diff --git a/test/externalTests/trident.sh b/test/externalTests/trident.sh
index 6921d7a8a..d82b0a707 100755
--- a/test/externalTests/trident.sh
+++ b/test/externalTests/trident.sh
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ function trident_test
         legacy-optimize-evm+yul
     )
 
-    local selected_optimizer_presets
-    selected_optimizer_presets=$(circleci_select_steps_multiarg "${settings_presets[@]}")
-    print_optimizer_presets_or_exit "$selected_optimizer_presets"
+    [[ $SELECTED_PRESETS != "" ]] || SELECTED_PRESETS=$(circleci_select_steps_multiarg "${settings_presets[@]}")
+    print_presets_or_exit "$SELECTED_PRESETS"
 
     setup_solc "$DIR" "$BINARY_TYPE" "$BINARY_PATH"
     download_project "$repo" "$ref_type" "$ref" "$DIR"
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ function trident_test
 
     neutralize_package_json_hooks
     force_hardhat_compiler_binary "$config_file" "$BINARY_TYPE" "$BINARY_PATH"
-    force_hardhat_compiler_settings "$config_file" "$(first_word "$selected_optimizer_presets")" "$config_var"
+    force_hardhat_compiler_settings "$config_file" "$(first_word "$SELECTED_PRESETS")" "$config_var"
     yarn install
 
     replace_version_pragmas
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ function trident_test
     # version check. It's not used by tests so we can remove it.
     rm -r node_modules/@sushiswap/core/
 
-    for preset in $selected_optimizer_presets; do
+    for preset in $SELECTED_PRESETS; do
         hardhat_run_test "$config_file" "$preset" "${compile_only_presets[*]}" compile_fn test_fn "$config_var"
     done
 }