diff --git a/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash b/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
index 3834c80335851466b1d091ab3f70c627c7119754..28d1c7f2bbb42fc93e6af941d492225bef849559 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
+++ b/require-ess/tools/setE3Env.bash
@@ -165,11 +165,8 @@ if [ -n "$EPICS_BASE" ]; then
 
         
         e3_ld_path=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
-        drop_e3_ld_path1="${E3_REQUIRE_LIB}/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}"
-        drop_e3_ld_path2="${E3_SITELIBS_PATH}/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}"
-        e3_ld_path_0=$(drop_from_path "${e3_ld_path}" "${drop_e3_ld_path1}")
-        
-        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(drop_from_path "${e3_ld_path_0}" "${drop_e3_ld_path2}")
+        drop_e3_ld_path="${E3_REQUIRE_LIB}/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}"
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(drop_from_path "${e3_ld_path}" "${drop_e3_ld_path}")
         export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
         
         unset E3_REQUIRE_NAME
@@ -350,7 +347,7 @@ PATH=$(set_variable "${old_path}" "${E3_PATH}")
 export PATH
 
 old_ld_path=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
-E3_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${EPICS_BASE}/lib/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}:${E3_REQUIRE_LIB}/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}:${E3_SITELIBS_PATH}/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}"
+E3_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${EPICS_BASE}/lib/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}:${E3_REQUIRE_LIB}/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}"
 
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(set_variable "${old_ld_path}" "${E3_LD_LIBRARY_PATH}")
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH