diff --git a/tpu_inference/__init__.py b/tpu_inference/__init__.py
index d10311cb0..09d2fcdd7 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/__init__.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-import os
-
 # The environment variables override should be imported before any other
 # modules to ensure that the environment variables are set before any
 # other modules are imported.
 import tpu_inference.env_override  # noqa: F401
+from tpu_inference import envs
 from tpu_inference import tpu_info as ti
 from tpu_inference.logger import init_logger
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
-if "proxy" in os.environ.get('JAX_PLATFORMS', '').lower():
+if "proxy" in envs.JAX_PLATFORMS:
     logger.info("Running vLLM on TPU via Pathways proxy.")
     # Must run pathwaysutils.initialize() before any JAX operations
     try:
diff --git a/tpu_inference/core/disagg_utils.py b/tpu_inference/core/disagg_utils.py
index 58528b8ad..ecb16e9ac 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/core/disagg_utils.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/core/disagg_utils.py
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import os
 from typing import Tuple
 
-PREFILL_SLICES = 'PREFILL_SLICES'
-DECODE_SLICES = 'DECODE_SLICES'
+from tpu_inference import envs
 
 
 def is_disagg_enabled() -> bool:
     # We triggrer our code path as long as prefill slices are set. This
     # allows us to test interleave mode effectively with the code path
     # for comparison purposes.
-    return PREFILL_SLICES in os.environ
+    return bool(envs.PREFILL_SLICES)
 
 
 def _parse_slices(slices_str: str) -> Tuple[int, ...]:
@@ -40,12 +38,12 @@ def _parse_slices(slices_str: str) -> Tuple[int, ...]:
 
 
 def get_prefill_slices() -> Tuple[int, ...]:
-    if PREFILL_SLICES not in os.environ:
+    if not envs.PREFILL_SLICES:
         return ()
-    return _parse_slices(os.environ[PREFILL_SLICES])
+    return _parse_slices(envs.PREFILL_SLICES)
 
 
 def get_decode_slices() -> Tuple[int, ...]:
-    if DECODE_SLICES not in os.environ:
+    if not envs.DECODE_SLICES:
         return ()
-    return _parse_slices(os.environ[DECODE_SLICES])
+    return _parse_slices(envs.DECODE_SLICES)
diff --git a/tpu_inference/distributed/tpu_connector.py b/tpu_inference/distributed/tpu_connector.py
index 66a50b26a..cf09dcea7 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/distributed/tpu_connector.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/distributed/tpu_connector.py
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 
 import copy
 import functools
-import os
 import threading
 import time
 from concurrent.futures import Future, ThreadPoolExecutor
@@ -86,6 +85,7 @@
     from vllm.v1.core.kv_cache_manager import KVCacheBlocks
     from vllm.v1.request import Request
 
+from tpu_inference import envs
 from tpu_inference.distributed.utils import (get_host_ip, get_kv_ips,
                                              get_kv_ports,
                                              get_kv_transfer_port, get_node_id,
@@ -441,8 +441,7 @@ def __init__(self, vllm_config: VllmConfig):
 
         self.runner: TPUModelRunner = None
         self.mesh: Mesh = None
-        self.multi_host = os.getenv("TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND",
-                                    "").lower() == "ray"
+        self.multi_host = envs.TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND == "ray"
         # NOTE(xiang): This can not be the worker rank set in RayDistributedExecutor.
         # The worker rank is assigned with vLLM's sorting logic, which does not work
         # for TPU host topology.
diff --git a/tpu_inference/distributed/utils.py b/tpu_inference/distributed/utils.py
index cf1a0b966..61dde5e60 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/distributed/utils.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/distributed/utils.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from vllm.utils.network_utils import get_ip
 
+from tpu_inference import envs
 from tpu_inference.logger import init_logger
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def set_node_kv_ip_port(ip_port: tuple[int, str, int]):
 
 
 def get_kv_ips() -> str:
-    if os.getenv("TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND", "").lower() == "ray":
+    if envs.TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND == "ray":
         num_nodes = len(_NODES_KV_IP_PORT)
         ips = []
         for node_id in range(num_nodes):
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def get_kv_ips() -> str:
 
 
 def get_kv_ports() -> str:
-    if os.getenv("TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND", "").lower() == "ray":
+    if envs.TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND == "ray":
         num_nodes = len(_NODES_KV_IP_PORT)
         ports = []
         for node_id in range(num_nodes):
diff --git a/tpu_inference/envs.py b/tpu_inference/envs.py
index 1ef212f00..e97993204 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/envs.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/envs.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 environment_variables: dict[str, Callable[[], Any]] = {
     # JAX platform selection (e.g., "tpu", "cpu", "proxy")
     "JAX_PLATFORMS":
-    lambda: os.getenv("JAX_PLATFORMS", ""),
+    lambda: os.getenv("JAX_PLATFORMS", "").lower(),
     # TPU accelerator type (e.g., "v5litepod-16", "v4-8")
     "TPU_ACCELERATOR_TYPE":
     lambda: os.getenv("TPU_ACCELERATOR_TYPE", None),
diff --git a/tpu_inference/layers/vllm/sharding.py b/tpu_inference/layers/vllm/sharding.py
index b06f8b35f..b9fd4fdd9 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/layers/vllm/sharding.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/layers/vllm/sharding.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from vllm.model_executor.layers.vocab_parallel_embedding import (
     ParallelLMHead, VocabParallelEmbedding)
 
+from tpu_inference import envs
 from tpu_inference.logger import init_logger
 
 P = PartitionSpec
@@ -211,8 +212,7 @@ def _shard_module_to_tpu(model: torch.nn.Module, mesh: Mesh) -> None:
 def _sharded_device_put(tensor: jax.Array, sharding) -> jax.Array:
     if isinstance(tensor, tuple):
         return tuple(_sharded_device_put(t, sharding) for t in tensor)
-    import os
-    multihost_backend = os.environ.get("TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND", "").lower()
+    multihost_backend = envs.TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND
     if multihost_backend != "ray":
         return jax.device_put(tensor, sharding)
 
diff --git a/tpu_inference/mock/vllm_envs.py b/tpu_inference/mock/vllm_envs.py
index 1a938002a..476643579 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/mock/vllm_envs.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/mock/vllm_envs.py
@@ -189,6 +189,20 @@ def maybe_convert_bool(value: Optional[str]) -> Optional[bool]:
     return bool(int(value))
 
 
+def _get_jax_platforms() -> str:
+    """Get JAX_PLATFORMS from tpu_inference.envs module.
+
+    Returns:
+        The JAX_PLATFORMS value.
+    """
+    try:
+        from tpu_inference import envs
+        return envs.JAX_PLATFORMS
+    except ImportError:
+        # Fallback if tpu_inference.envs is not available
+        return os.getenv("JAX_PLATFORMS", "").lower()
+
+
 def get_vllm_port() -> Optional[int]:
     """Get the port from VLLM_PORT environment variable.
 
@@ -941,7 +955,7 @@ def get_vllm_port() -> Optional[int]:
 
     # Whether using Pathways
     "VLLM_TPU_USING_PATHWAYS":
-    lambda: bool("proxy" in os.getenv("JAX_PLATFORMS", "").lower()),
+    lambda: bool("proxy" in _get_jax_platforms()),
 
     # Allow use of DeepGemm kernels for fused moe ops.
     "VLLM_USE_DEEP_GEMM":
diff --git a/tpu_inference/models/jax/utils/weight_utils.py b/tpu_inference/models/jax/utils/weight_utils.py
index 64f026dae..64730748f 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/models/jax/utils/weight_utils.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/models/jax/utils/weight_utils.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from jax.sharding import PartitionSpec as P
 from safetensors import safe_open
 
-from tpu_inference import utils
+from tpu_inference import envs, utils
 from tpu_inference.logger import init_logger
 from tpu_inference.models.jax.utils import file_utils
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ def load_hf_weights(vllm_config,
     # NOTE(xiang): Disable multi-threading mode if running on multi-host.
     # Because multi-threading would cause different JAX processes to load
     # different weights at the same time.
-    if os.environ.get("TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND", "").lower() == "ray":
+    if envs.TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND == "ray":
         max_workers = 1
     with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_workers) as executor:
         futures = [
diff --git a/tpu_inference/platforms/tpu_platform.py b/tpu_inference/platforms/tpu_platform.py
index e23d4f7e8..b3a4a7de3 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/platforms/tpu_platform.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/platforms/tpu_platform.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import os
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Tuple, Union, cast
 
 import jax.numpy as jnp
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ def check_and_update_config(cls, vllm_config: VllmConfig) -> None:
         parallel_config.worker_cls = \
                         "tpu_inference.worker.tpu_worker.TPUWorker"
 
-        multihost_backend = os.environ.get("TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND", "").lower()
+        multihost_backend = envs.TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND
         if not multihost_backend:  # Single host
             if parallel_config.pipeline_parallel_size == 1:
                 logger.info("Force using UniProcExecutor for JAX on \
diff --git a/tpu_inference/tpu_info.py b/tpu_inference/tpu_info.py
index 9f5d02269..41b1a7e21 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/tpu_info.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/tpu_info.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import requests
 
+from tpu_inference import envs
 from tpu_inference.logger import init_logger
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
@@ -32,14 +33,14 @@ def get_tpu_metadata(key: str = "") -> str:
 
 
 def get_tpu_type() -> str:
-    tpu_type = os.getenv("TPU_ACCELERATOR_TYPE", None)
+    tpu_type = envs.TPU_ACCELERATOR_TYPE
     if tpu_type is None:
         tpu_type = get_tpu_metadata(key="accelerator-type")
     return tpu_type
 
 
 def get_node_name() -> str:
-    tpu_name = os.getenv("TPU_NAME", None)
+    tpu_name = envs.TPU_NAME
     if not tpu_name:
         tpu_name = get_tpu_metadata(key="instance-id")
     return tpu_name
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ def get_node_name() -> str:
 
 def get_node_worker_id() -> int:
     """For multi-host TPU VM, this returns the worker id for the current node."""
-    worker_id = os.getenv("TPU_WORKER_ID", None)
+    worker_id = envs.TPU_WORKER_ID
     if worker_id is None:
         worker_id = get_tpu_metadata(key="agent-worker-number")
     if worker_id is None:
diff --git a/tpu_inference/utils.py b/tpu_inference/utils.py
index ea9edd20a..ca3d693da 100644
--- a/tpu_inference/utils.py
+++ b/tpu_inference/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-import os
 import time
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Sequence
@@ -14,8 +13,10 @@
 from jax._src import xla_bridge as xb
 from jax._src.lib import xla_client as xc
 from jax.sharding import Mesh, NamedSharding, PartitionSpec
-from vllm import envs, utils
+from vllm import envs as vllm_envs
+from vllm import utils
 
+from tpu_inference import envs
 from tpu_inference.logger import init_logger
 
 GBYTES = 1024 * 1024 * 1024
@@ -57,10 +58,10 @@ def get_num_kv_heads_by_tp(num_kv_heads: int, tp_size: int) -> int:
 
 def hbm_usage_bytes(devices: Any) -> List[Tuple[int, int]]:
     usage = []
-    if envs.VLLM_TPU_USING_PATHWAYS:
+    if vllm_envs.VLLM_TPU_USING_PATHWAYS:
         return pathways_hbm_usage_gb(devices)
 
-    multihost_backend = os.environ.get("TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND", "").lower()
+    multihost_backend = envs.TPU_MULTIHOST_BACKEND
     if multihost_backend == "ray":
         # MemoryStats is only supported for addressable PjRt devices.
         # Assume all the devices have similar memory usage for now.