diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79a5322178..b32be95389 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 
 - [build-tools] Use production mode for app config, prebuild, Expo Doctor, and Expo Updates commands. ([#4180](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/4180) by [@ramonclaudio](https://github.com/ramonclaudio))
 - [eas-cli] Use production mode for runtime version resolution and Expo Updates config sync. ([#4229](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/4229) by [@ramonclaudio](https://github.com/ramonclaudio))
+- [eas-cli] Use an isolated env for local builds. ([#4244](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/4244) by [@ramonclaudio](https://github.com/ramonclaudio))
 
 ### 🎉 New features
 
 - [build-tools] Add `ios_signing_backend` option to the repack step. ([#4239](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/4239) by [@gabrieldonadel](https://github.com/gabrieldonadel))
 - [build-tools] Support an optional `package_version` input on `eas/start_serve_sim_remote_session`, so a simulator session can pin the `@expo/serve-sim` version instead of always running `latest`. ([#4253](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/4253) by [@gwdp](https://github.com/gwdp))
 
-### 🐛 Bug fixes
-
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
 ## [22.2.0](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v22.2.0) - 2026-08-20
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/build/__tests__/local-test.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/build/__tests__/local-test.ts
index 8be670c4eb..b9bb307017 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/build/__tests__/local-test.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/build/__tests__/local-test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,57 @@ describe(runLocalBuildAsync, () => {
     expect(decodeInput(input)).toEqual({ job, metadata });
   });
 
+  it('starts the local-build plugin with an isolated env', async () => {
+    const originalEnv = process.env;
+    const loadedEnvMarker = '["ANDROID_HOME","EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR"]';
+    const runtimeEnv = {
+      ANDROID_NDK_HOME: '/local/android-ndk',
+      ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: '/local/android-sdk',
+      DEVELOPER_DIR: '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer',
+      GEM_HOME: '/local/gems',
+      GEM_PATH: '/local/gems:/system/gems',
+      HOME: '/local/home',
+      JAVA_HOME: '/local/jdk',
+      LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8',
+      LC_ALL: 'en_US.UTF-8',
+      LC_CTYPE: 'UTF-8',
+      NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR: 'https://node.example.test',
+      TEMP: '/local/temp',
+      TMP: '/local/tmp',
+      TMPDIR: '/local/tmpdir',
+    };
+    process.env = {
+      ...runtimeEnv,
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_PLUGIN_PATH: '/path/to/plugin',
+      PATH: '/local/bin',
+      ANDROID_HOME: '/dotenv/android',
+      SHELL_ONLY_VALUE: 'from-shell',
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR: '/dotenv/workingdir',
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_LOGGER_LEVEL: 'debug',
+      __EXPO_ENV_LOADED: loadedEnvMarker,
+    };
+    const env = { BUILD_ENV_VALUE: 'from-eas', PATH: '/eas/bin' };
+
+    try {
+      await runLocalBuildAsync(job, metadata, { verbose: true }, env);
+
+      const spawnEnv = mockSpawnAsync.mock.calls[0][2]?.env;
+      expect(spawnEnv?.BUILD_ENV_VALUE).toBe('from-eas');
+      expect(spawnEnv?.PATH).toBe('/eas/bin');
+      expect(spawnEnv?.ANDROID_HOME).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(spawnEnv).toEqual(expect.objectContaining(runtimeEnv));
+      expect(spawnEnv?.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(spawnEnv?.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_LOGGER_LEVEL).toBe('debug');
+      expect(spawnEnv?.SHELL_ONLY_VALUE).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(spawnEnv?.__EXPO_ENV_LOADED).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(env).toEqual({ BUILD_ENV_VALUE: 'from-eas', PATH: '/eas/bin' });
+      expect(process.env.SHELL_ONLY_VALUE).toBe('from-shell');
+      expect(process.env.__EXPO_ENV_LOADED).toBe(loadedEnvMarker);
+    } finally {
+      process.env = originalEnv;
+    }
+  });
+
   it('logs a non-secret build context summary and re-throws on failure', async () => {
     const richJob = {
       type: 'managed',
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/build/local.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/build/local.ts
index 790f92527d..fa555453a9 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/build/local.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/build/local.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,32 @@ import semver from 'semver';
 import { getExpoApiBaseUrl } from '../api';
 import Log from '../log';
 import { ora } from '../ora';
+import { getEnvWithoutInheritedDotenvValues } from '../utils/originalEnv';
 
 const PLUGIN_PACKAGE_NAME = 'eas-cli-local-build-plugin';
 const PLUGIN_PACKAGE_VERSION = version; // should match version of @expo/eas-build-job
 
+// The plugin starts with an isolated env, so keep the runtime vars it needs from the user's
+// machine.
+const LOCAL_BUILD_RUNTIME_ENV_NAMES = [
+  'ANDROID_HOME',
+  'ANDROID_NDK_HOME',
+  'ANDROID_SDK_ROOT',
+  'DEVELOPER_DIR',
+  'GEM_HOME',
+  'GEM_PATH',
+  'HOME',
+  'JAVA_HOME',
+  'LANG',
+  'LC_ALL',
+  'LC_CTYPE',
+  'NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR',
+  'PATH',
+  'TEMP',
+  'TMP',
+  'TMPDIR',
+] as const;
+
 export enum LocalBuildMode {
   /**
    * Local build that users can run on their own machines. Instead
@@ -63,18 +85,25 @@ export async function runLocalBuildAsync(
   };
   process.on('SIGINT', interruptHandler);
   try {
+    const processEnv = getEnvWithoutInheritedDotenvValues(process.env);
     const mergedEnv = {
+      ...getLocalBuildRuntimeEnv(processEnv),
       ...env,
-      ...process.env,
       EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_PLUGIN_INPUT: pluginInput,
-      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR: options.workingdir ?? process.env.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR,
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR: options.workingdir ?? processEnv.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_WORKINGDIR,
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_LOGGER_LEVEL: processEnv.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_LOGGER_LEVEL,
       __API_SERVER_URL: getExpoApiBaseUrl(),
-      ...(options.skipCleanup || options.skipNativeBuild
-        ? { EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_SKIP_CLEANUP: '1' }
-        : {}),
-      ...(options.skipNativeBuild ? { EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_SKIP_NATIVE_BUILD: '1' } : {}),
-      ...(options.artifactsDir ? { EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_DIR: options.artifactsDir } : {}),
-      ...(options.artifactPath ? { EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_ARTIFACT_PATH: options.artifactPath } : {}),
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_SKIP_CLEANUP:
+        options.skipCleanup || options.skipNativeBuild
+          ? '1'
+          : processEnv.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_SKIP_CLEANUP,
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_SKIP_NATIVE_BUILD: options.skipNativeBuild
+        ? '1'
+        : processEnv.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_SKIP_NATIVE_BUILD,
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_DIR:
+        options.artifactsDir ?? processEnv.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_DIR,
+      EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_ARTIFACT_PATH:
+        options.artifactPath ?? processEnv.EAS_LOCAL_BUILD_ARTIFACT_PATH,
     };
     // log command execution to assist in debugging local builds; redact the job
     // input since it contains build credentials.
@@ -102,6 +131,17 @@ export async function runLocalBuildAsync(
   }
 }
 
+function getLocalBuildRuntimeEnv(processEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Env {
+  const env: Env = {};
+  for (const name of LOCAL_BUILD_RUNTIME_ENV_NAMES) {
+    const value = processEnv[name];
+    if (value !== undefined) {
+      env[name] = value;
+    }
+  }
+  return env;
+}
+
 /**
  * Logs an allowlisted, non-secret summary of the build's job/metadata to help
  * a user debug a failed local build. Only known-safe fields are included —