1diff --git a/spyder/app/start.py b/spyder/app/start.py 2index ad9f2b8d0..442b4fc46 100644 3--- a/spyder/app/start.py 4+++ b/spyder/app/start.py 5@@ -6,16 +6,8 @@ 6 # (see spyder/__init__.py for details) 7 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 9-# Remove PYTHONPATH paths from sys.path before other imports to protect against 10-# shadowed standard libraries. 11 import os 12 import sys 13-if os.environ.get('PYTHONPATH'): 14- for path in os.environ['PYTHONPATH'].split(os.pathsep): 15- try: 16- sys.path.remove(path.rstrip(os.sep)) 17- except ValueError: 18- pass 19 20 # Standard library imports 21 import ctypes