diff --git a/mpsd-software-environment.py b/mpsd-software-environment.py
index acbadeaa2c003a40e33fce397045132f5d5574df..0c7b7d88698ae795951e28f61c04701e3ae89fd6 100755
--- a/mpsd-software-environment.py
+++ b/mpsd-software-environment.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def set_up_logging(loglevel="warning", file_path=None):
     )
 
 
-def get_available_toolchains(release: str) -> List[str]:
+def get_available_toolchains(mpsd_release: str) -> List[str]:
     """Given a release, return the available toolchains.
 
     This is based on the spack-environment's repository [1]. For this function
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@ def get_available_toolchains(release: str) -> List[str]:
      'global_generic']
 
     """
-    logging.debug(f"get_available_toolchains({release=})")
-    logging.info(f"Retrieving available toolchains for release {release}")
+    logging.debug(f"get_available_toolchains({mpsd_release=})")
+    logging.info(f"Retrieving available toolchains for release {mpsd_release}")
     print_log = logging.getLogger("print")
 
     # create temporary directory
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def get_available_toolchains(release: str) -> List[str]:
     tmp_dir_path = Path(tmp_dir.name)
 
     # find toolchains by cloning repository and checking out right branch
-    clone_repo(tmp_dir_path, config_vars["spack_environments_repo"], branch=release)
+    clone_repo(tmp_dir_path, config_vars["spack_environments_repo"], branch=mpsd_release)
     # look for directories defining the toolchains
     toolchains = os.listdir(tmp_dir_path / "toolchains")
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def get_available_toolchains(release: str) -> List[str]:
     logging.debug(msg)
 
     # summarise toolchains found for use
-    print_log.info(f"MPSD software release {release} provides")
+    print_log.info(f"MPSD software release {mpsd_release} provides")
     for toolchain in sorted(toolchains):
         print_log.info("    " + toolchain)