diff --git a/direct/src/configfiles/direct.init b/direct/src/configfiles/direct.init
index bee523d823..8e09d69684 100644
--- a/direct/src/configfiles/direct.init
+++ b/direct/src/configfiles/direct.init
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 ATTACH dmodels
 ATTACH panda
 MODREL ETC_PATH etc
-SEP PYTHONPATH ;
-# This is needed to find the site configuration file
-MODREL PYTHONPATH src/showbase
diff --git a/dtool/src/attach/dtool.init b/dtool/src/attach/dtool.init
index 554f6ef70f..fec335ebf6 100644
--- a/dtool/src/attach/dtool.init
+++ b/dtool/src/attach/dtool.init
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 MODREL ETC_PATH etc
-SEP PYTHONPATH ;
-MODREL PYTHONPATH lib
 DOCSH source $DTOOL/etc/dtool.alias
 DOCSH unsetenv LASTLOGIN
 DOCSH setenv OS_VER `uname -r`