diff --git a/core/modules/utils/repository.js b/core/modules/utils/repository.js
index 643f3f483..3e7cb664a 100644
--- a/core/modules/utils/repository.js
+++ b/core/modules/utils/repository.js
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ Utilities for working with the TiddlyWiki repository file structure
 
 /*
 Get an object containing all the plugins as a hashmap by title of the JSON representation of the plugin
+Options:
+
+ignoreEnvironmentVariables: defaults to false
 */
-exports.getAllPlugins = function() {
+exports.getAllPlugins = function(options) {
 	var fs = require("fs"),
 		path = require("path"),
 		tiddlers = {};
@@ -39,9 +42,9 @@ exports.getAllPlugins = function() {
 				}
 			}
 		};
-	$tw.utils.each($tw.getLibraryItemSearchPaths($tw.config.pluginsPath,$tw.config.pluginsEnvVar),collectPublisherPlugins);
-	$tw.utils.each($tw.getLibraryItemSearchPaths($tw.config.themesPath,$tw.config.themesEnvVar),collectPublisherPlugins);
-	$tw.utils.each($tw.getLibraryItemSearchPaths($tw.config.languagesPath,$tw.config.languagesEnvVar),collectPlugins);
+	$tw.utils.each($tw.getLibraryItemSearchPaths($tw.config.pluginsPath,options.ignoreEnvironmentVariables ? "" : $tw.config.pluginsEnvVar),collectPublisherPlugins);
+	$tw.utils.each($tw.getLibraryItemSearchPaths($tw.config.themesPath,options.ignoreEnvironmentVariables ? "" : $tw.config.themesEnvVar),collectPublisherPlugins);
+	$tw.utils.each($tw.getLibraryItemSearchPaths($tw.config.languagesPath,options.ignoreEnvironmentVariables ? "" : $tw.config.languagesEnvVar),collectPlugins);
 	return tiddlers;
 };
 
diff --git a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-plugins.js b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-plugins.js
index 29ba4a829..663192a9c 100644
--- a/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-plugins.js
+++ b/editions/test/tiddlers/tests/test-plugins.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if($tw.node) {
 	describe("Plugin tests", function() {
 
 		// Get all the plugins as a hashmap by title of a JSON string with the plugin content
-		var tiddlers = $tw.utils.getAllPlugins();
+		var tiddlers = $tw.utils.getAllPlugins({ignoreEnvironmentVariables: true});
 		// console.log(JSON.stringify(Object.keys(tiddlers),null,4));
 		describe("every plugin should have the required standard fields", function() {
 			var titles = Object.keys(tiddlers);