diff --git a/cmd/tools/vtest-fixed.v b/cmd/tools/vtest-fixed.v
index 179c6a35fc..ac102d5a76 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vtest-fixed.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vtest-fixed.v
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ const (
 		'vlib/net/http/http_test.v',
 		'vlib/net/socket_test.v',
 		'vlib/net/socket_udp_test.v',
-		'vlib/os/environment_test.v', // Linux only
 		'vlib/regex/regex_test.v',
 		'vlib/sqlite/sqlite_test.v', // Linux only
 		'vlib/strconv/ftoa/f32_f64_to_string_test.v',
diff --git a/vlib/os/environment.v b/vlib/os/environment.v
index c41b13aaf1..16863a732e 100644
--- a/vlib/os/environment.v
+++ b/vlib/os/environment.v
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn environ() map[string]string {
 		}
 		C.FreeEnvironmentStringsW(estrings)
 	} $else {
-		e := &byteptr(&C.environ)
+		e := &charptr(C.environ)
 		for i := 0; !isnil(e[i]); i++ {
 			eline := cstring_to_vstring(e[i])
 			eq_index := eline.index_byte(`=`)