diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
index 86a87954b..6134301a9 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-cabinet.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ fu_cabinet_build_silo (FuCabinet *self, GBytes *data, GError **error)
 	g_autoptr(XbBuilderFixup) fixup2 = NULL;
 
 	/* verbose profiling */
-	if (g_getenv ("FWUPD_VERBOSE") != NULL) {
+	if (g_getenv ("FWUPD_XMLB_VERBOSE") != NULL) {
 		xb_builder_set_profile_flags (self->builder,
 					      XB_SILO_PROFILE_FLAG_XPATH |
 					      XB_SILO_PROFILE_FLAG_DEBUG);
diff --git a/libfwupdplugin/fu-quirks.c b/libfwupdplugin/fu-quirks.c
index 0125f422c..ffba1420d 100644
--- a/libfwupdplugin/fu-quirks.c
+++ b/libfwupdplugin/fu-quirks.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ fu_quirks_check_silo (FuQuirks *self, GError **error)
 	cachedirpkg = fu_common_get_path (FU_PATH_KIND_CACHEDIR_PKG);
 	xmlbfn = g_build_filename (cachedirpkg, "quirks.xmlb", NULL);
 	file = g_file_new_for_path (xmlbfn);
-	if (g_getenv ("XMLB_VERBOSE") != NULL) {
+	if (g_getenv ("FWUPD_XMLB_VERBOSE") != NULL) {
 		xb_builder_set_profile_flags (builder,
 					      XB_SILO_PROFILE_FLAG_XPATH |
 					      XB_SILO_PROFILE_FLAG_DEBUG);
diff --git a/src/fu-engine.c b/src/fu-engine.c
index d1a4e408f..806407530 100644
--- a/src/fu-engine.c
+++ b/src/fu-engine.c
@@ -3222,7 +3222,7 @@ fu_engine_load_metadata_store (FuEngine *self, FuEngineLoadFlags flags, GError *
 	g_clear_object (&self->silo);
 
 	/* verbose profiling */
-	if (g_getenv ("FWUPD_VERBOSE") != NULL) {
+	if (g_getenv ("FWUPD_XMLB_VERBOSE") != NULL) {
 		xb_builder_set_profile_flags (builder,
 					      XB_SILO_PROFILE_FLAG_XPATH |
 					      XB_SILO_PROFILE_FLAG_DEBUG);