diff --git a/ietf/bin/expire-ids b/ietf/bin/expire-ids
index 98ee8d75f..bb0b94ee6 100755
--- a/ietf/bin/expire-ids
+++ b/ietf/bin/expire-ids
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../.."))
 sys.path = [ basedir ] + sys.path
 os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "ietf.settings"
 
-virtualenv_activation = os.path.join(basedir, "env", "bin", "activate_this.py")
-if os.path.exists(virtualenv_activation):
-    execfile(virtualenv_activation, dict(__file__=virtualenv_activation))
-
 syslog.openlog(os.path.basename(__file__), syslog.LOG_PID, syslog.LOG_USER)
 
 import django
diff --git a/ietf/bin/iana-review-email b/ietf/bin/iana-review-email
index 5c7a7183b..27aee4015 100755
--- a/ietf/bin/iana-review-email
+++ b/ietf/bin/iana-review-email
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../.."))
 sys.path = [ basedir ] + sys.path
 os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "ietf.settings"
 
-virtualenv_activation = os.path.join(basedir, "env", "bin", "activate_this.py")
-if os.path.exists(virtualenv_activation):
-    execfile(virtualenv_activation, dict(__file__=virtualenv_activation))
-
 syslog.openlog(os.path.basename(__file__), syslog.LOG_PID, syslog.LOG_USER)
 
 import django
diff --git a/ietf/bin/notify-expirations b/ietf/bin/notify-expirations
index 0270c1376..fc2fd86a3 100755
--- a/ietf/bin/notify-expirations
+++ b/ietf/bin/notify-expirations
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ basedir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../.."))
 sys.path = [ basedir ] + sys.path
 os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "ietf.settings"
 
-virtualenv_activation = os.path.join(basedir, "env", "bin", "activate_this.py")
-if os.path.exists(virtualenv_activation):
-    execfile(virtualenv_activation, dict(__file__=virtualenv_activation))
-
 import django
 django.setup()