diff --git a/bin/unix/evennia b/bin/unix/evennia
index a4a86b143..fbb3f9a73 100755
--- a/bin/unix/evennia
+++ b/bin/unix/evennia
@@ -6,9 +6,5 @@ This is copied directly into the python bin directory and makes the
 'evennia' program available on $PATH.
 """
 
-import os, sys
-
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.getcwd()))
-
 from  evennia.server.evennia_launcher import main
 main()