diff --git a/bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/env_vars.py b/bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/env_vars.py
index 471bd88cf..e8268fcaa 100644
--- a/bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/env_vars.py
+++ b/bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/env_vars.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def to_be_ignored(env_var: str, value: str) -> bool:
         "OLDPWD",
         "SSH_AUTH_SOCK",  # SSH stuff, therefore unrelated
         "SSH_TTY",
-        "GOOGLE_VM_CONFIG_LOCK_FILE",  # on GCP setups, requires elevated permissions, causing problems in Jupyter notebooks
+        "GOOGLE_VM_CONFIG_LOCK_FILE",  # GCP: requires elevated permissions, causing problems in VMs and Jupyter notebooks
         "HOME",  # Linux shell default
         "TMUX",  # Terminal Multiplexer
         "XDG_DATA_DIRS",  # XDG: Desktop environment stuff
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ def to_be_ignored(env_var: str, value: str) -> bool:
         "PATH",  # this is for finding binaries, not libraries
         "LESSOPEN",  # related to the `less` command
         "LESSCLOSE",
-        "GOOGLE_VM_CONFIG_LOCK_FILE", # Google Cloud stuff, contains root only paths
         "_",  # current Python interpreter
     }
     return env_var in ignorable