diff --git a/Dockerfile.openpilot b/Dockerfile.openpilot
index f34caba81b..d85be77121 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openpilot
+++ b/Dockerfile.openpilot
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ FROM ghcr.io/commaai/openpilot-base:latest
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
 ENV OPENPILOT_PATH=/home/batman/openpilot
-ENV PYTHONPATH=${OPENPILOT_PATH}:${PYTHONPATH}
 
 RUN mkdir -p ${OPENPILOT_PATH}
 WORKDIR ${OPENPILOT_PATH}
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/ci_shell.sh b/selfdrive/test/ci_shell.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 76f0a9f78c..0000000000
--- a/selfdrive/test/ci_shell.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null && pwd)"
-OP_ROOT="$DIR/../../"
-
-if [ -z "$BUILD" ]; then
-  docker pull ghcr.io/commaai/openpilot-base:latest
-else
-  docker build --cache-from ghcr.io/commaai/openpilot-base:latest -t ghcr.io/commaai/openpilot-base:latest -f $OP_ROOT/Dockerfile.openpilot_base .
-fi
-
-docker run \
-       -it \
-       --rm \
-       --volume $OP_ROOT:$OP_ROOT \
-       --workdir $PWD \
-       --env PYTHONPATH=$OP_ROOT \
-       ghcr.io/commaai/openpilot-base:latest \
-       /bin/bash
diff --git a/tools/install_python_dependencies.sh b/tools/install_python_dependencies.sh
index 8d4a8b6d90..cdbaca32cf 100755
--- a/tools/install_python_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tools/install_python_dependencies.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ echo "installing python packages..."
 uv sync --frozen --all-extras
 source .venv/bin/activate
 
-echo "PYTHONPATH=${PWD}" > "$ROOT"/.env
 if [[ "$(uname)" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+  touch "$ROOT"/.env
   echo "# msgq doesn't work on mac" >> "$ROOT"/.env
   echo "export ZMQ=1" >> "$ROOT"/.env
   echo "export OBJC_DISABLE_INITIALIZE_FORK_SAFETY=YES" >> "$ROOT"/.env