diff --git a/t/04.meadow/lsf.t b/t/04.meadow/lsf.t
index bca37a9443457c74f41c90bb7efd36fd1e114123..496dd5ab4c146535bf7d23e059158c57dd2baee1 100755
--- a/t/04.meadow/lsf.t
+++ b/t/04.meadow/lsf.t
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ $ENV{'EHIVE_ROOT_DIR'} ||= File::Basename::dirname( File::Basename::dirname( Fil
 my @config_files = Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::Utils::Config->default_config_files();
 my $config = Bio::EnsEMBL::Hive::Utils::Config->new(@config_files);
 
+my $ini_path = $ENV{'PATH'};
+
 # WARNING: the data in this script must be in sync with what the fake
 # binaries output
-$ENV{'PATH'} = $ENV{'EHIVE_ROOT_DIR'}.'/t/04.meadow/fake_bin:'.$ENV{'PATH'};
+{ # begin local $ENV{'PATH'}
+$ENV{'PATH'} = $ENV{'EHIVE_ROOT_DIR'}.'/t/04.meadow/fake_bin:'.$ini_path;
 
 my $test_pipeline_name = 'tracking_homo_sapiens_funcgen_81_38_hive';
 my $test_meadow_name = 'test_clUster';
@@ -218,5 +221,7 @@ lives_and( sub {
     is_deeply($h, {}, 'No bacct output when accounting disabled');
 }, 'Suppressed bacct when AccountingDisabled when checking a date range');
 
+} # end local $ENV{'PATH'}
+
 done_testing();