diff --git a/legate/driver/launcher.py b/legate/driver/launcher.py
index 61921363b..ff821658e 100644
--- a/legate/driver/launcher.py
+++ b/legate/driver/launcher.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from .. import install_info
@@ -174,9 +173,6 @@ def _compute_env(self) -> tuple[EnvDict, set[str]]:
                 str(system.legion_paths.legion_jupyter_module)
             )
 
-        # Make sure the base directory for this file is in the python path
-        extra_python_paths.append(str(Path(__file__).parents[1]))
-
         env["PYTHONPATH"] = os.pathsep.join(extra_python_paths)
 
         # If using NCCL prefer parallel launch mode over cooperative groups,