diff --git a/.github/actions/unittests/action.yml b/.github/actions/unittests/action.yml
index 5b7b0776..5b258a0f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/unittests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/unittests/action.yml
@@ -47,31 +47,32 @@ runs:
       if: |
         steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
       shell: "bash"
-      env:
-        IMPORT_MYSQL: "mysql --user=nautobot --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD"
-        IMPORT_POSTGRES: "psql --username=nautobot postgres"
       run: |
         cd development
         docker compose exec -- db sh -c \
-          '${{ inputs.db-backend == 'mysql' && env.IMPORT_MYSQL || env.IMPORT_POSTGRES }}' \
+          '${{ inputs.db-backend == 'mysql' &&
+            'mysql --user=nautobot --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD' ||
+            'psql --username=nautobot postgres'
+          }}' \
           < dump.sql
     - name: "Build Database Dump"
       if: |
         steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       shell: "bash"
-      env:
-        BACKUP_MYSQL: "mysqldump --user=root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD --databases test_nautobot"
-        BACKUP_POSTGRES: "pg_dump --clean --create --username=nautobot --dbname=test_nautobot"
-        CREATE_MYSQL: "mysql -u nautobot -e \"CREATE DATABASE test_nautobot;\""
-        CREATE_POSTGRES: "createdb --user=nautobot test_nautobot"
       run: |
         cd development
         docker compose exec -- db sh -c \
-          '${{ inputs.db-backend == 'mysql' && env.CREATE_MYSQL || env.CREATE_POSTGRES }}'
+          '${{ inputs.db-backend == 'mysql' &&
+            'mysql -u nautobot -e "CREATE DATABASE test_nautobot;"' ||
+            'createdb --user=nautobot test_nautobot'
+          }}'
         docker compose run --rm --entrypoint='' --env=NAUTOBOT_DB_NAME=test_nautobot -- nautobot \
           nautobot-server migrate
         docker compose exec -- db sh -c \
-          '${{ inputs.db-backend == 'mysql' && env.BACKUP_MYSQL || env.BACKUP_POSTGRES }}' \
+          '${{ inputs.db-backend == 'mysql' &&
+            'mysqldump --user=root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD --databases test_nautobot' ||
+            'pg_dump --clean --create --username=nautobot --dbname=test_nautobot'
+          }}' \
           > dump.sql
     - name: "Unit Tests"
       shell: "bash"