diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index f1f0b7a..40f6a92 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 		"--privileged",
 		"--init"
 	],
+	"remoteEnv": {
+    "DOCKER_ARGS": "--network=host"
+	},
 	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
 	"extensions": [
 		"ms-azuretools.vscode-docker"
diff --git a/gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh b/gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh
index 021ce64..27006ba 100755
--- a/gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh
+++ b/gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ else
   docker exec -it gitlab update-permissions &> /dev/null
 fi
 
-# allow valet to talk to GitLab by removing network isolation between containers
-export DOCKER_ARGS="--network=host"
-`grep -q "export DOCKER_ARGS=" ~/.bashrc || echo 'export DOCKER_ARGS="--network=host"' >> ~/.bashrc`
-
 echo -e "Waiting for GitLab to be ready. This might take a while \U23F0"
 until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost); do
   printf '.'
diff --git a/jenkins/bootstrap/setup.sh b/jenkins/bootstrap/setup.sh
index 5947fa4..e843745 100755
--- a/jenkins/bootstrap/setup.sh
+++ b/jenkins/bootstrap/setup.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ else
   docker run -d --name jenkins -p 8080:8080 --env JENKINS_ADMIN_ID=$username --env JENKINS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=$password jenkins:$container_name
 fi
 
-# allow valet to talk to Jenkins by removing network isolation between containers
-export DOCKER_ARGS="--network=host"
-grep -q "export DOCKER_ARGS=" ~/.bashrc || echo 'export DOCKER_ARGS="--network=host"' >> ~/.bashrc
-
 echo -e "\nWaiting for Jenkins to start..."
 while ! curl -s http://localhost:8080/ > /dev/null; do
   printf "."