diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
index 78c7a467e2..0d26a07438 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/context.py
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ class OESelftestTestContext(OETestContext):
         oe.path.copytree(builddir + "/cache", newbuilddir + "/cache")
         oe.path.copytree(selftestdir, newselftestdir)
 
+        subprocess.check_output("git init; git add *; git commit -a -m 'initial'", cwd=newselftestdir, shell=True)
+
+        # Tried to used bitbake-layers add/remove but it requires recipe parsing and hence is too slow
+        subprocess.check_output("sed %s/conf/bblayers.conf -i -e 's#%s#%s#g'" % (newbuilddir, selftestdir, newselftestdir), cwd=newbuilddir, shell=True)
+
         for e in os.environ:
             if builddir + "/" in os.environ[e]:
                 os.environ[e] = os.environ[e].replace(builddir + "/", newbuilddir + "/")
             if os.environ[e].endswith(builddir):
                 os.environ[e] = os.environ[e].replace(builddir, newbuilddir)
 
-        subprocess.check_output("git init; git add *; git commit -a -m 'initial'", cwd=newselftestdir, shell=True)
-
-        # Tried to used bitbake-layers add/remove but it requires recipe parsing and hence is too slow
-        subprocess.check_output("sed %s/conf/bblayers.conf -i -e 's#%s#%s#g'" % (newbuilddir, selftestdir, newselftestdir), cwd=newbuilddir, shell=True)
-
         os.chdir(newbuilddir)
 
         def patch_test(t):