diff --git a/tests/run-make/compiler-builtins/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/compiler-builtins/rmake.rs
index f5da50ebb043b..1901a8520a5b9 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/compiler-builtins/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/compiler-builtins/rmake.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ fn main() {
         "--target",
         &target,
     ])
-    .env_clear()
+    // FIXME(jieyouxu): so what happens if we don't `env_clear`?
+    //.env_clear()
     .env("PATH", path)
     .env("RUSTC", rustc)
     .env("RUSTFLAGS", "-Copt-level=0 -Cdebug-assertions=yes")