diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
index 11fff7801c0..a857aabb352 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import sys
-sys.path = ['.'] + sys.path
-
 from test.support import verbose, run_unittest
 import re
 from re import Scanner