diff --git a/env-vars-testing-local.sh b/env-vars-testing-local.sh
index ab10e403..a75d3872 100755
--- a/env-vars-testing-local.sh
+++ b/env-vars-testing-local.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 . ./env-vars-testing.sh
 . ./.env-local # helpful to store secrets, e.g. credentials for auth0 development tenant
 export MONGODB_PORT=27117
-export URL_PREFIX="http://localhost:8080"
diff --git a/scripts/import-posts.js b/scripts/import-posts.js
index 1f4e7311..d7cb9a2e 100644
--- a/scripts/import-posts.js
+++ b/scripts/import-posts.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ assert.ok(
 
 // Environment
 const {
-  URL_PREFIX,
+  WHYD_URL_PREFIX,
   MONGODB_HOST,
   MONGODB_PORT,
   MONGODB_DATABASE,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const connectToDb = ({ url, dbName }) => {
 
 const fetchUserProfile = ({ userId }) =>
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const url = `${URL_PREFIX}/api/user/${userId}?format=json`;
+    const url = `${WHYD_URL_PREFIX}/api/user/${userId}?format=json`;
     console.warn(`fetching profile from ${url} ...`);
     request(url, (err, _, body) =>
       err ? reject(err) : resolve(JSON.parse(body)),
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const updateUser = ({ db, user }) => {
 const fetchUserPosts = ({ userId }) =>
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const limit = 99999999;
-    const url = `${URL_PREFIX}/u/${userId}?format=json&limit=${limit}`;
+    const url = `${WHYD_URL_PREFIX}/u/${userId}?format=json&limit=${limit}`;
     console.warn(`fetching posts from ${url} ...`);
     request(url, (err, _, body) =>
       err