diff --git a/damask_env.sh b/damask_env.sh
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index 5ae171d5d..000000000
--- a/damask_env.sh
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Sets environment variable DAMASK_ROOT to allow python to locate various scripts.
-# run with --bashrc to set DAMASK_ROOT permanently.
-# should maybe got to /etc/profile.d/ for permanent "installation"
-#http://stackoverflow.com/questions/630372/determine-the-path-of-the-executing-bash-script
-MY_PATH="`dirname \"$0\"`"              # relative
-MY_PATH="`( cd \"$MY_PATH\" && pwd )`"  # absolutized and normalized
-if [ -z "$MY_PATH" ] ; then
-  # error; for some reason, the path is not accessible
-  # to the script (e.g. permissions re-evaled after suid)
-  echo "set_damask_root.sh failed"
-  exit 1  # fail
-fi
-#echo "$MY_PATH"
-DAMASK_ROOT=$MY_PATH
-export DAMASK_ROOT
-echo "DAMASK_ROOT: $DAMASK_ROOT"
-
-PYTHONPATH=$DAMASK_ROOT:$PYTHONPATH
-export PYTHONPATH
-#echo "PYTHONPATH: $PYTHONPATH"
-
-if [ "$1" = "--bashrc" ] ; then
-  echo -e "\nDAMASK_ROOT=$DAMASK_ROOT; export DAMASK_ROOT" >> $HOME/.bashrc
-  echo -e "\nPYTHONPATH=$DAMASK_ROOT:$PYTHONPATH; export PYTHONPATH" >> $HOME/.bashrc
-  else
-  echo "Run with option --bashrc to set DAMASK_ROOT and adjust PYTHONPATH permanently through .bashrc"
-fi
-echo "Now starting a new child bash that inherits the appropriate DAMASK_ROOT and PYTHONPATH variables. Have even more fun ..."
-echo "To run the automated tests call ./testing/run_tests.py"
-bash
diff --git a/set_python_env.py b/set_python_env.py
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--- a/set_python_env.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-import os,sys
-#import site
-# maybe there is an alternative by using site.addsitedir() and *.pth file(s)?
-damask_root=os.getenv('DAMASK_ROOT')
-if damask_root is None:
-  print('Environment variable DAMASK_ROOT not set.\nPlease run DAMASK/damask_env.sh first.')
-  sys.exit()
-print('Setting PYTHONPATH for DAMASK')  
-path_list=['processing'
-           ,'processing/setup'
-           ,'processing/pre'
-           ,'processing/post'
-           ]
-for p in path_list:
-  if p not in sys.path:
-    sys.path.insert(0, damask_root+'/'+p)
-print sys.path
-
-
-