diff --git a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.TestHostProvider/Hosting/DotnetTestHostManager.cs b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.TestHostProvider/Hosting/DotnetTestHostManager.cs
index 20310de045..0c509e7502 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.TestHostProvider/Hosting/DotnetTestHostManager.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.TestPlatform.TestHostProvider/Hosting/DotnetTestHostManager.cs
@@ -472,19 +472,19 @@ public virtual TestProcessStartInfo GetTestHostProcessStartInfo(
         if (testHostExeFound)
         {
             const string prefix = "VSTEST_WINAPPHOST_";
-            const string DOTNET_ROOT = nameof(DOTNET_ROOT);
-            string vstestDotnetRootEnvName = $"{prefix}{DOTNET_ROOT}(x86)";
+            const string dotnetRoot = "DOTNET_ROOT";
+            string vstestDotnetRootEnvName = $"{prefix}{dotnetRoot}(x86)";
             var vstestDotnetRootEnvValue = _environmentVariableHelper.GetEnvironmentVariable(vstestDotnetRootEnvName);
             if (vstestDotnetRootEnvValue is null)
             {
-                vstestDotnetRootEnvName = $"{prefix}{DOTNET_ROOT}";
+                vstestDotnetRootEnvName = $"{prefix}{dotnetRoot}";
                 vstestDotnetRootEnvValue = _environmentVariableHelper.GetEnvironmentVariable(vstestDotnetRootEnvName);
             }
 
             if (vstestDotnetRootEnvValue != null)
             {
                 string dotnetRootEnvName = Version.Parse(_targetFramework.Version) >= Version6_0
-                    ? $"{DOTNET_ROOT}_{_architecture.ToString().ToUpperInvariant()}"
+                    ? $"{dotnetRoot}_{_architecture.ToString().ToUpperInvariant()}"
                     : vstestDotnetRootEnvName.Replace(prefix, string.Empty);
 
                 EqtTrace.Verbose($"DotnetTestHostmanager.LaunchTestHostAsync: Found '{vstestDotnetRootEnvName}' in env variables, value '{vstestDotnetRootEnvValue}', forwarding to '{dotnetRootEnvName}' (target framework is {_targetFramework.Name}, Version={_targetFramework.Version}).");