diff --git a/action.go b/action.go
index 1d0ddbf7f..9c6880ecd 100644
--- a/action.go
+++ b/action.go
@@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ type Context struct {
 }
 
 // Setenv sets the value of the environment variable named by the key.
-func (c Context) Setenv(key, value string) Context {
+func (c *Context) Setenv(key, value string) {
 	if c.Env == nil {
 		c.Env = []string{}
 	}
 	c.Env = append(c.Env, fmt.Sprintf("%v=%v", key, value))
-	return c
 }
 
 // Cache cashes values of a CompletionCallback for given duration and keys
diff --git a/defaultActions_test.go b/defaultActions_test.go
index debe766d3..c834d28da 100644
--- a/defaultActions_test.go
+++ b/defaultActions_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ func TestActionExecCommandEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		return ActionValues()
 	}).Invoke(Context{})
 
+	c := Context{}
+	c.Setenv("carapace_TestActionExecCommand", "test")
 	ActionExecCommand("env")(func(output []byte) Action {
 		lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
 		for _, line := range lines {
@@ -60,5 +62,5 @@ func TestActionExecCommandEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		t.Error("should contain env carapace_TestActionExecCommand=test")
 		return ActionValues()
-	}).Invoke(Context{}.Setenv("carapace_TestActionExecCommand", "test"))
+	}).Invoke(c)
 }