From a7ed7f0ac9e666b9cd35a1bc6e72105d1511d236 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shashank Mittal <shashank.mittal.mec22@itbhu.ac.in>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:44:17 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid modifying `sys.path` (#123)

* remove modification of sys.path

Signed-off-by: Shashank Mittal <shashank.mittal.mec22@itbhu.ac.in>

* remove unnecessary imports

Signed-off-by: Shashank Mittal <shashank.mittal.mec22@itbhu.ac.in>

* ruff check

Signed-off-by: Shashank Mittal <shashank.mittal.mec22@itbhu.ac.in>

* #122 update docs with directions to pip install the local version

---------

Signed-off-by: Shashank Mittal <shashank.mittal.mec22@itbhu.ac.in>
Co-authored-by: Andrew Tavis McAllister <andrew.t.mcallister@gmail.com>
---
 CONTRIBUTING.md                                           | 1 +
 README.md                                                 | 1 +
 docs/source/_static/CONTRIBUTING.rst                      | 1 +
 .../languages/English/nouns/format_nouns.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/English/translations/translate_words.py     | 7 +------
 .../languages/English/verbs/format_verbs.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/French/nouns/format_nouns.py                | 6 +-----
 .../languages/French/translations/translate_words.py      | 7 +------
 .../languages/French/verbs/format_verbs.py                | 6 +-----
 .../languages/German/nouns/format_nouns.py                | 6 +-----
 .../languages/German/prepositions/format_prepositions.py  | 6 +-----
 .../languages/German/translations/translate_words.py      | 7 +------
 .../languages/German/verbs/format_verbs.py                | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Italian/nouns/format_nouns.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Italian/translations/translate_words.py     | 7 +------
 .../languages/Italian/verbs/format_verbs.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Portuguese/nouns/format_nouns.py            | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Portuguese/translations/translate_words.py  | 7 +------
 .../languages/Portuguese/verbs/format_verbs.py            | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Russian/nouns/format_nouns.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Russian/prepositions/format_prepositions.py | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Russian/translations/translate_words.py     | 7 +------
 .../languages/Russian/verbs/format_verbs.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Spanish/nouns/format_nouns.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Spanish/translations/translate_words.py     | 7 +------
 .../languages/Spanish/verbs/format_verbs.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Swedish/nouns/format_nouns.py               | 6 +-----
 .../languages/Swedish/translations/translate_words.py     | 7 +------
 .../languages/Swedish/verbs/format_verbs.py               | 6 +-----
 .../extract_transform/translation/translation_utils.py    | 8 +-------
 .../translation/update_words_to_translate.py              | 7 +------
 src/scribe_data/extract_transform/wikidata/update_data.py | 6 +-----
 src/scribe_data/load/data_to_sqlite.py                    | 6 +-----
 src/scribe_data/load/send_dbs_to_scribe.py                | 7 +------
 src/scribe_data/utils.py                                  | 8 --------
 35 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 175 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index cd63eba00..0aecd9c09 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ After activating the virtual environment, install the required dependencies by r
 ```bash
 pip install --upgrade pip  # make sure that pip is at the latest version
 pip install -r requirements.txt  # install dependencies
+pip install -e .  # install the local version of Scribe-Data
 ```
 
 > [!NOTE]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index feda2101f..2b8cc53ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ After activating the virtual environment, install the required dependencies by r
 ```bash
 pip install --upgrade pip  # make sure that pip is at the latest version
 pip install -r requirements.txt  # install dependencies
+pip install -e .  # install the local version of Scribe-Data
 ```
 
 > [!NOTE]
diff --git a/docs/source/_static/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/docs/source/_static/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index b4800bfcc..4a34e1ffc 100644
--- a/docs/source/_static/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/docs/source/_static/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ GitHub also has documentation on how to `Generate a new SSH key <https://docs.gi
     python3 -m venv venv  # make an environment venv
     pip install --upgrade pip  # make sure that pip is at the latest version
     pip install -r requirements.txt  # install dependencies
+    pip install -e .  # install the local version of Scribe-Data
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/nouns/format_nouns.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/nouns/format_nouns.py
index 5356c0543..235522b2f 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/nouns/format_nouns.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/nouns/format_nouns.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/translations/translate_words.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/translations/translate_words.py
index 27b2ac1c4..60327272e 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/translations/translate_words.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/translations/translate_words.py
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (
     translate_to_other_languages,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/verbs/format_verbs.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/verbs/format_verbs.py
index 92c429277..aadd3ec7c 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/verbs/format_verbs.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/English/verbs/format_verbs.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/nouns/format_nouns.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/nouns/format_nouns.py
index 7ea0576da..b4082b406 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/nouns/format_nouns.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/nouns/format_nouns.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     export_formatted_data,
     load_queried_data,
     map_genders,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/translations/translate_words.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/translations/translate_words.py
index 48db29482..9d70cec40 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/translations/translate_words.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/translations/translate_words.py
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (
     translate_to_other_languages,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/verbs/format_verbs.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/verbs/format_verbs.py
index c2b9e3679..9c08f37da 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/verbs/format_verbs.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/French/verbs/format_verbs.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/nouns/format_nouns.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/nouns/format_nouns.py
index 557903c5d..13e38a245 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/nouns/format_nouns.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/nouns/format_nouns.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     export_formatted_data,
     load_queried_data,
     map_genders,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/prepositions/format_prepositions.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/prepositions/format_prepositions.py
index d03e209bb..23474712c 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/prepositions/format_prepositions.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/prepositions/format_prepositions.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/translations/translate_words.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/translations/translate_words.py
index 35fcebe36..47f6656f7 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/translations/translate_words.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/translations/translate_words.py
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (
     translate_to_other_languages,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/verbs/format_verbs.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/verbs/format_verbs.py
index 5a6bda6ee..28bded81c 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/verbs/format_verbs.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/German/verbs/format_verbs.py
@@ -11,11 +11,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/nouns/format_nouns.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/nouns/format_nouns.py
index 99566f596..5e35e194a 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/nouns/format_nouns.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/nouns/format_nouns.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     export_formatted_data,
     load_queried_data,
     map_genders,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/translations/translate_words.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/translations/translate_words.py
index 832db0263..79a7a6e7d 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/translations/translate_words.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/translations/translate_words.py
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (
     translate_to_other_languages,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/verbs/format_verbs.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/verbs/format_verbs.py
index 95bb2a356..f16616bf4 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/verbs/format_verbs.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Italian/verbs/format_verbs.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/nouns/format_nouns.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/nouns/format_nouns.py
index 6c84b6ec2..09091e793 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/nouns/format_nouns.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/nouns/format_nouns.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     export_formatted_data,
     load_queried_data,
     map_genders,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/translations/translate_words.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/translations/translate_words.py
index 23256f718..00e68aa0e 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/translations/translate_words.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/translations/translate_words.py
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (
     translate_to_other_languages,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/verbs/format_verbs.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/verbs/format_verbs.py
index c71ed07f0..4405a111f 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/verbs/format_verbs.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Portuguese/verbs/format_verbs.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/nouns/format_nouns.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/nouns/format_nouns.py
index 0fb2d20a9..af95db3c2 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/nouns/format_nouns.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/nouns/format_nouns.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     export_formatted_data,
     load_queried_data,
     map_genders,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/prepositions/format_prepositions.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/prepositions/format_prepositions.py
index 8702881ec..0df16a979 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/prepositions/format_prepositions.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/prepositions/format_prepositions.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/translations/translate_words.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/translations/translate_words.py
index 1de4f75c2..4118a90e2 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/translations/translate_words.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/translations/translate_words.py
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (
     translate_to_other_languages,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/verbs/format_verbs.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/verbs/format_verbs.py
index 7b3d49a13..34f19d57b 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/verbs/format_verbs.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Russian/verbs/format_verbs.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/nouns/format_nouns.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/nouns/format_nouns.py
index ff552e162..29a14e3f8 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/nouns/format_nouns.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/nouns/format_nouns.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     export_formatted_data,
     load_queried_data,
     map_genders,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/translations/translate_words.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/translations/translate_words.py
index 2d6c172f2..3ee4b4960 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/translations/translate_words.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/translations/translate_words.py
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (
     translate_to_other_languages,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/verbs/format_verbs.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/verbs/format_verbs.py
index e69d439df..ecfed6a8a 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/verbs/format_verbs.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Spanish/verbs/format_verbs.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/nouns/format_nouns.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/nouns/format_nouns.py
index cf7170682..3e116e022 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/nouns/format_nouns.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/nouns/format_nouns.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     export_formatted_data,
     load_queried_data,
     map_genders,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/translations/translate_words.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/translations/translate_words.py
index f753bbedc..a3ebe1572 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/translations/translate_words.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/translations/translate_words.py
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.extract_transform.translation.translation_utils import (
     translate_to_other_languages,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/verbs/format_verbs.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/verbs/format_verbs.py
index c58b6de82..ed25a4733 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/verbs/format_verbs.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/languages/Swedish/verbs/format_verbs.py
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import export_formatted_data, load_queried_data
 
 file_path = sys.argv[0]
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/translation/translation_utils.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/translation/translation_utils.py
index 380474795..557d5c6fb 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/translation/translation_utils.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/translation/translation_utils.py
@@ -7,17 +7,11 @@
 """
 
 import json
-import os
 import signal
-import sys
 
 from transformers import M2M100ForConditionalGeneration, M2M100Tokenizer
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     get_language_dir_path,
     get_language_iso,
     get_target_langcodes,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/translation/update_words_to_translate.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/translation/update_words_to_translate.py
index 7979b5d23..cd1fdcf16 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/translation/update_words_to_translate.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/translation/update_words_to_translate.py
@@ -12,18 +12,13 @@
 """
 
 import json
-import os
 import sys
 import urllib
 
 from SPARQLWrapper import JSON, POST, SPARQLWrapper
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     check_and_return_command_line_args,
     get_language_qid,
     get_scribe_languages,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/wikidata/update_data.py b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/wikidata/update_data.py
index 0a9fc7152..edb4a698b 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/wikidata/update_data.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/extract_transform/wikidata/update_data.py
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@
 from SPARQLWrapper import JSON, POST, SPARQLWrapper
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     check_and_return_command_line_args,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/load/data_to_sqlite.py b/src/scribe_data/load/data_to_sqlite.py
index 09cb2c344..f39c36538 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/load/data_to_sqlite.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/load/data_to_sqlite.py
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@
 
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import get_language_iso  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import get_language_iso
 
 PATH_TO_ET_FILES = "../extract_transform/"
 
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/load/send_dbs_to_scribe.py b/src/scribe_data/load/send_dbs_to_scribe.py
index 082784c19..8f1a52690 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/load/send_dbs_to_scribe.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/load/send_dbs_to_scribe.py
@@ -7,13 +7,8 @@
 """
 
 import os
-import sys
 
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG = os.path.dirname(sys.path[0]).split("Scribe-Data")[0]
-PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC = f"{PATH_TO_SCRIBE_ORG}Scribe-Data/src"
-sys.path.insert(0, PATH_TO_SCRIBE_DATA_SRC)
-
-from scribe_data.utils import (  # noqa: E402
+from scribe_data.utils import (
     get_ios_data_path,
     get_language_from_iso,
     get_path_from_load_dir,
diff --git a/src/scribe_data/utils.py b/src/scribe_data/utils.py
index 881d662fa..f5a541a69 100644
--- a/src/scribe_data/utils.py
+++ b/src/scribe_data/utils.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 from importlib import resources
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 import langcodes
@@ -60,13 +59,6 @@ def _load_json(package_path: str, file_name: str, root: str):
     -------
         A python entity starting at 'root'.
     """
-    # Add 'Scribe-Data/src' to PYTHONPATH so that resources.files() can find 'package_path'.
-    parts = Path(__file__).resolve().parts
-    prj_root_idx = parts.index(PROJECT_ROOT)
-    package_root = str(Path(*parts[: prj_root_idx + 1], "src"))
-
-    if package_root not in sys.path:
-        sys.path.insert(0, package_root)
 
     with resources.files(package_path).joinpath(file_name).open(
         encoding="utf-8"