diff --git a/lib/moduleEncoding.js b/lib/moduleEncoding.js
index ff10444..f9396db 100644
--- a/lib/moduleEncoding.js
+++ b/lib/moduleEncoding.js
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ async function createApplicationAndAssetBundle(application, assets, vars) {
 	}
 
 	if (vars) {
-		const varsAsset = await createEnvVarsAssetModule(vars);
+		const varsAsset = await encodeEnvVarsAsset(vars);
 		assets ||= [];
 		assets.push({
 			data: varsAsset,
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ async function createProtectedModule(module, certificate) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Create an asset module containing environment variables.
+ * Encode the environment variables to a Device OS-compatible asset.
  *
  * @param {Object} vars Variable values.
  * @param {Object} [snapshot] Snapshot details. If not provided, the asset will be marked as
@@ -1680,9 +1680,9 @@ async function createProtectedModule(module, certificate) {
  * @param {String|Buffer} snapshot.hash Snapshot hash. Can be a buffer or hex-encoded string.
  * @param {String|Number} snapshot.updatedAt Snapshot creation time. Can be a string in a format
  *        supported by `Date.parse()` or a numeric timestamp.
- * @returns {Promise<Buffer>} Module binary.
+ * @returns {Promise<Buffer>} Asset data.
  */
-async function createEnvVarsAssetModule(vars, snapshot = undefined) {
+async function encodeEnvVarsAsset(vars, snapshot = undefined) {
 	const maxAssetSize = 16 * 1024;
 
 	if (!vars || typeof vars !== 'object') {
@@ -1733,13 +1733,31 @@ async function createEnvVarsAssetModule(vars, snapshot = undefined) {
 		updatedAt
 	})).finish();
 
+	if (assetData.length > maxAssetSize) {
+		throw new Error('Asset exceeds the maximum size');
+	}
+
+	return assetData;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create an asset module containing environment variables.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} vars Variable values.
+ * @param {Object} [snapshot] Snapshot details. If not provided, the asset will be marked as
+ *        containing application variables as opposed to a snapshot of cloud variables.
+ * @param {String|Buffer} snapshot.hash Snapshot hash. Can be a buffer or hex-encoded string.
+ * @param {String|Number} snapshot.updatedAt Snapshot creation time. Can be a string in a format
+ *        supported by `Date.parse()` or a numeric timestamp.
+ * @returns {Promise<Buffer>} Module binary.
+ */
+async function createEnvVarsAssetModule(vars, snapshot = undefined) {
+	const assetData = await encodeEnvVarsAsset(vars, snapshot);
+
 	const assetModule = await createAssetModule(assetData, 'env-vars', {
 		type: snapshot ? ModuleInfo.AssetType.ENV_VARS_SNAPSHOT : ModuleInfo.AssetType.ENV_VARS_APP,
 		compress: false
 	});
-	if (assetModule.length > maxAssetSize) {
-		throw new Error('Asset exceeds the maximum size');
-	}
 	return assetModule;
 }
 
@@ -1766,5 +1784,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	addModuleExtensions,
 	removeModuleExtensions,
 	listModuleExtensions,
+	encodeEnvVarsAsset,
 	createEnvVarsAssetModule
 };