diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
index a7e84e0dc7..35fae6623a 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/__init__.py
@@ -851,6 +851,17 @@ FETCH_EXPORT_VARS = ['HOME', 'PATH',
                      'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY',
                      'AWS_DEFAULT_REGION']
 
+def get_fetcher_environment(d):
+    newenv = {}
+    origenv = d.getVar("BB_ORIGENV")
+    for name in bb.fetch2.FETCH_EXPORT_VARS:
+        value = d.getVar(name)
+        if not value and origenv:
+            value = origenv.getVar(name)
+        if value:
+            newenv[name] = value
+    return newenv
+
 def runfetchcmd(cmd, d, quiet=False, cleanup=None, log=None, workdir=None):
     """
     Run cmd returning the command output
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index 92cc10785c..b3a3de571a 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -315,14 +315,7 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
         # Avoid tramping the environment too much by using bb.utils.environment
         # to scope the changes to the build_opener request, which is when the
         # environment lookups happen.
-        newenv = {}
-        origenv = d.getVar("BB_ORIGENV")
-        for name in bb.fetch2.FETCH_EXPORT_VARS:
-            value = d.getVar(name)
-            if not value and origenv:
-                value = origenv.getVar(name)
-            if value:
-                newenv[name] = value
+        newenv = bb.fetch2.get_fetcher_environment(d)
 
         with bb.utils.environment(**newenv):
             import ssl