diff --git a/platform/eel-impl/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/impl/local/EelLocalExecApi.kt b/platform/eel-impl/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/impl/local/EelLocalExecApi.kt
index 286897f93dd9..30af75a17168 100644
--- a/platform/eel-impl/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/impl/local/EelLocalExecApi.kt
+++ b/platform/eel-impl/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/impl/local/EelLocalExecApi.kt
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ class EelLocalExecPosixApi(
 
     val (cache, interactive) = when (opts.mode) {
       EelExecPosixApi.PosixEnvironmentVariablesOptions.Mode.MINIMAL -> {
-        return service<CoroutineScopeService>().coroutineScope.async {
-          EnvironmentUtil.getEnvironmentMap()
-        }
+        return CompletableDeferred(EnvironmentUtil.getSystemEnv())
       }
 
       EelExecPosixApi.PosixEnvironmentVariablesOptions.Mode.LOGIN_NON_INTERACTIVE -> {
@@ -200,9 +198,7 @@ class EelLocalExecWindowsApi : EelExecWindowsApi, LocalEelExecApi {
   override val descriptor: EelDescriptor = LocalEelDescriptor
 
   override fun environmentVariables(opts: EelExecApi.EnvironmentVariablesOptions): Deferred<Map<String, String>> =
-    service<CoroutineScopeService>().coroutineScope.async {
-      EnvironmentUtil.getEnvironmentMap()
-    }
+    CompletableDeferred(EnvironmentUtil.getEnvironmentMap())
 
   override suspend fun findExeFilesInPath(binaryName: String): List<EelPath> =
     findExeFilesInPath(binaryName, LOG)
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/EnvironmentUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/EnvironmentUtil.java
index 59604316f374..1782ffc61bf9 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/EnvironmentUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/EnvironmentUtil.java
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ public final class EnvironmentUtil {
     ourEnvGetter.set(loader);
   }
 
-  private static Map<String, String> getSystemEnv() {
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  public static Map<String, String> getSystemEnv() {
     if (OS.CURRENT == OS.Windows) {
       return Collections.unmodifiableMap(CollectionFactory.createCaseInsensitiveStringMap(System.getenv()));
     }