diff --git a/scripts/generate-lotus-cli.py b/scripts/generate-lotus-cli.py
index 8018962e9b7..1d33687ae60 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-lotus-cli.py
+++ b/scripts/generate-lotus-cli.py
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ def get_cmd_recursively(cur_cmd):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # When --help is generated one needs to make sure none of the
+    # urfave-cli `EnvVars:` defaults get triggered
+    # Unset everything we can find via: grep -ho 'EnvVars:.*' -r * | sort -u
+    for e in [ "LOTUS_PATH", "LOTUS_MARKETS_PATH", "LOTUS_MINER_PATH", "LOTUS_STORAGE_PATH", "LOTUS_WORKER_PATH", "WORKER_PATH", "LOTUS_PANIC_REPORT_PATH", "WALLET_PATH" ]:
+        os.environ.pop(e, None)
+
     os.putenv("LOTUS_VERSION_IGNORE_COMMIT", "1")
     generate_lotus_cli('lotus')
     generate_lotus_cli('lotus-miner')