diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index 1f2bb68604..f5efa98a8e 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct sway_config *config = NULL;
 
 static struct xkb_state *keysym_translation_state_create(
 		struct xkb_rule_names rules) {
-	struct xkb_context *context = xkb_context_new(XKB_CONTEXT_NO_FLAGS);
+	struct xkb_context *context = xkb_context_new(XKB_CONTEXT_NO_SECURE_GETENV);
 	struct xkb_keymap *xkb_keymap = xkb_keymap_new_from_names(
 		context,
 		&rules,
diff --git a/sway/input/keyboard.c b/sway/input/keyboard.c
index 3f4a7289b9..45a588ecbf 100644
--- a/sway/input/keyboard.c
+++ b/sway/input/keyboard.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static void handle_xkb_context_log(struct xkb_context *context,
 
 struct xkb_keymap *sway_keyboard_compile_keymap(struct input_config *ic,
 		char **error) {
-	struct xkb_context *context = xkb_context_new(XKB_CONTEXT_NO_FLAGS);
+	struct xkb_context *context = xkb_context_new(XKB_CONTEXT_NO_SECURE_GETENV);
 	if (!sway_assert(context, "cannot create XKB context")) {
 		return NULL;
 	}