diff --git a/utils/travis/docker_run.sh b/utils/travis/docker_run.sh
index 952b4c299c8..d1fc0c6d40f 100755
--- a/utils/travis/docker_run.sh
+++ b/utils/travis/docker_run.sh
@@ -11,22 +11,6 @@ die() { error "$*"; exit 1; }
 export DISPLAY=:99.0
 /sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /tmp/custom_xvfb_99.pid --make-pidfile --background --exec /usr/bin/Xvfb -- :99 -ac -screen 0 1024x768x24
 
-# name the parameters
-NLS="$1"
-TOOL="$2"
-CC="$3"
-CXX="$4"
-CXXSTD="$5"
-OPT="$6"
-WML_TESTS="$7"
-WML_TEST_TIME="$8"
-PLAY_TEST="$9"
-MP_TEST="${10}"
-BOOST_TEST="${11}"
-LTO="${12}"
-SAN="${13}"
-VALIDATE="${14}"
-
 if [ "$OPT" == "-O0" ]; then
     STRICT="true"
     build_timeout=35
diff --git a/utils/travis/steps/script.sh b/utils/travis/steps/script.sh
index 90869951155..dcaa6044d54 100755
--- a/utils/travis/steps/script.sh
+++ b/utils/travis/steps/script.sh
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ elif [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "windows" ]; then
 else
 # additional permissions required due to flatpak's use of bubblewrap
     docker run --cap-add=ALL --privileged \
-               --env SFTP_PASSWORD --env LTS --env TRAVIS_COMMIT --env BRANCH --env UPLOAD_ID --env TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST \
+               --env SFTP_PASSWORD --env LTS --env TRAVIS_COMMIT --env BRANCH --env UPLOAD_ID --env TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST --env NLS --env CC --env CXX --env TOOL \
+                --env CXXSTD --env OPT --env WML_TESTS --env WML_TEST_TIME --env PLAY_TEST --env MP_TEST --env BOOST_TEST --env LTO --env SAN --env VALIDATE \
                --volume "$HOME"/build-cache:/home/wesnoth-travis/build \
                --volume "$HOME"/flatpak-cache:/home/wesnoth-travis/flatpak-cache \
                --volume "$HOME"/.ccache:/root/.ccache \
                --tty wesnoth-repo:"$LTS"-"$BRANCH" \
-               unbuffer ./utils/travis/docker_run.sh "$NLS" "$TOOL" "$CC" "$CXX" "$CXXSTD" "$OPT" "$WML_TESTS" "$WML_TEST_TIME" "$PLAY_TEST" "$MP_TEST" "$BOOST_TEST" "$LTO" "$SAN" "$VALIDATE"
+               unbuffer ./utils/travis/docker_run.sh
 fi