diff --git a/patroni/ctl.py b/patroni/ctl.py
index ffc9fc11..1023a6d7 100644
--- a/patroni/ctl.py
+++ b/patroni/ctl.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import yaml
 
 from click import ClickException
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from patroni.config import Config
 from patroni.dcs import get_dcs as _get_dcs
 from patroni.exceptions import PatroniException
 from patroni.postgresql import Postgresql
@@ -67,6 +66,8 @@ def parse_dcs(dcs):
 
 
 def load_config(path, dcs):
+    from patroni.config import Config
+
     if not (os.path.exists(path) and os.access(path, os.R_OK)):
         logging.debug('Ignoring configuration file "%s". It does not exists or is not readable.', path)
     else:
diff --git a/patroni/postgresql/postmaster.py b/patroni/postgresql/postmaster.py
index 855c25f0..a6807a93 100644
--- a/patroni/postgresql/postmaster.py
+++ b/patroni/postgresql/postmaster.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import re
 import signal
 import subprocess
 
+from patroni.config import Config
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 STOP_SIGNALS = {
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ class PostmasterProcess(psutil.Process):
         # In order to make everything portable we can't use fork&exec approach here, so  we will call
         # ourselves and pass list of arguments which must be used to start postgres.
         # On Windows, in order to run a side-by-side assembly the specified env must include a valid SYSTEMROOT.
-        env = {p: os.environ[p] for p in ('PATH', 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH', 'LC_ALL', 'LANG', 'SYSTEMROOT') if p in os.environ}
+        env = {p: os.environ[p] for p in os.environ if not p.startswith(Config.PATRONI_ENV_PREFIX)}
         try:
             proc = PostmasterProcess._from_pidfile(data_dir)
             if proc and not proc._is_postmaster_process():