diff --git a/radicle-cli/tests/commands.rs b/radicle-cli/tests/commands.rs
index 81144659..0c3a050d 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/tests/commands.rs
+++ b/radicle-cli/tests/commands.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fn formula(root: &Path, test: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<TestFormula, Box<dyn s
         .env("LANG", "C")
         .env("USER", "alice")
         .env(env::RAD_PASSPHRASE, "radicle")
-        .env(env::RAD_SEED, RAD_SEED)
+        .env(env::RAD_KEYGEN_SEED, RAD_SEED)
         .env(env::RAD_RNG_SEED, "0")
         .env(env::RAD_LOCAL_TIME, "1671125284")
         .envs(git::env::GIT_DEFAULT_CONFIG)
diff --git a/radicle/src/profile.rs b/radicle/src/profile.rs
index bc6f75d8..76292455 100644
--- a/radicle/src/profile.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/profile.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub mod env {
     /// RNG seed. Must be convertible to a `u64`.
     pub const RAD_RNG_SEED: &str = "RAD_RNG_SEED";
     /// Private key seed. Used for generating deterministic keypairs.
-    pub const RAD_SEED: &str = "RAD_SEED";
+    pub const RAD_KEYGEN_SEED: &str = "RAD_KEYGEN_SEED";
     /// Show radicle hints.
     pub const RAD_HINT: &str = "RAD_HINT";
     /// Environment variable to set to overwrite the commit date for both
@@ -115,16 +115,16 @@ pub mod env {
 
     /// Return the seed stored in the [`RAD_SEED`] environment variable, or generate a random one.
     pub fn seed() -> crypto::Seed {
-        if let Ok(seed) = var(RAD_SEED) {
+        if let Ok(seed) = var(RAD_KEYGEN_SEED) {
             let Ok(seed) = (0..seed.len())
                 .step_by(2)
                 .map(|i| u8::from_str_radix(&seed[i..i + 2], 16))
                 .collect::<Result<Vec<u8>, _>>()
             else {
-                panic!("env::seed: invalid hexadecimal value set in `{RAD_SEED}`");
+                panic!("env::seed: invalid hexadecimal value set in `{RAD_KEYGEN_SEED}`");
             };
             let Ok(seed): Result<[u8; 32], _> = seed.try_into() else {
-                panic!("env::seed: invalid seed length set in `{RAD_SEED}`");
+                panic!("env::seed: invalid seed length set in `{RAD_KEYGEN_SEED}`");
             };
             crypto::Seed::new(seed)
         } else {