diff --git a/bazel/workspace_status.sh b/bazel/workspace_status.sh
index 1bed04c85ac4..a3502209ff71 100755
--- a/bazel/workspace_status.sh
+++ b/bazel/workspace_status.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Used as farm metadata
-test -n "${CI_JOB_NAME:-}" && echo "STABLE_FARM_JOB_NAME ${CI_JOB_NAME}"
-if [[ -n "${USER:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "STABLE_FARM_USER ${USER}"
-elif [[ -n "${HOSTUSER:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "STABLE_FARM_USER ${HOSTUSER}"
+STABLE_FARM_METADATA="USER=${USER:-${HOSTUSER:-anonymous}}"
+if [ -n "${CI_JOB_NAME:-}" ]; then
+    STABLE_FARM_METADATA="$STABLE_FARM_METADATA;JOB_NAME=$CI_JOB_NAME"
 fi
+echo "STABLE_FARM_METADATA $STABLE_FARM_METADATA"
diff --git a/rs/tests/BUILD.bazel b/rs/tests/BUILD.bazel
index 5cc1f6afcab9..023fb86f5d9a 100644
--- a/rs/tests/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/rs/tests/BUILD.bazel
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ load("@rules_distroless//apt:defs.bzl", "dpkg_status")
 load("@rules_distroless//distroless:defs.bzl", "passwd")
 load("@rules_oci//oci:defs.bzl", "oci_image")
 load("@rules_shell//shell:sh_binary.bzl", "sh_binary")
-load("//bazel:defs.bzl", "symlink_dir", "symlink_dir_test")
+load("//bazel:defs.bzl", "symlink_dir", "symlink_dir_test", "write_info_file_var")
 load(":system_tests.bzl", "oci_tar", "uvm_config_image")
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//rs:system-tests-pkg"])
@@ -296,3 +296,9 @@ genrule(
     outs = ["version-test.txt"],
     cmd = "sed < $< 's/$$/-test/' > $@",
 )
+
+write_info_file_var(
+    name = "farm_metadata.txt",
+    varname = "STABLE_FARM_METADATA",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/rs/tests/driver/src/driver/farm.rs b/rs/tests/driver/src/driver/farm.rs
index c0e88cf2f447..3289eed512ab 100644
--- a/rs/tests/driver/src/driver/farm.rs
+++ b/rs/tests/driver/src/driver/farm.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::{
 use crate::driver::ic::{AmountOfMemoryKiB, NrOfVCPUs, VmAllocationStrategy};
 use crate::driver::log_events;
 use crate::driver::test_env::{RequiredHostFeaturesFromCmdLine, TestEnvAttribute};
-use crate::driver::test_env_api::{HasFarmUrl, read_dependency_to_string};
+use crate::driver::test_env_api::HasFarmUrl;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use ic_crypto_sha2::Sha256;
@@ -450,25 +450,12 @@ pub struct GroupSpec {
 
 impl GroupSpec {
     pub fn add_meta(mut self, group_base_name: &str) -> Self {
-        // Acquire bazel's stable status containing key value pairs like user and job name:
-        let farm_metadata_path = std::env::var("FARM_METADATA_PATH")
-            .expect("Expected the environment variable FARM_METADATA_PATH to be defined!");
-        let farm_metadata = read_dependency_to_string(&farm_metadata_path)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-                panic!("Couldn't read content of the status file {farm_metadata_path}: {e:?}")
-            })
-            .trim_end()
-            .to_string();
-        let runtime_args_map = parse_farm_metadata_file(farm_metadata);
-
-        // Read values from the runtime args and use sensible defaults if unset
-        let user = runtime_args_map
-            .get("STABLE_FARM_USER") // Always set by bazel
-            .cloned()
-            .unwrap_or("CI".to_string());
+        // Read injected farm metadata. We expect 'USER' and 'JOB_NAME' to be set and
+        // use sensible defaults if unset.
+        let mut runtime_args_map = parse_farm_metadata_env();
+        let user = runtime_args_map.remove("USER").unwrap_or("CI".to_string());
         let job_schedule = runtime_args_map
-            .get("STABLE_FARM_JOB_NAME") // Injected by workspace status
-            .cloned()
+            .remove("JOB_NAME")
             .unwrap_or("manual".to_string());
         let metadata = GroupMetadata {
             user,
@@ -490,11 +477,15 @@ pub struct GroupMetadata {
     pub test_name: String,
 }
 
-fn parse_farm_metadata_file(input: String) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+fn parse_farm_metadata_env() -> HashMap<String, String> {
+    // Read the FARM_METADATA environment variable containing ';' separated key pairs:
+    //      'FARM_METADATA=FOO=bar;BAZ=quux'
+    let farm_metadata = std::env::var("FARM_METADATA")
+        .expect("Expected the environment variable FARM_METADATA to be defined!");
     let mut map = HashMap::new();
-    let lines = input.split('\n');
-    for line in lines {
-        if let Some((key, value)) = line.split_once(' ') {
+    let pairs = farm_metadata.split(';');
+    for pair in pairs {
+        if let Some((key, value)) = pair.split_once('=') {
             map.insert(String::from(key), String::from(value));
         }
     }
diff --git a/rs/tests/system_tests.bzl b/rs/tests/system_tests.bzl
index 66cb559c5608..1a71864d23ab 100644
--- a/rs/tests/system_tests.bzl
+++ b/rs/tests/system_tests.bzl
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ def _run_system_test(ctx):
         if value.startswith("$"):
             env[key] = ctx.expand_location(value, ctx.attr.runtime_deps)
 
-    # Used by the run script and by farm to read metadata
-    env["FARM_METADATA_PATH"] = ctx.info_file.short_path
-    data.append(ctx.info_file)
-
     # We use the RUN_SCRIPT_ prefix for variables that are processed by the run
     # script, and not passed directly to the test.
 
@@ -343,6 +339,8 @@ def system_test(
         env["ENV_DEPS__HOSTOS_UPDATE_IMG_URL"] = icos_image_download_url(MAINNET_LATEST_HOSTOS["version"], "host-os", True) if guestos != "mainnet_latest_dev" else icos_dev_image_download_url(MAINNET_LATEST_HOSTOS["version"], "host-os", True)
         env["ENV_DEPS__HOSTOS_UPDATE_IMG_HASH"] = MAINNET_LATEST_HOSTOS["hash" if guestos != "mainnet_latest_dev" else "dev_hash"]
 
+    env_var_files["FARM_METADATA"] = "//rs/tests:farm_metadata.txt"
+
     deps = list(runtime_deps)
     if logs:
         env["VECTOR_VM_PATH"] = "$(rootpath //rs/tests:vector_with_log_fetcher_image)"