diff --git a/config.md b/config.md
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@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ For Windows based systems the user structure has the following fields:
 
 * **`os`** (string, REQUIRED) specifies the operating system family of the container configuration's specified [`root`](#root) file system bundle.
   The runtime MUST generate an error if it does not support the specified **`os`**.
-  Bundles SHOULD use, and runtimes SHOULD understand, **`os`** entries listed in the Go Language document for [`$GOOS`][go-environment].
-  If an operating system is not included in the `$GOOS` documentation, it SHOULD be submitted to this specification for standardization.
+  Bundles SHOULD use, and runtimes SHOULD understand, **`os`** entries listed in the Go Language document for [`GOOS`][go-environment].
+  If an operating system is not included in the `GOOS` documentation, it SHOULD be submitted to this specification for standardization.
 * **`arch`** (string, REQUIRED) specifies the instruction set for which the binaries in the specified [`root`](#root) file system bundle have been compiled.
   The runtime MUST generate an error if it does not support the specified **`arch`**.
-  Values for **`arch`** SHOULD use, and runtimes SHOULD understand, **`arch`** entries listed in the Go Language document for [`$GOARCH`][go-environment].
-  If an architecture is not included in the `$GOARCH` documentation, it SHOULD be submitted to this specification for standardization.
+  Values for **`arch`** SHOULD use, and runtimes SHOULD understand, **`arch`** entries listed in the Go Language document for [`GOARCH`][go-environment].
+  If an architecture is not included in the `GOARCH` documentation, it SHOULD be submitted to this specification for standardization.
 
 ### Example