diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 0ed285393..c11f299e2 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ description: |
    - Keep track of when your certificate is going to expire, and renew it
    - Help you revoke the certificate if that ever becomes necessary.
 confinement: classic
-# this was removed for classic snaps in snapcraft 7
-environment:
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${SNAP_LIBRARY_PATH}${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:$SNAP/lib:$SNAP/usr/lib
-  PATH: $SNAP/usr/sbin:$SNAP/usr/bin:$SNAP/sbin:$SNAP/bin:$SNAP/usr/local/bin:$SNAP/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
 base: core24
 grade: stable
 adopt-info: certbot
@@ -102,9 +98,7 @@ parts:
       # dependencies. See https://github.com/certbot/certbot/pull/8443 for more info.
       - PIP_CONSTRAINT: $CRAFT_PART_SRC/snap-constraints.txt
     override-build: |
-      echo "which python3"
-      which python3
-      bin/python3 -m venv "${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}"
+      "${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/bin/python3" -m venv "${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}"
       "${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/bin/python3" "${CRAFT_PART_SRC}/tools/pipstrap.py"
       craftctl default
     override-pull: |