diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
index c69ed85d0b1..f2c4ae60fa7 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/__init__.py
@@ -2475,6 +2475,10 @@ class ComputeEnvironment(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     def config_directory(self):
         """ Directory containing config files (potentially remote) """
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def env_config_directory(self):
+        """Working directory (possibly as environment variable evaluation)."""
+
     @abstractmethod
     def sep(self):
         """ os.path.sep for the platform this job will execute in.
@@ -2514,7 +2518,7 @@ class SimpleComputeEnvironment:
         return os.path.sep
 
 
-class SharedComputeEnvironment(SimpleComputeEnvironment):
+class SharedComputeEnvironment(SimpleComputeEnvironment, ComputeEnvironment):
     """ Default ComputeEnvironment for job and task wrapper to pass
     to ToolEvaluator - valid when Galaxy and compute share all the relevant
     file systems.
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/evaluation.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/evaluation.py
index 5ae3d829fe1..002a7de4216 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/evaluation.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/evaluation.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List
 from galaxy import model
 from galaxy.files import ProvidesUserFileSourcesUserContext
 from galaxy.job_execution.setup import ensure_configs_directory
-from galaxy.jobs import SharedComputeEnvironment, SimpleComputeEnvironment
+from galaxy.jobs import ComputeEnvironment
 from galaxy.model.none_like import NoneDataset
 from galaxy.security.object_wrapper import wrap_with_safe_string
 from galaxy.tools import global_tool_errors
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class ToolEvaluator:
         self.tool = tool
         self.local_working_directory = local_working_directory
 
-    def set_compute_environment(self, compute_environment: Union[SimpleComputeEnvironment, SharedComputeEnvironment], get_special: Optional[Callable] = None):
+    def set_compute_environment(self, compute_environment: ComputeEnvironment, get_special: Optional[Callable] = None):
         """
         Setup the compute environment and established the outline of the param_dict
         for evaluating command and config cheetah templates.
diff --git a/test/unit/app/tools/test_evaluation.py b/test/unit/app/tools/test_evaluation.py
index a262ef182db..3d4ffdb6998 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/tools/test_evaluation.py
+++ b/test/unit/app/tools/test_evaluation.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class ToolEvaluatorTestCase(TestCase, UsesApp):
             kwds["working_directory"] = self.test_directory
         if "new_file_path" not in kwds:
             kwds["new_file_path"] = self.app.config.new_file_path
-        self.evaluator.set_compute_environment(ComputeEnvironment(**kwds))
+        self.evaluator.set_compute_environment(ComputeEnvironment(**kwds))  # type: ignore[arg-type]
         assert "exec_before_job" in self.tool.hooks_called
 
     def _setup_test_bwa_job(self):