diff --git a/src/kit.ts b/src/kit.ts
index ae75af6fa0..6bb7ab0822 100644
--- a/src/kit.ts
+++ b/src/kit.ts
@@ -1172,6 +1172,8 @@ export async function effectiveKitEnvironment(kit: Kit, opts?: expand.ExpansionO
         }
     }
     if (kit.environmentSetupScript) {
+        /* TODO: Question, do we need override kit.environmentVariables with kit.environmentSetupScript or
+         override kit.environmentSetupScript with kit.environmentVariables, who has the higher priority */
         const shell_vars = await getShellScriptEnvironment(kit, opts);
         if (shell_vars) {
             host_env = shell_vars;
@@ -1181,30 +1183,29 @@ export async function effectiveKitEnvironment(kit: Kit, opts?: expand.ExpansionO
         // get host_env from process if it was not set by shell script before
         host_env = process.env;
     }
-    if (kit.visualStudio && kit.visualStudioArchitecture) {
-        const vs_vars = await getVSKitEnvironment(kit);
-        if (vs_vars) {
-            return vs_vars;
-        }
-    }
-    const env = EnvironmentUtils.merge([host_env, kit_env]);
-    const isWin32 = process.platform === 'win32';
-    if (isWin32) {
-        const path_list: string[] = [];
-        const cCompiler = kit.compilers?.C;
-        /* Force add the compiler executable dir to the PATH env */
-        if (cCompiler) {
-            path_list.push(path.dirname(cCompiler));
-        }
-        const cmt_mingw_path = env['CMT_MINGW_PATH'];
-        if (cmt_mingw_path) {
-            path_list.push(cmt_mingw_path);
-        }
-        if (env.hasOwnProperty('PATH')) {
-            path_list.unshift(env['PATH'] ?? '');
-            env['PATH'] = path_list.join(';');
+    let env = EnvironmentUtils.merge([host_env, kit_env]);
+    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+        if (kit.visualStudio && kit.visualStudioArchitecture) {
+            const vs_vars = await getVSKitEnvironment(kit);
+            env = EnvironmentUtils.merge([env, vs_vars]);
+        } else {
+            const path_list: string[] = [];
+            const cCompiler = kit.compilers?.C;
+            /* Force add the compiler executable dir to the PATH env */
+            if (cCompiler) {
+                path_list.push(path.dirname(cCompiler));
+            }
+            const cmt_mingw_path = env['CMT_MINGW_PATH'];
+            if (cmt_mingw_path) {
+                path_list.push(cmt_mingw_path);
+            }
+            if (env.hasOwnProperty('PATH')) {
+                path_list.unshift(env['PATH'] ?? '');
+                env['PATH'] = path_list.join(';');
+            }
         }
     }
+    log.debug(localize('kit.env', 'The environment variables for kit {0} is: {1}', `'${kit.name}'`, JSON.stringify(env)));
     return env;
 }