diff --git a/system_setup/server/controllers/configure.py b/system_setup/server/controllers/configure.py
index 7d6cb303..9a2b7dab 100644
--- a/system_setup/server/controllers/configure.py
+++ b/system_setup/server/controllers/configure.py
@@ -266,9 +266,8 @@ class ConfigureController(SubiquityController):
         shutil.copy(localeGenPath, "{}.test".format(testLocGenPath))
         return testLocGenPath
 
-    async def apply_locale(self, lang):
+    async def apply_locale(self, lang, env):
         """ Effectively apply the locale setup to the new system."""
-        env = os.environ.copy()
         localeGenPath = self._locale_gen_file_path()
         if self._update_locale_gen_file(localeGenPath, lang) is False:
             log.error("Failed to update locale.gen")
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@ class ConfigureController(SubiquityController):
 
         return uid
 
-    async def _create_user(self, root_dir):
+    async def create_user(self, root_dir, env):
         """ Helper method to create the user from the identity model
             and store it's UID. """
         wsl_id = self.model.identity.user
@@ -339,13 +338,14 @@ class ConfigureController(SubiquityController):
             create_user_base = ["-P", root_dir]
             assign_grp_base = ["-P", root_dir]
 
-        create_user_cmd = ["useradd"] + create_user_base + \
+        # TODO: Figure out if Hardcoded paths here cause trouble for runtests.
+        create_user_cmd = ["/usr/sbin/useradd"] + create_user_base + \
                           ["-m", "-s", "/bin/bash", "-c", wsl_id.realname,
                            "-p", wsl_id.password, username]
-        assign_grp_cmd = ["usermod"] + assign_grp_base + \
+        assign_grp_cmd = ["/usr/sbin/usermod"] + assign_grp_base + \
                          ["-a", "-G", ",".join(usergroups_list), username]
 
-        create_user_proc = await arun_command(create_user_cmd)
+        create_user_proc = await arun_command(create_user_cmd, env=env)
         if create_user_proc.returncode != 0:
             raise Exception("Failed to create user %s: %s"
                             % (username, create_user_proc.stderr))
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class ConfigureController(SubiquityController):
         if self.default_uid is None:
             log.error("Could not retrieve %s UID", username)
 
-        assign_grp_proc = await arun_command(assign_grp_cmd)
+        assign_grp_proc = await arun_command(assign_grp_cmd, env=env)
         if assign_grp_proc.returncode != 0:
             raise Exception(("Failed to assign group to user %s: %s")
                             % (username, assign_grp_proc.stderr))
@@ -386,9 +386,14 @@ class ConfigureController(SubiquityController):
             root_dir = self.model.root
 
             if variant == "wsl_setup":
-                await self._create_user(root_dir)
                 lang = self.model.locale.selected_language
-                await self.apply_locale(lang)
+                envcp = os.environ.copy()
+                # Ensures a safe escape out of the snap environment for WSL.
+                if not self.app.opts.dry_run:
+                    envcp['LD_LIBRARY_PATH']=''
+                    envcp['LD_PRELOAD']=''
+                await self.create_user(root_dir, envcp)
+                await self.apply_locale(lang, envcp)
 
             else:
                 wsl_config_update(self.model.wslconfadvanced.wslconfadvanced,