diff --git a/shell/sugar-activity-factory b/shell/sugar-activity-factory
index 4f4ba0d7..6065ba31 100755
--- a/shell/sugar-activity-factory
+++ b/shell/sugar-activity-factory
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ dbus.glib.threads_init()
 
 from sugar import logger
 from sugar import env
-
-sys.path.insert(0, env.get_activities_dir())
-
 from sugar.activity import ActivityFactory
 
 logger.start(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/sugar/__uninstalled__.py b/sugar/__uninstalled__.py
index b2917ce9..7dc2f384 100644
--- a/sugar/__uninstalled__.py
+++ b/sugar/__uninstalled__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 import os
-import tempfile
 
-_tmpdir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), 'sugar')
 _sourcedir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 sugar_data_dir = os.path.join(_sourcedir, 'shell/data')
 sugar_services_dir = os.path.join(_sourcedir, 'services')
-sugar_activity_info_dir = _tmpdir
-sugar_activities_dir = os.path.join(_sourcedir, 'activities')
 sugar_shell_bin_dir = os.path.join(_sourcedir, 'shell')
diff --git a/sugar/env.py b/sugar/env.py
index 24ac69d2..7c637312 100644
--- a/sugar/env.py
+++ b/sugar/env.py
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ def get_profile_path():
 def get_data_dir():
 	return sugar_data_dir
 
-def get_activities_dir():
-	return sugar_activities_dir
-
-def get_activity_info_dir():
-	return sugar_activity_info_dir
-
 def get_services_dir():
 	return sugar_services_dir