diff --git a/deploy/platform/debian/test-install.sh b/deploy/platform/debian/test-install.sh
index 01f5c844e8..d03c2d877f 100755
--- a/deploy/platform/debian/test-install.sh
+++ b/deploy/platform/debian/test-install.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 
 echo "=== Testing ==="
 . /usr/local/mdsplus/setup.sh
-mdstcl show version
 
+python3 -c 'import MDSplus; print(MDSplus.__version__)' || exit 42
+
+mdstcl show version
 # MDSplus uses weird return codes
 [ $? -eq 1 ] || exit 42
diff --git a/deploy/platform/redhat/test-install.sh b/deploy/platform/redhat/test-install.sh
index b0e11eba5c..2e8eefa6c2 100755
--- a/deploy/platform/redhat/test-install.sh
+++ b/deploy/platform/redhat/test-install.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ dnf install -y "$@" || exit 1
 
 echo "=== Testing ==="
 . /usr/local/mdsplus/setup.sh
-mdstcl show version
 
+python3 -c 'import MDSplus; print(MDSplus.__version__)' || exit 42
+
+mdstcl show version
 # MDSplus uses weird return codes
-[ $? -eq 1 ] || exit 42
+[ $? -eq 1 ] || exit 42
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diff --git a/rpm/envsyms.in b/rpm/envsyms.in
index d50b64839d..30e215fd55 100644
--- a/rpm/envsyms.in
+++ b/rpm/envsyms.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #
 MDS_PATH	$MDSPLUS_DIR/tdi
 MDS_PYDEVICE_PATH $MDSPLUS_DIR/pydevices
+PYTHONPATH      $MDSPLUS_DIR/python >:
 PYTHONPATH      $MDSPLUS_DIR/pydevices >:
 MATLABPATH      $MDSPLUS_DIR/matlab <:
 UIDPATH		$MDSPLUS_DIR/uid/%U <:
diff --git a/rpm/python_module_install.sh b/rpm/python_module_install.sh
index 00c17e6946..2e5fac41eb 100755
--- a/rpm/python_module_install.sh
+++ b/rpm/python_module_install.sh
@@ -7,21 +7,12 @@ if test "${module}" = "MDSplus"; then
   srcdir=${mdsplus_dir}/python
   if test "$(${mdsplus_dir}/rpm/python_module_remove.sh ${module} y)" = "y"; then
     setup_install=y
-  elif test -z "${MDSPLUS_SETUP_PY}"; then
-    echo "Set MDSPLUS_SETUP_PY=y if you wish to run setup.py install."
   fi
 else
   setup_install=
   srcdir=${mdsplus_dir}/pydevices
 fi
 
-for python in python2 python3; do
-  if ( ${python} -c pass >/dev/null 2>&1 ); then
-    ${python} -m compileall -q -f ${srcdir}/${module} >/dev/null 2>&1
-    if test "${setup_install}" = "y"; then
-      if ! ${python} ${srcdir}/${module}/setup.py -q install >/dev/null; then
-        echo "Could not 'setup.py install' MDSplus for ${python}"
-      fi
-    fi
-  fi
-done
+if test "${setup_install}" = "y"; then
+  echo "MDSPLUS_SETUP_PY has been removed, and ${mdsplus_dir}/python has been placed in the PYTHONPATH in ${mdsplus_dir}/etc/envsyms"
+fi
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