diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/maxblocksinflight.py b/qa/rpc-tests/maxblocksinflight.py
index c035269db..8374537e0 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/maxblocksinflight.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/maxblocksinflight.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class TestManager(NodeConnCB):
 class MaxBlocksInFlightTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def add_options(self, parser):
         parser.add_option("--testbinary", dest="testbinary",
-                          default=os.getenv("DASHD", "dashd"),
+                          default=os.getenv("BITCOIND", "dashd"),
                           help="Binary to test max block requests behavior")
 
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-acceptblock.py b/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-acceptblock.py
index fa26bf3a6..4899b0c46 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-acceptblock.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/p2p-acceptblock.py
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ class TestNode(NodeConnCB):
 class AcceptBlockTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def add_options(self, parser):
         parser.add_option("--testbinary", dest="testbinary",
-                          default=os.getenv("DASHD", "dashd"),
-                          help="bitcoind binary to test")
+                          default=os.getenv("BITCOIND", "dashd"),
+                          help="dashd binary to test")
 
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
index fbff89428..b2d7bd9f8 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -392,11 +392,11 @@ class ComparisonTestFramework(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
     def add_options(self, parser):
         parser.add_option("--testbinary", dest="testbinary",
-                          default=os.getenv("DASHD", "dashd"),
-                          help="bitcoind binary to test")
+                          default=os.getenv("BITCOIND", "dashd"),
+                          help="dashd binary to test")
         parser.add_option("--refbinary", dest="refbinary",
-                          default=os.getenv("DASHD", "dashd"),
-                          help="bitcoind binary to use for reference nodes (if any)")
+                          default=os.getenv("BITCOIND", "dashd"),
+                          help="dashd binary to use for reference nodes (if any)")
 
     def setup_network(self):
         self.nodes = start_nodes(
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
index 48f58ddaf..1622abeec 100644
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/test_framework/util.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def initialize_chain(test_dir, num_nodes, cachedir, extra_args=None, redirect_st
         # Create cache directories, run dashds:
         for i in range(MAX_NODES):
             datadir=initialize_datadir(cachedir, i)
-            args = [ os.getenv("DASHD", "dashd"), "-server", "-keypool=1", "-datadir="+datadir, "-discover=0", "-mocktime="+str(GENESISTIME) ]
+            args = [ os.getenv("BITCOIND", "dashd"), "-server", "-keypool=1", "-datadir="+datadir, "-discover=0", "-mocktime="+str(GENESISTIME) ]
             if i > 0:
                 args.append("-connect=127.0.0.1:"+str(p2p_port(0)))
             if extra_args is not None:
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def start_node(i, dirname, extra_args=None, rpchost=None, timewait=None, binary=
     """
     datadir = os.path.join(dirname, "node"+str(i))
     if binary is None:
-        binary = os.getenv("DASHD", "dashd")
+        binary = os.getenv("BITCOIND", "dashd")
     # RPC tests still depend on free transactions
     args = [ binary, "-datadir="+datadir, "-server", "-keypool=1", "-discover=0", "-rest", "-blockprioritysize=50000", "-mocktime="+str(get_mocktime()) ]
     # Don't try auto backups (they fail a lot when running tests)