diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 06835cc3..222c3901 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if (WITH_CLIENT_TESTING)
     configure_file(etc/pam.d/sshd.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/etc/pam.d/sshd @ONLY)
 
     set(TORTURE_ENVIRONMENT "LD_PRELOAD=${SOCKET_WRAPPER_LIBRARY}:${NSS_WRAPPER_LIBRARY}:${UID_WRAPPER_LIBRARY}:${PAM_WRAPPER_LIBRARY}")
-    list(APPEND TORTURE_ENVIRONMENT UID_WRAPPER=1)
+    list(APPEND TORTURE_ENVIRONMENT UID_WRAPPER=1 UID_WRAPPER_ROOT=1)
     list(APPEND TORTURE_ENVIRONMENT NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/etc/passwd)
     list(APPEND TORTURE_ENVIRONMENT NSS_WRAPPER_SHADOW=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/etc/shadow)
     list(APPEND TORTURE_ENVIRONMENT NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/etc/group)
diff --git a/tests/torture.c b/tests/torture.c
index 46ed61b2..370e1796 100644
--- a/tests/torture.c
+++ b/tests/torture.c
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ void torture_setup_sshd_server(void **state)
 
     /* Set the default interface for the server */
     setenv("SOCKET_WRAPPER_DEFAULT_IFACE", "10", 1);
-    setenv("UID_WRAPPER_ROOT", "1", 1);
     setenv("PAM_WRAPPER", "1", 1);
 
     s = *state;
@@ -980,7 +979,6 @@ void torture_setup_sshd_server(void **state)
     usleep(500);
 
     setenv("SOCKET_WRAPPER_DEFAULT_IFACE", "21", 1);
-    unsetenv("UID_WRAPPER_ROOT");
     unsetenv("PAM_WRAPPER");
 }