diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
index 7ce58a2f60..2e94aeaad8 100644
--- a/.config/nextest.toml
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ retries = 2
 [profile.postsubmit]
 # Do not retry tests in postsubmit to detect flaky tests.
 retries = 0
+
+[profile.presubmit]
+# Use default settings for presubmit
diff --git a/tools/dev_container b/tools/dev_container
index 5a821aacd1..6fbf44f66b 100755
--- a/tools/dev_container
+++ b/tools/dev_container
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ COMMON_ARGS = [
     "--device /dev/kvm" if Path("/dev/kvm").is_char_device() else None,
     # Enable terminal colors
     f"--env TERM={os.environ.get('TERM', 'xterm-256color')}",
-    # Pass through NEXTEST_PROFILE for use by run_tests.
-    f"--env NEXTEST_PROFILE",
 ]
 
 DOCKER_ARGS = [
@@ -88,6 +86,11 @@ PODMAN_ARGS = [
     "--pids-limit=4096" if os.name == "posix" else None,
 ]
 
+# Environment variables to pass through to the container if they are specified.
+ENV_PASSTHROUGH = [
+    "NEXTEST_PROFILE",
+]
+
 
 def machine_is_running(docker: cmd):
     machine_state = docker("machine info").stdout()
@@ -273,6 +276,14 @@ def main(argv: List[str]):
     else:
         docker_args.append(DEV_IMAGE_NAME + ":" + DEV_IMAGE_VERSION)
 
+    # Add environment variables to command line
+    exec_args: List[str] = []
+    for key in ENV_PASSTHROUGH:
+        value = os.environ.get(key)
+        if value is not None:
+            exec_args.append("--env")
+            exec_args.append(f"{key}={quoted(value)}")
+
     if args.self_test:
         TestDevContainer.docker = docker
         suite = unittest.defaultTestLoader.loadTestsFromTestCase(TestDevContainer)
@@ -307,14 +318,14 @@ def main(argv: List[str]):
     if args.hermetic:
         # cmd is passed to entrypoint
         quoted_cmd = list(map(quoted, command))
-        docker(f"run --rm", *tty_args, *docker_args, *quoted_cmd).fg()
+        docker(f"run --rm", *tty_args, *docker_args, *exec_args, *quoted_cmd).fg()
     else:
         # cmd is executed directly
         cid = ensure_container_is_alive(docker, docker_args, args.cros)
         if not command:
             command = ("/bin/bash",)
         quoted_cmd = list(map(quoted, command))
-        docker("exec", *tty_args, cid, *quoted_cmd).fg()
+        docker("exec", *tty_args, *exec_args, cid, *quoted_cmd).fg()
 
 
 class TestDevContainer(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/tools/run_tests b/tools/run_tests
index 4bde0df18b..758610bd64 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests
+++ b/tools/run_tests
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ def get_vm_arch(triple: Triple):
     "--features",
     help=f"List of comma separated features to be passed to cargo. Defaults to `all-$platform`",
 )
-@argh.arg("--profile", help="Select nextest profile.")
 @argh.arg("--no-parallel", help="Do not parallelize integration tests. Slower but more stable.")
 @argh.arg("--repetitions", help="Repeat all tests, useful for checking test stability.")
 def main(
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ def main(
     no_strip: bool = False,
     run_root_tests: bool = False,
     features: Optional[str] = None,
-    profile: Optional[str] = None,
     no_parallel: bool = False,
     repetitions: int = 1,
 ):