1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/setup.py b/numpy/setup.py
index ae28e0eb1..621838aba 100644
--- a/numpy/setup.py
+++ b/numpy/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Remove current working directory from sys.path
     # to avoid importing numpy.distutils as Python std. distutils:
     import os, sys
-    sys.path.remove(os.getcwd())
+    for cwd in ['','.',os.getcwd()]:
+        while cwd in sys.path: sys.path.remove(cwd)
 
     from numpy.distutils.core import setup
     setup(configuration=configuration)