diff --git a/go/detect_environment.go b/go/detect_environment.go
index 44947139..8b09b2d4 100644
--- a/go/detect_environment.go
+++ b/go/detect_environment.go
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ func evalutate(expression string) (string, error) {
 		case *variableExpression:
 			s, err := t.Evaluate()
 			if err != nil {
-				l := log.New(os.Stderr, "", 0)
-				l.Printf("error evalutating %s: %s", expression, err)
 				return result, err
 			}
 			result = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", result, s)
diff --git a/go/detect_environment_test.go b/go/detect_environment_test.go
index 1a3fafc7..f2d733e8 100644
--- a/go/detect_environment_test.go
+++ b/go/detect_environment_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ func TestDetectCIEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testDetectCIEnvironment(envVars map[string]string, want *cienvironment.CiEnvironment) func(*testing.T) {
 	return func(t *testing.T) {
+		// when running on github, unset the variables already present there for this test execution
+		t.Setenv("GITHUB_SERVER_URL", "")
+		t.Setenv("GITHUB_REPOSITORY", "")
+		t.Setenv("GITHUB_RUN_ID", "")
+		t.Setenv("GITHUB_SHA", "")
+		t.Setenv("GITHUB_HEAD_REF", "")
+		t.Setenv("GITHUB_EVENT_NAME", "")
+		t.Setenv("GITHUB_EVENT_PATH", "")
+		// set the environment variables per the .txt file in the testdata directory
 		for k, v := range envVars {
 			t.Setenv(k, v)
 		}