diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index 86c47fb3..6e191d71 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-Import("env")
-
-SConscript(['opendbc/dbc/SConscript'], exports={'env': env})
+SConscript(['opendbc/dbc/SConscript'])
 
 # test files
 if GetOption('extras'):
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index c43351a6..ac0fe1dc 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1,27 +1,9 @@
-import os
-import subprocess
-import platform
-
-arch = subprocess.check_output(["uname", "-m"], encoding='utf8').rstrip()
-if platform.system() == "Darwin":
-  arch = "Darwin"
-
-cpppath = [
-  '#',
-  '/usr/lib/include',
-]
-
 AddOption('--minimal',
           action='store_false',
           dest='extras',
           default=True,
           help='the minimum build. no tests, tools, etc.')
 
-AddOption('--asan',
-          action='store_true',
-          help='turn on ASAN')
-
-# safety options
 AddOption('--ubsan',
           action='store_true',
           help='turn on UBSan')
@@ -30,35 +12,4 @@ AddOption('--mutation',
           action='store_true',
           help='generate mutation-ready code')
 
-ccflags_asan = ["-fsanitize=address", "-fno-omit-frame-pointer"] if GetOption('asan') else []
-ldflags_asan = ["-fsanitize=address"] if GetOption('asan') else []
-
-env = Environment(
-  ENV=os.environ,
-  CC='gcc',
-  CXX='g++',
-  CCFLAGS=[
-    "-g",
-    "-fPIC",
-    "-O2",
-    "-Wunused",
-    "-Werror",
-    "-Wshadow",
-    "-Wno-vla-cxx-extension",
-    "-Wno-unknown-warning-option",  # for compatibility across compiler versions
-  ] + ccflags_asan,
-  LDFLAGS=ldflags_asan,
-  LINKFLAGS=ldflags_asan,
-  CFLAGS="-std=gnu11",
-  CXXFLAGS=["-std=c++1z"],
-  CPPPATH=cpppath,
-  tools=["default", "compilation_db"]
-)
-if arch != "Darwin":
-  env.Append(CCFLAGS=["-fmax-errors=1", ])
-
-env.CompilationDatabase('compile_commands.json')
-
-Export('env', 'arch')
-
 SConscript(['SConscript'])
diff --git a/opendbc/dbc/SConscript b/opendbc/dbc/SConscript
index 9a929120..481e024b 100644
--- a/opendbc/dbc/SConscript
+++ b/opendbc/dbc/SConscript
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-Import("env")
-
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
+env = Environment(ENV=os.environ)
+
 generator = File("generator/generator.py")
 
 source_files = [
diff --git a/opendbc/safety/tests/libsafety/SConscript b/opendbc/safety/tests/libsafety/SConscript
index c02a703a..a27a38a7 100644
--- a/opendbc/safety/tests/libsafety/SConscript
+++ b/opendbc/safety/tests/libsafety/SConscript
@@ -24,13 +24,24 @@ env = Environment(
     '-Wno-pointer-to-int-cast',
     '-g',
     '-O0',
-    "-fno-omit-frame-pointer"
+    '-fno-omit-frame-pointer',
+    '-fprofile-arcs',
+    '-ftest-coverage',
+  ],
+  LINKFLAGS=[
+    '-fprofile-arcs',
+    '-ftest-coverage',
   ],
   CPPPATH=["#", "../../board/"],
   tools=["default", "compilation_db"],
 )
 if system == "Darwin":
   env.PrependENVPath('PATH', '/opt/homebrew/bin')
+if GetOption('ubsan'):
+  env.Prepend(LINKFLAGS=[
+    "-fsanitize=undefined",
+    "-fno-sanitize-recover=undefined",
+  ])
 
 if GetOption('mutation'):
   env['CC'] = 'clang-17'
@@ -44,26 +55,8 @@ if GetOption('mutation'):
   env['CFLAGS'] += flags
   env['LINKFLAGS'] += flags
 
-if GetOption('ubsan'):
-  flags = [
-    "-fsanitize=undefined",
-    "-fno-sanitize-recover=undefined",
-  ]
-  env['CFLAGS'] += flags
-  env['LINKFLAGS'] += flags
-
 safety = env.SharedObject("safety.os", "safety.c")
 libsafety = env.SharedLibrary("libsafety.so", [safety])
 
-coverage_flags = [
-  # GCC coverage flags
-  '-fprofile-arcs',
-  '-ftest-coverage',
-]
-env.Append(
-  CFLAGS=coverage_flags,
-  LINKFLAGS=coverage_flags,
-)
-
 # GCC note file is generated by compiler, allow scons to clean it up
 env.SideEffect("safety.gcno", safety)