diff --git a/cli/core/src/build.rs b/cli/core/src/build.rs
index 27117e927..5269e8250 100644
--- a/cli/core/src/build.rs
+++ b/cli/core/src/build.rs
@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ use crate::helpers::{
   manifest::rewrite_manifest,
   Logger, TauriScript,
 };
-use std::{
-  env::{set_current_dir, set_var},
-  fs::File,
-  io::Write,
-  path::PathBuf,
-  process::Command,
-};
+use std::{env::set_current_dir, fs::File, io::Write, path::PathBuf, process::Command};
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Build {
@@ -54,8 +48,6 @@ impl Build {
   pub fn run(self) -> crate::Result<()> {
     let logger = Logger::new("tauri:build");
     let config = get_config(self.config.as_deref())?;
-    let config_guard = config.lock().unwrap();
-    let config_ = config_guard.as_ref().unwrap();
 
     let mut settings_builder = SettingsBuilder::new().features(vec!["embedded-server".to_string()]);
     if !self.debug {
@@ -87,10 +79,7 @@ impl Build {
 
     let tauri_path = tauri_dir();
     set_current_dir(&tauri_path)?;
-    set_var("TAURI_DIR", &tauri_path);
-    set_var("TAURI_DIST_DIR", tauri_path.join(&config_.build.dist_dir));
 
-    drop(config_guard);
     rewrite_manifest(config.clone())?;
 
     let config_guard = config.lock().unwrap();
diff --git a/cli/core/src/dev.rs b/cli/core/src/dev.rs
index 6826923ef..46f707f5f 100644
--- a/cli/core/src/dev.rs
+++ b/cli/core/src/dev.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use shared_child::SharedChild;
 
 use std::{
-  env::{set_current_dir, set_var},
+  env::set_current_dir,
   ffi::OsStr,
   fs::{create_dir_all, File},
   io::Write,
@@ -100,27 +100,6 @@ impl Dev {
       .dev_path
       .to_string();
 
-    let dev_path = if dev_path.starts_with("http") {
-      dev_path
-    } else {
-      let absolute_dev_path = tauri_dir()
-        .join(&config.lock().unwrap().as_ref().unwrap().build.dev_path)
-        .to_string_lossy()
-        .to_string();
-      (*config.lock().unwrap()).as_mut().unwrap().build.dev_path = absolute_dev_path.to_string();
-      absolute_dev_path
-    };
-
-    set_var("TAURI_DIR", &tauri_path);
-    set_var(
-      "TAURI_DIST_DIR",
-      tauri_path.join(&config.lock().unwrap().as_ref().unwrap().build.dist_dir),
-    );
-    set_var(
-      "TAURI_CONFIG",
-      serde_json::to_string(&*config.lock().unwrap())?,
-    );
-
     rewrite_manifest(config.clone())?;
 
     // __tauri.js
@@ -175,9 +154,7 @@ impl Dev {
         if let Some(event_path) = event_path {
           if event_path.file_name() == Some(OsStr::new("tauri.conf.json")) {
             reload_config(merge_config.as_deref())?;
-            (*config.lock().unwrap()).as_mut().unwrap().build.dev_path = dev_path.to_string();
             rewrite_manifest(config.clone())?;
-            set_var("TAURI_CONFIG", serde_json::to_string(&*config)?);
           } else {
             // When tauri.conf.json is changed, rewrite_manifest will be called
             // which will trigger the watcher again
diff --git a/cli/core/src/helpers/config.rs b/cli/core/src/helpers/config.rs
index 1bd4596ab..bbce70168 100644
--- a/cli/core/src/helpers/config.rs
+++ b/cli/core/src/helpers/config.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ mod config_definition;
 pub use config_definition::*;
 
 use std::{
+  env::set_var,
   fs::File,
   io::BufReader,
   process::exit,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ fn get_internal(merge_config: Option<&str>, reload: bool) -> crate::Result<Confi
   }
 
   let config = serde_json::from_value(config)?;
+  set_var("TAURI_CONFIG", serde_json::to_string(&config)?);
   *config_handle().lock().unwrap() = Some(config);
 
   Ok(config_handle().clone())
diff --git a/tauri/examples/api/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/tauri/examples/api/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 4f6b9c31f..005d26bce 100644
--- a/tauri/examples/api/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/tauri/examples/api/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "build": {
     "distDir": "../public",
     "devPath": "http://localhost:5000",
-    "withGlobalTauri": true
+    "beforeDevCommand": "yarn dev",
+    "beforeBuildCommand": "yarn build"
   },
   "tauri": {
     "cli": {