diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
index 7e64e286bb8..6d49d2b6f74 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
@@ -1098,16 +1098,11 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 			'cwd': dist
 		};
 
-		// Transform error messages via jscodeshift:
+		// Transform error messages:
 		jscodeshift = join( rootDir(), 'node_modules', '.bin', 'jscodeshift' );
-		command = jscodeshift+' ./lib/**/*.js ./lib/*.js -t '+join( __dirname, 'transform_error_messages.js' );
+		command = 'STDLIB_PKG=\'@stdlib/'+dist+'\' '+jscodeshift+' ./lib/**/*.js ./lib/*.js -t '+join( __dirname, 'transform_error_messages.js' );
 		debug( 'Executing command: %s', command );
-		shell( command, {
-			'cwd': opts.cwd,
-			'env': {
-				'STDLIB_PKG': '@stdlib/'+dist
-			}
-		});
+		shell( command, opts );
 
 		// Format rewritten error messages:
 		command = 'find . -name "*.js" -exec sed -E -i "s/Error\\( format\\( \\"([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\\"/Error\\( format\\( \'\\1\'/g" {} \\;';