diff --git a/coin/platform_configs/cmake_platforms_static_release.yaml b/coin/platform_configs/cmake_platforms_static_release.yaml
index 7b15ba80..3a7020cc 100644
--- a/coin/platform_configs/cmake_platforms_static_release.yaml
+++ b/coin/platform_configs/cmake_platforms_static_release.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Configurations:
     Environment variables: [
         'CMAKE_ARGS=-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="x86_64;arm64" -DPostgreSQL_ROOT={{.Env.POSTGRESQLBINPATH}}/.. -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR={{.Env.OPENSSL_DIR}}',
         'NON_QTBASE_CMAKE_ARGS=-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DFEATURE_gds=OFF -DFFMPEG_DIR={{.Env.FFMPEG_DIR}} -DFEATURE_native_grpc=OFF',
-        'Protobuf_ROOT=/usr/local/lib/cmake/protobuf'
     ]
 
 -
diff --git a/coin/platform_configs/macos.yaml b/coin/platform_configs/macos.yaml
index 893b9cd7..5b97a4a7 100644
--- a/coin/platform_configs/macos.yaml
+++ b/coin/platform_configs/macos.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Configurations:
         Environment variables: [
             'CMAKE_ARGS=-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="x86_64;arm64" -DPostgreSQL_ROOT={{.Env.POSTGRESQLBINPATH}}/.. -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR={{.Env.OPENSSL_DIR}}',
             'NON_QTBASE_CMAKE_ARGS=-DFEATURE_gds=OFF -DFFMPEG_DIR={{.Env.FFMPEG_DIR}} -DQT_DEPLOY_FFMPEG=TRUE -DINPUT_headersclean=ON -DQT_FEATURE_open62541_security=OFF',
-            'Protobuf_ROOT=/usr/local/lib/cmake/protobuf'
         ]
 
     -
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ Configurations:
         Configure arguments: '-nomake examples -release -force-debug-info -separate-debug-info -headersclean -framework'
         Environment variables: [
             'CMAKE_ARGS=-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="x86_64;arm64"',
-            'Protobuf_ROOT=/usr/local/lib/cmake/protobuf',
             'NON_QTBASE_CMAKE_ARGS=-DFFMPEG_DIR={{.Env.FFMPEG_DIR}} -DQT_DEPLOY_FFMPEG=TRUE -DINPUT_headersclean=ON',
         ]
 
@@ -122,7 +120,6 @@ Configurations:
         Environment variables: [
             'CMAKE_ARGS=-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR={{.Env.OPENSSL_DIR}}',
             'NON_QTBASE_CMAKE_ARGS=-DFFMPEG_DIR={{.Env.FFMPEG_DIR}} -DQT_DEPLOY_FFMPEG=TRUE',
-            'Protobuf_ROOT=/usr/local/lib/cmake/protobuf',
         ]
     -
         Id: 'macos-14-arm64-developer-build'
@@ -132,7 +129,6 @@ Configurations:
         Configure arguments: '-developer-build -nomake examples -debug -framework'
         Environment variables: [
             'CMAKE_ARGS=-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR={{.Env.OPENSSL_DIR}}',
-            'Protobuf_ROOT=/usr/local/lib/cmake/protobuf',
             'NON_QTBASE_CMAKE_ARGS=-DFFMPEG_DIR={{.Env.FFMPEG_DIR}} -DQT_DEPLOY_FFMPEG=TRUE',
         ]
 
diff --git a/coin/platform_configs/nightly_unity_builds.yaml b/coin/platform_configs/nightly_unity_builds.yaml
index b8cfc5f9..7743c714 100644
--- a/coin/platform_configs/nightly_unity_builds.yaml
+++ b/coin/platform_configs/nightly_unity_builds.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,5 @@ Configurations:
     Configure arguments: '-make examples -debug -force-debug-info -separate-debug-info -headersclean -framework'
     Environment variables: [
         'CMAKE_ARGS=-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="x86_64;arm64"',
-        'Protobuf_ROOT=/usr/local/lib/cmake/protobuf',
         'NON_QTBASE_CMAKE_ARGS=-DFFMPEG_DIR={{.Env.FFMPEG_DIR}} -DQT_DEPLOY_FFMPEG=TRUE -DINPUT_headersclean=ON -DQT_UNITY_BUILD=ON',
     ]
diff --git a/coin/provisioning/common/unix/install_protobuf.sh b/coin/provisioning/common/unix/install_protobuf.sh
index 110d8b9c..bf3a6d90 100755
--- a/coin/provisioning/common/unix/install_protobuf.sh
+++ b/coin/provisioning/common/unix/install_protobuf.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ cmake "$targetDir" -G"Ninja Multi-Config" \
 ninja all:all
 sudo env "PATH=$PATH" ninja install:all
 
+SetEnvVar "Protobuf_ROOT" "$installPrefix/lib/cmake/protobuf"
+
 # Refresh shared library cache if OS isn't macOS
 if uname -a |grep -qv "Darwin"; then
     sudo ldconfig