diff --git a/gc3utils/__init__.py b/gc3utils/__init__.py
index 29a2abf4..013e4b7e 100755
--- a/gc3utils/__init__.py
+++ b/gc3utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-
-# NG's default packages install arclib into
-# /opt/nordugrid/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages; add this anyway in case
-# users did not set their PYTHONPATH correctly
-import sys
-sys.path.append('/opt/nordugrid/lib/python%d.%d/site-packages'
-                % sys.version_info[:2])