diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1e5f61131..29aa5a6ccc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1606,14 +1606,8 @@ $(patsubst %.py,%,$(SCRIPT_PYTHON)): % : %.py
 	INSTLIBDIR=`MAKEFLAGS= $(MAKE) -C git_remote_helpers -s \
 		--no-print-directory prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' \
 		instlibdir` && \
-	sed -e '1{' \
-	    -e '	s|#!.*python|#!$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ)|' \
-	    -e '}' \
-	    -e 's|^import sys.*|&; \\\
-	           import os; \\\
-	           sys.path[0] = os.environ.has_key("GITPYTHONLIB") and \\\
-	                         os.environ["GITPYTHONLIB"] or \\\
-	                         "@@INSTLIBDIR@@"|' \
+	sed -e '1s|#!.*python|#!$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ)|' \
+	    -e 's|\(os\.getenv("GITPYTHONLIB"\)[^)]*)|\1,"@@INSTLIBDIR@@")|' \
 	    -e 's|@@INSTLIBDIR@@|'"$$INSTLIBDIR"'|g' \
 	    $@.py >$@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
diff --git a/git-remote-testgit.py b/git-remote-testgit.py
index f61624e482..92539222c5 100644
--- a/git-remote-testgit.py
+++ b/git-remote-testgit.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import hashlib
 import sys
+import os
+sys.path.insert(0, os.getenv("GITPYTHONLIB","."))
 
 from git_remote_helpers.util import die, debug, warn
 from git_remote_helpers.git.repo import GitRepo