diff --git a/.github/scripts/audit_bazel_windows_hermeticity.py b/.github/scripts/audit_bazel_windows_hermeticity.py
index 45cc6a90db..6065830054 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/audit_bazel_windows_hermeticity.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/audit_bazel_windows_hermeticity.py
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ def audit_source_tree(repo_root: Path = REPO_ROOT) -> None:
     sanitizer_call = "sanitize_bazel_windows_environment"
     sanitizer_path = Path(".github/scripts/sanitize-bazel-windows-environment.sh")
     sanitizer_text = (repo_root / sanitizer_path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-    frozen_bazel_shell = r'export BAZEL_SH="${ProgramFiles//\\//}/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe"'
+    frozen_bazel_shell = 'export BAZEL_SH="C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe"'
     if sanitizer_text.count(frozen_bazel_shell) != 1:
         errors.append(
             f"{sanitizer_path} must freeze BAZEL_SH to the Git workflow shell"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/sanitize-bazel-windows-environment.sh b/.github/scripts/sanitize-bazel-windows-environment.sh
index 50cc503d3a..489638ff50 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/sanitize-bazel-windows-environment.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/sanitize-bazel-windows-environment.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ sanitize_bazel_windows_environment() {
   if [[ "${RUNNER_OS:-}" != "Windows" ]]; then
     return
   fi
-  if [[ -z "${ProgramFiles:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "ProgramFiles must be set for the Windows Bazel shell substrate." >&2
-    return 1
-  fi
-
   unset \
     AR ARFLAGS AS BAZEL_LLVM BAZEL_LLVM_COV BAZEL_LLVM_PROFDATA BAZEL_VC \
     BAZEL_VC_FULL_VERSION BAZEL_VS BAZEL_WINSDK_FULL_VERSION CC CFLAGS CL \
@@ -87,5 +82,5 @@ sanitize_bazel_windows_environment() {
     return 1
   fi
   export PATH="${sanitized_client_path}"
-  export BAZEL_SH="${ProgramFiles//\\//}/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe"
+  export BAZEL_SH="C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe"
 }
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test_audit_bazel_windows_hermeticity.py b/.github/scripts/test_audit_bazel_windows_hermeticity.py
index 1be7e4e9f1..5f9011890f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/test_audit_bazel_windows_hermeticity.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/test_audit_bazel_windows_hermeticity.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class WindowsBazelHermeticityAuditTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 encoding="utf-8",
             )
         (root / ".github/scripts/sanitize-bazel-windows-environment.sh").write_text(
-            r'export BAZEL_SH="${ProgramFiles//\\//}/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe"' + "\n",
+            'export BAZEL_SH="C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe"\n',
             encoding="utf-8",
         )
         (root / "BUILD.bazel").write_text(build_contents, encoding="utf-8")
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test_run_bazel_with_buildbuddy.py b/.github/scripts/test_run_bazel_with_buildbuddy.py
index 1ea73526c6..76bc924248 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/test_run_bazel_with_buildbuddy.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/test_run_bazel_with_buildbuddy.py
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ class RunBazelWithBuildBuddyTest(unittest.TestCase):
             "'/msys64/', '/mingw32/', '/mingw64/')\n"
             "    if any(path in normalized_path for path in forbidden_paths):\n"
             "        raise SystemExit(f'compiler path was not cleared: {normalized_path}')\n"
-            "    expected_bazel_sh = os.environ['ProgramFiles'].replace('\\\\', '/') "
-            "+ '/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe'\n"
+            "    expected_bazel_sh = 'C:/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/bash.exe'\n"
             "    if os.environ.get('BAZEL_SH') != expected_bazel_sh:\n"
             "        raise SystemExit(f'BAZEL_SH is not frozen: {os.environ.get(\"BAZEL_SH\")}')\n"
             "print(json.dumps(sys.argv[1:]))\n",
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ class RunBazelWithBuildBuddyTest(unittest.TestCase):
                     "CODEX_BAZEL_WINDOWS_EXECUTION_PATH": r"C:\substrate\bin",
                     "CODEX_BAZEL_WINDOWS_TEST_PATH": r"C:\runtime\bin",
                     "INCLUDE": r"C:\Visual Studio\include",
-                    "ProgramFiles": r"C:\Program Files",
+                    "ProgramFiles": "",
                     "RUNNER_OS": "Windows",
                 },
                 "--windows-hybrid-execution",