diff --git a/bins/build.mjs b/bins/build.mjs
index 3cb2d57890a7..089aa45e8e1f 100644
--- a/bins/build.mjs
+++ b/bins/build.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { rariBin } from "@mdn/rari";
 import { spawn } from "cross-spawn";
+import { config } from "dotenv";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { cwd } from "node:process";
+
+import { BUILD_OUT_ROOT } from "../libs/env/index.js";
+
+config({
+  path: path.join(cwd(), process.env.ENV_FILE || ".env"),
+});
+
+process.env.BUILD_OUT_ROOT = process.env.BUILD_OUT_ROOT || BUILD_OUT_ROOT;
 
 spawn(rariBin, ["build"], { stdio: "inherit" });
diff --git a/bins/tool.mjs b/bins/tool.mjs
index b050ef3d176b..f12103c2a68e 100644
--- a/bins/tool.mjs
+++ b/bins/tool.mjs
@@ -2,4 +2,16 @@
 import { rariBin } from "@mdn/rari";
 import { spawn } from "cross-spawn";
 
+import { config } from "dotenv";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { cwd } from "node:process";
+
+import { BUILD_OUT_ROOT } from "../libs/env/index.js";
+
+config({
+  path: path.join(cwd(), process.env.ENV_FILE || ".env"),
+});
+
+process.env.BUILD_OUT_ROOT = process.env.BUILD_OUT_ROOT || BUILD_OUT_ROOT;
+
 spawn(rariBin, ["content"], { stdio: "inherit" });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b768d983117..46220ef5eb9a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "ai-help-macros": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=\"--no-warnings=ExperimentalWarning --loader ts-node/esm\" node scripts/ai-help-macros.ts",
     "analyze": "(test -f client/build/stats.json || cross-env ANALYZE_BUNDLE=true yarn build:client) && webpack-bundle-analyzer client/build/stats.json",
-    "build": "yarn rari build",
+    "build": "node bins/build.mjs",
     "build:client": "cd client && cross-env NODE_ENV=production BABEL_ENV=production node scripts/build.js",
     "build:dist": "tsc -p tsconfig.dist.json",
     "build:glean": "cd client && cross-env VIRTUAL_ENV=venv glean translate src/telemetry/metrics.yaml src/telemetry/pings.yaml -f typescript -o src/telemetry/generated",
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "test:libs": "yarn jest --rootDir libs --env=node",
     "test:prepare": "yarn build:prepare && yarn build && yarn render:html && yarn start:static-server",
     "test:testing": "yarn jest --rootDir testing",
-    "tool": "yarn rari content",
+    "tool": "node bins/tool.mjs",
     "tool:legacy": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=\"--no-warnings=ExperimentalWarning --loader ts-node/esm\" node ./tool/cli.ts",
     "watch:ssr": "webpack --mode=production --watch --config=ssr/webpack.config.js"
   },