diff --git a/common/utils/assertions.h b/common/utils/assertions.h
index 3424392e7a3f1daa5a6e359de7a6cd609cd48df1..453e853aecdc4fd06f3e45b7b160e2601250bd9d 100644
--- a/common/utils/assertions.h
+++ b/common/utils/assertions.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #define OAI_EXIT_ASSERT 1
 
 #define _Assert_Exit_							\
-  if (getenv("gdbStacks")) {						\
+  if (getenv("OAI_GDBSTACKS")) {						\
     char tmp [1000];							\
     sprintf(tmp,"gdb -ex='set confirm off' -ex 'thread apply all bt' -ex q -p %d < /dev/null", getpid());  \
     __attribute__((unused)) int dummy=system(tmp);						\
diff --git a/doc/environment-variables.md b/doc/environment-variables.md
index 5b2ae520304460fcd961f28d7936e05285a096e8..9137533e8ad872ef38968a41c7753122f8377352 100644
--- a/doc/environment-variables.md
+++ b/doc/environment-variables.md
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ OAI uses/supports a number of environment variables, documented in the following
 - `NR_MIMO2x2_AWGN_RESULTS_DIR`: directory containing BLER curves for L2simulator channel modelling in 2x2 MIMO case
 - `NVRAM_DIR`: directory to read/write NVRAM data in (5G) `nvram` tool; if not defined, will use `PWD` (working directory)
 - `OAI_CONFIGMODULE`: can be used to pass the configuration file instead of `-O`
+- `OAI_GDBSTACKS`: if defined when hitting an assertion (`DevAssert()`, `AssertFatal()`, ...), OAI will load `gdb` and provide a backtrace for every thread
 - `OPENAIR_DIR`: should point to the root directory of OpenAirInterface; some code relies on this to get a filename, e.g., BLER curves for L2sim channel emulation
 - `RFSIMULATOR`: the RFsimulator's work mode, can be either `server` (for server mode) or a valid IP address (for client mode)
 - `USIM_DIR`: directory to read/write USIM data in (4G) `usim` tool; if not defined, will use `PWD` (working directory)
-- `gdbStacks`: if defined when hitting an assertion (`DevAssert()`, `AssertFatal()`, ...), OAI will load `gdb` and provide a backtrace for every thread
 - `threadPoolMeasurements`: path to a file to store thread pool debugging information, see the [thread pool documentation](..common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.md)
 
 Furthermore, these variables appear in code that is not maintained and maybe not even compiled anywhere:
diff --git a/docker/scripts/enb_entrypoint.sh b/docker/scripts/enb_entrypoint.sh
index aadd8b71d1fc75cc7d04971eac3ea9ce212d0ab3..cda5793ab37d1439cc467ade0aeec01254cb0e2c 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/enb_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/enb_entrypoint.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ elif [[ -v USE_N3XX ]]; then
 fi
 
 # enable printing of stack traces on assert
-export gdbStacks=1
+export OAI_GDBSTACKS=1
 
 echo "=================================="
 echo "== Starting eNB soft modem"
diff --git a/docker/scripts/gnb-aw2s_entrypoint.sh b/docker/scripts/gnb-aw2s_entrypoint.sh
index b03e214ce119721903d1d15c9bf6b61621f83364..752e3005edcdf60005a3c44b6dd923f2b09572a5 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/gnb-aw2s_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/gnb-aw2s_entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ echo "== Configuration file:"
 cat $CONFIGFILE
 
 # enable printing of stack traces on assert
-export gdbStacks=1
+export OAI_GDBSTACKS=1
 
 echo "=================================="
 echo "== Starting gNB soft modem with AW2S"
diff --git a/docker/scripts/gnb_entrypoint.sh b/docker/scripts/gnb_entrypoint.sh
index ef268b1143bceb48f1ad401f5d7c9e8621e3c1cf..230f3f0f7df6c8ec503082bb77186ccb3a0b486d 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/gnb_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/gnb_entrypoint.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ elif [[ -v USE_N3XX ]]; then
 fi
 
 # enable printing of stack traces on assert
-export gdbStacks=1
+export OAI_GDBSTACKS=1
 
 echo "=================================="
 echo "== Starting gNB soft modem"
diff --git a/docker/scripts/lte_ru_entrypoint.sh b/docker/scripts/lte_ru_entrypoint.sh
index 4ce56154828ca8685f461eb1190f68734bc63a4b..0305cf27ff4e0fec931bd7ea3e8b80c9177d48b3 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/lte_ru_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/lte_ru_entrypoint.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ elif [[ -v USE_N3XX ]]; then
 fi
 
 # enable printing of stack traces on assert
-export gdbStacks=1
+export OAI_GDBSTACKS=1
 
 echo "=================================="
 echo "== Starting eNB soft modem"
diff --git a/docker/scripts/lte_ue_entrypoint.sh b/docker/scripts/lte_ue_entrypoint.sh
index a8d0f8fd1ac352a5a99144ca8f6c49f73cca257e..f88692a957ea585d93ecb3b7cb0aac98278098cd 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/lte_ue_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/lte_ue_entrypoint.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ if [[ -f "$CONFIGFILE"  ]]; then
 fi
 
 # enable printing of stack traces on assert
-export gdbStacks=1
+export OAI_GDBSTACKS=1
 
 echo "=================================="
 echo "== Starting LTE UE soft modem"
diff --git a/docker/scripts/nr_ue_entrypoint.sh b/docker/scripts/nr_ue_entrypoint.sh
index 840a8ae729729cc4f13f29d7f7b5d878455a7174..e84386276a877a598ef32b558b5e8671751b61e5 100755
--- a/docker/scripts/nr_ue_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/scripts/nr_ue_entrypoint.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 # enable printing of stack traces on assert
-export gdbStacks=1
+export OAI_GDBSTACKS=1
 
 echo "=================================="
 echo "== Starting NR UE soft modem"