diff --git a/.env.development.local.example b/.env.development.local.example
index 54ead7ed2..eab5e540c 100644
--- a/.env.development.local.example
+++ b/.env.development.local.example
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # remove the <.example> extension from the file name
-VITE_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN="Replace this with your own Mapbox access token"
\ No newline at end of file
+MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN="Replace this with your own Mapbox access token"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debug/access_token.js b/debug/access_token.js
index 86966f182..e3868b98f 100644
--- a/debug/access_token.js
+++ b/debug/access_token.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export function getAccessToken() {
   const accessToken =
-    import.meta.env.VITE_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN ||
+    import.meta.env.MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN ||
     (new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('access_token')) ||
     localStorage.getItem('accessToken');