+        'LANG',
+        'HOSTNAME',
+        'PWD',
+        'HOME',
+        'PYTHON_VERSION',
+        'PYTHON_PIP_VERSION',
+        'SHLVL',
+        'PATH',
+        'GPG_KEY',
+        'CONDA',
+        'AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY',
+        'GITHUB_WORKSPACE',
+        'RUNNER_PERFLOG',
+        'RUNNER_WORKSPACE',
+        'RUNNER_TEMP',
+        'RUNNER_TRACKING_ID',
+        'RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE',
+        'DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE',
+        'JOURNAL_STREAM',
+        'DEPLOYMENT_BASEPATH',
+        'VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT',
+        'PERFLOG_LOCATION_SETTING'
+    ];
+
+    const omitEnvironmentVariablesWithPrefix: string [] = [
+        'JAVA_',
+        'LEIN_',
+        'M2_',
+        'BOOST_',
+        'GOROOT',
+        'ANDROID_',
+        'GRADLE_',
+        'ANT_',
+        'CHROME',
+        'SELENIUM_',
+        'INPUT_'
+    ];
+    for (let i = 0; i < omitEnvironmentVariables.length; i++){
+        if (omitEnvironmentVariables[i] === key.toUpperCase()){
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return omitEnvironmentVariablesWithPrefix.some((prefix: string) => key.toUpperCase().startsWith(prefix));
+}
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