diff --git a/direct/src/p3d/AppRunner.py b/direct/src/p3d/AppRunner.py
index 74c8f9fc86..38ae45ce3a 100644
--- a/direct/src/p3d/AppRunner.py
+++ b/direct/src/p3d/AppRunner.py
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ class AppRunner(DirectObject):
             else:
                 # If it's an unknown package, just delete it directly.
                 print "Deleting unknown package %s" % (packageData.pathname)
-                self.rmtree(packageData.pathname())
+                self.rmtree(packageData.pathname)
 
         packages = self.deletePackages(packages)
         if packages:
diff --git a/direct/src/p3d/HostInfo.py b/direct/src/p3d/HostInfo.py
index 134bcfb35c..ee361913a5 100644
--- a/direct/src/p3d/HostInfo.py
+++ b/direct/src/p3d/HostInfo.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class HostInfo:
         """ Assigns self.hostUrl, and related values. """
         self.hostUrl = hostUrl
 
-        if self.hostUrl is None:
+        if not self.hostUrl:
             # A special case: the URL will be set later.
             self.hostUrlPrefix = None
             self.downloadUrlPrefix = None
diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp b/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
index 6edc489028..11a3facf69 100644
--- a/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/Sources.pp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 // to invoke a particular instance of Panda.
 //
 
-  #define BUILD_TARGET $[and $[PANDA_PACKAGE_HOST_URL],$[HAVE_TINYXML],$[HAVE_PYTHON],$[HAVE_OPENSSL]]
+  #define BUILD_TARGET $[and $[HAVE_TINYXML],$[HAVE_PYTHON],$[HAVE_OPENSSL]]
   #define USE_PACKAGES tinyxml python openssl cg
   #define TARGET p3dpython
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 // the desktop.)
 //
 
-  #define BUILD_TARGET $[and $[PANDA_PACKAGE_HOST_URL],$[HAVE_TINYXML],$[HAVE_PYTHON],$[HAVE_OPENSSL],$[WINDOWS_PLATFORM]]
+  #define BUILD_TARGET $[and $[HAVE_TINYXML],$[HAVE_PYTHON],$[HAVE_OPENSSL],$[WINDOWS_PLATFORM]]
   #define USE_PACKAGES tinyxml python openssl
   #define TARGET p3dpythonw
   #define EXTRA_CDEFS NON_CONSOLE
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 // desparation fallback in case forking fails for some reason.
 //
 
-  #define BUILD_TARGET $[and $[PANDA_PACKAGE_HOST_URL],$[HAVE_TINYXML],$[HAVE_PYTHON],$[HAVE_OPENSSL]]
+  #define BUILD_TARGET $[and $[HAVE_TINYXML],$[HAVE_PYTHON],$[HAVE_OPENSSL]]
   #define USE_PACKAGES tinyxml python openssl cg
   #define TARGET libp3dpython
   #define LIB_PREFIX