diff --git a/test/case/infix_containers/container_environment/test.py b/test/case/infix_containers/container_environment/test.py
index f571fcfb..eb2d5189 100755
--- a/test/case/infix_containers/container_environment/test.py
+++ b/test/case/infix_containers/container_environment/test.py
@@ -3,27 +3,32 @@
 Container environment variables
 
 Verify that environment variables can be set in container configuration
-and are available inside the running container. Tests the 'env' list
-functionality by:
+and are available inside the running container.
 
-1. Creating a container with multiple environment variables
-2. Using a custom script to extract env vars and serve them via HTTP
-3. Fetching the served content to verify environment variables are set correctly
-
-Uses the nftables container image with custom rc.local script.
+1  Set up a container config with multiple environment variables
+2. Serve variables back to host using a CGI script in container
+3. Verify served content against environment variables
 """
 import infamy
 from infamy.util import until, to_binary
 
 
 with infamy.Test() as test:
+    ENV_VARS = [
+        {"key": "TEST_VAR", "value": "hello-world"},
+        {"key": "APP_PORT", "value": "8080"},
+        {"key": "DEBUG_MODE", "value": "true"},
+        {"key": "PATH_WITH_SPACES", "value": "/path with spaces/test"}
+    ]
     NAME = "web-env"
     DUTIP = "10.0.0.2"
     OURIP = "10.0.0.1"
+    url = infamy.Furl(f"http://{DUTIP}:8080/cgi-bin/env.cgi")
 
     with test.step("Set up topology and attach to target DUT"):
         env = infamy.Env()
         target = env.attach("target", "mgmt")
+        _, hport = env.ltop.xlate("host", "data")
 
         if not target.has_model("infix-containers"):
             test.skip()
@@ -44,44 +49,33 @@ with infamy.Test() as test:
             }
         })
 
-    with test.step("Create container with environment variables"):
-        script = to_binary("""#!/bin/sh
-# Create HTTP response with environment variables
-printf "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\\r\\n" > /var/www/response.txt
-printf "Content-Type: text/plain\\r\\n" >> /var/www/response.txt
-printf "Connection: close\\r\\n\\r\\n" >> /var/www/response.txt
+    with test.step("Set up container with environment variables"):
+        cgi = [
+            '#!/bin/sh',
+            '# CGI script to output environment variables',
+            'echo "Content-Type: text/plain"',
+            'echo ""'
+        ]
 
-# Add environment variables using printf to control encoding
-printf "TEST_VAR=\\"%s\\"\\n" "$TEST_VAR" >> /var/www/response.txt
-printf "APP_PORT=%s\\n" "$APP_PORT" >> /var/www/response.txt
-printf "DEBUG_MODE=\\"%s\\"\\n" "$DEBUG_MODE" >> /var/www/response.txt
-printf "PATH_WITH_SPACES=\\"%s\\"\\n" "$PATH_WITH_SPACES" >> /var/www/response.txt
-
-while true; do
-    nc -l -p 8080 < /var/www/response.txt 2>>/var/www/debug.log || sleep 1
-done
-""")
+        for var in ENV_VARS:
+            cgi.append(f'echo "{var["key"]}=${var["key"]}"')
 
         target.put_config_dict("infix-containers", {
             "containers": {
                 "container": [
                     {
                         "name": f"{NAME}",
-                        "image": f"oci-archive:{infamy.Container.NFTABLES_IMAGE}",
-                        "env": [
-                            {"key": "TEST_VAR", "value": "hello-world"},
-                            {"key": "APP_PORT", "value": "8080"},
-                            {"key": "DEBUG_MODE", "value": "true"},
-                            {"key": "PATH_WITH_SPACES", "value": "/path with spaces/test"}
-                        ],
+                        "image": f"oci-archive:{infamy.Container.HTTPD_IMAGE}",
+                        "command": "/usr/sbin/httpd -f -v -p 8080",
+                        "env": ENV_VARS,
                         "network": {
                             "host": True
                         },
                         "mount": [
                             {
-                                "name": "rc.local",
-                                "content": script,
-                                "target": "/etc/rc.local",
+                                "name": "env.cgi",
+                                "content": to_binary('\n'.join(cgi) + '\n'),
+                                "target": "/var/www/cgi-bin/env.cgi",
                                 "mode": "0755"
                             }
                         ],
@@ -98,20 +92,17 @@ done
         c = infamy.Container(target)
         until(lambda: c.running(NAME), attempts=60)
 
-    with test.step("Verify environment variables are available via HTTP"):
-        _, hport = env.ltop.xlate("host", "data")
-        url = infamy.Furl(f"http://{DUTIP}:8080/env.html")
+    with infamy.IsolatedMacVlan(hport) as ns:
+        ns.addip(OURIP)
 
-        with infamy.IsolatedMacVlan(hport) as ns:
-            ns.addip(OURIP)
+        with test.step("Verify basic connectivity to data interface"):
+            ns.must_reach(DUTIP)
 
-            with test.step("Verify basic connectivity to data interface"):
-                ns.must_reach(DUTIP)
+        with test.step("Verify environment variables in CGI response"):
+            expected_strings = []
+            for var in ENV_VARS:
+                expected_strings.append(f'{var["key"]}={var["value"]}')
 
-            with test.step("Verify environment variables in HTTP response"):
-                until(lambda: url.nscheck(ns, "TEST_VAR=\"hello-world\""), attempts=10)
-                until(lambda: url.nscheck(ns, "APP_PORT=8080"), attempts=10)
-                until(lambda: url.nscheck(ns, "DEBUG_MODE=\"true\""), attempts=10)
-                until(lambda: url.nscheck(ns, "PATH_WITH_SPACES=\"/path with spaces/test\""), attempts=10)
+            until(lambda: url.nscheck(ns, expected_strings))
 
     test.succeed()
diff --git a/test/case/infix_containers/infix_containers.yaml b/test/case/infix_containers/infix_containers.yaml
index 83d07fd7..b3f65e95 100644
--- a/test/case/infix_containers/infix_containers.yaml
+++ b/test/case/infix_containers/infix_containers.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 - name: container_enabled
   case: container_enabled/test.py
 
-# Disabled for v25.08, new/unstable
-# - name: container_environment
-#   case: container_environment/test.py
+- name: container_environment
+  case: container_environment/test.py
 
 - name: container_bridge
   case: container_bridge/test.py