diff --git a/kallithea/lib/indexers/daemon.py b/kallithea/lib/indexers/daemon.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/indexers/daemon.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/indexers/daemon.py
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ Original author and date, and relevant c
 
 import logging
 import os
-import sys
 import traceback
-from os.path import dirname
 from shutil import rmtree
 from time import mktime
 
@@ -45,13 +43,6 @@ from kallithea.model import db
 from kallithea.model.scm import ScmModel
 
 
-# Add location of top level folder to sys.path
-project_path = dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))))
-sys.path.append(project_path)
-
-
-
-
 log = logging.getLogger('whoosh_indexer')