diff -up blender-2.45/source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c.cve blender-2.45/source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c
--- blender-2.45/source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c.cve	2007-09-18 06:58:31.000000000 +0200
+++ blender-2.45/source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c	2008-11-03 18:30:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ void BPY_start_python( int argc, char **
 	Py_Initialize(  );
 	PySys_SetArgv( argc_copy, argv_copy );
 
+	PyRun_SimpleString("import sys; sys.path = filter(None, sys.path)");
+
 	//Overrides __import__
 	init_ourImport(  );
 	init_ourReload(  );