diff --git a/subiquity/server/controllers/cmdlist.py b/subiquity/server/controllers/cmdlist.py
index b363e5e52..be3d64550 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/controllers/cmdlist.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/controllers/cmdlist.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
 import shlex
+import shutil
 from typing import List, Sequence, Union
 
 import attr
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
 from subiquity.server.controller import NonInteractiveController
 from subiquitycore.async_helpers import run_bg_task
 from subiquitycore.context import with_context
-from subiquitycore.utils import arun_command
+from subiquitycore.utils import arun_command, orig_environ
 
 
 @attr.s(auto_attribs=True)
@@ -78,6 +79,15 @@ async def run(self, context):
         env = self.env()
         for i, cmd in enumerate(tuple(self.builtin_cmds) + tuple(self.cmds)):
             desc = cmd.desc()
+
+            # If the path to the command isn't found on the snap we should
+            # drop the snap specific environment variables.
+            command = shlex.split(desc)[0]
+            path = shutil.which(command)
+            if path is not None:
+                if not path.startswith("/snap"):
+                    env = orig_environ(env)
+
             with context.child("command_{}".format(i), desc):
                 args = cmd.as_args_list()
                 if self.syslog_id:
diff --git a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_cmdlist.py b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_cmdlist.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1191ea6ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_cmdlist.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Copyright 2023 Canonical, Ltd.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from unittest import IsolatedAsyncioTestCase, mock
+
+from subiquity.server.controllers import cmdlist
+from subiquity.server.controllers.cmdlist import (
+    CmdListController,
+    Command,
+    EarlyController,
+    LateController,
+)
+from subiquitycore.tests.mocks import make_app
+from subiquitycore.utils import orig_environ
+
+
+@mock.patch.object(cmdlist, "orig_environ", side_effect=orig_environ)
+@mock.patch.object(cmdlist, "arun_command")
+class TestCmdListController(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    controller_type = CmdListController
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.controller = self.controller_type(make_app())
+        self.controller.cmds = [Command(args="some-command", check=False)]
+        snap_env = {
+            "LD_LIBRARY_PATH": "/var/lib/snapd/lib/gl",
+        }
+        self.mocked_os_environ = mock.patch.dict("os.environ", snap_env)
+
+    @mock.patch("shutil.which", return_value="/usr/bin/path/to/bin")
+    async def test_no_snap_env_on_call(
+        self,
+        mocked_shutil,
+        mocked_arun,
+        mocked_orig_environ,
+    ):
+        with self.mocked_os_environ:
+            await self.controller.run()
+            args, kwargs = mocked_arun.call_args
+            call_env = kwargs["env"]
+
+            mocked_orig_environ.assert_called()
+            self.assertNotIn("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", call_env)
+
+    @mock.patch("shutil.which", return_value="/snap/path/to/bin")
+    async def test_with_snap_env_on_call(
+        self,
+        mocked_shutil,
+        mocked_arun,
+        mocked_orig_environ,
+    ):
+        with self.mocked_os_environ:
+            await self.controller.run()
+            args, kwargs = mocked_arun.call_args
+            call_env = kwargs["env"]
+
+            mocked_orig_environ.assert_not_called()
+            self.assertIn("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", call_env)
+
+
+class TestEarlyController(TestCmdListController):
+    controller_type = EarlyController
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+
+
+class TestLateController(TestCmdListController):
+    controller_type = LateController
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
diff --git a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_filesystem.py b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_filesystem.py
index a48e82d84..d3888bb51 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_filesystem.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_filesystem.py
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.app = make_app()
         self.app.opts.bootloader = "UEFI"
         self.app.command_runner = mock.AsyncMock()
-        self.app.report_start_event = mock.Mock()
-        self.app.report_finish_event = mock.Mock()
         self.app.prober = mock.Mock()
         self.app.prober.get_storage = mock.AsyncMock()
         self.app.block_log_dir = "/inexistent"
@@ -1177,8 +1175,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.app = make_app()
         self.app.command_runner = mock.AsyncMock()
         self.app.opts.bootloader = "UEFI"
-        self.app.report_start_event = mock.Mock()
-        self.app.report_finish_event = mock.Mock()
         self.app.prober = mock.Mock()
         self.app.prober.get_storage = mock.AsyncMock()
         self.app.snapdapi = snapdapi.make_api_client(AsyncSnapd(get_fake_connection()))
diff --git a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_install.py b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_install.py
index 00c91e01d..51b40412a 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_install.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_install.py
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.controller = InstallController(make_app())
         self.controller.write_config = unittest.mock.Mock()
         self.controller.app.note_file_for_apport = Mock()
-        self.controller.app.report_start_event = Mock()
-        self.controller.app.report_finish_event = Mock()
 
         self.controller.model.target = "/target"
 
@@ -199,8 +197,6 @@ def test_generic_config(self):
 class TestInstallController(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.controller = InstallController(make_app())
-        self.controller.app.report_start_event = Mock()
-        self.controller.app.report_finish_event = Mock()
         self.controller.model.target = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         os.makedirs(os.path.join(self.controller.model.target, "etc/grub.d"))
         self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, self.controller.model.target)
diff --git a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_refresh.py b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_refresh.py
index 94adf24d6..0da98fbfa 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_refresh.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_refresh.py
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 class TestRefreshController(SubiTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.app = make_app()
-        self.app.report_start_event = mock.Mock()
-        self.app.report_finish_event = mock.Mock()
         self.app.note_data_for_apport = mock.Mock()
         self.app.prober = mock.Mock()
         self.app.snapdapi = snapdapi.make_api_client(AsyncSnapd(get_fake_connection()))
diff --git a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_snaplist.py b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_snaplist.py
index a31e8e5ac..ba12aed7a 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_snaplist.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/controllers/tests/test_snaplist.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import unittest
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
 
 import requests
 
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.model = SnapListModel()
         self.app = make_app()
         self.app.snapd = AsyncMock()
-        self.app.report_start_event = Mock()
-        self.app.report_finish_event = Mock()
 
         self.loader = SnapdSnapInfoLoader(
             self.model, self.app.snapd, "server", self.app.context
diff --git a/subiquitycore/tests/mocks.py b/subiquitycore/tests/mocks.py
index 74f2f66bf..663b02b82 100644
--- a/subiquitycore/tests/mocks.py
+++ b/subiquitycore/tests/mocks.py
@@ -43,4 +43,9 @@ def make_app(model=None):
     app.opts = mock.Mock()
     app.opts.dry_run = True
     app.scale_factor = 1000
+    app.echo_syslog_id = None
+    app.log_syslog_id = None
+    app.report_start_event = mock.Mock()
+    app.report_finish_event = mock.Mock()
+
     return app
diff --git a/subiquitycore/utils.py b/subiquitycore/utils.py
index 2a283b5f0..10027d1d1 100644
--- a/subiquitycore/utils.py
+++ b/subiquitycore/utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import os
 import random
 import subprocess
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Sequence
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence
 
 log = logging.getLogger("subiquitycore.utils")
 
@@ -35,15 +35,18 @@ def _clean_env(env, *, locale=True):
     return env
 
 
-def orig_environ(env):
+def orig_environ(env: Optional[Dict[str, str]]) -> Dict[str, str]:
     """Generate an environment dict that is suitable for use for running
     programs that live outside the snap."""
+
     if env is None:
-        env = os.environ
-    ret = env.copy()
+        env: Dict[str, str] = os.environ
+
+    ret: Dict[str, str] = env.copy()
+
     for key, val in env.items():
         if key.endswith("_ORIG"):
-            key_to_restore = key[: -len("_ORIG")]
+            key_to_restore: str = key[: -len("_ORIG")]
             if val:
                 ret[key_to_restore] = val
             else: