diff --git a/scripts/coverstore-server b/scripts/coverstore-server
index aee530a89e3..318954adc8b 100755
--- a/scripts/coverstore-server
+++ b/scripts/coverstore-server
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ start coverstore using gunicorn webserver:
 import os
 import sys
 
-import _init_path  # noqa: F401  Imported for its side effect of setting PYTHONPATH
+import _init_path  
 import web
 
 web.config.debug = False
diff --git a/scripts/i18n-messages b/scripts/i18n-messages
index c65e3808f5c..895caee3899 100755
--- a/scripts/i18n-messages
+++ b/scripts/i18n-messages
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ macros and write to openlibrary/i18n/messages.pot file.
 """
 import sys
 
-import _init_path  # noqa: F401  Imported for its side effect of setting PYTHONPATH
+import _init_path  
 
 from openlibrary import i18n
 
diff --git a/scripts/infobase-server b/scripts/infobase-server
index 7a28f109ee6..a9d6422f261 100755
--- a/scripts/infobase-server
+++ b/scripts/infobase-server
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import sys
 
-import _init_path  # noqa: F401  Imported for its side effect of setting PYTHONPATH
+import _init_path  
 import web
 
 from openlibrary.utils.sentry import Sentry
diff --git a/scripts/openlibrary-server b/scripts/openlibrary-server
index 8e485927b04..6e16d90e7fc 100755
--- a/scripts/openlibrary-server
+++ b/scripts/openlibrary-server
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ def setup_env():
 
 
 def start_server():
-    import _init_path  # noqa: F401  Imported for its side effect of setting PYTHONPATH
-
+    import _init_path  
     args = sys.argv[1:]
 
     if len(args) < 1 or sys.argv[0] in ['-h', '--help']:
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ def start_server():
 def load_infogami(config_file):
     import infogami
     from infogami import config
-    from infogami.utils import delegate  # noqa: F401 side effects may be needed
+    from infogami.utils import delegate  
 
     config.plugin_path += ['openlibrary.plugins']
     config.site = "openlibrary.org"
@@ -87,8 +86,7 @@ class BaseWSGIServer(Application):
         pass
 
     def load(self):
-        import _init_path  # noqa: F401  Imported for side effect of setting PYTHONPATH
-
+        import _init_path  
         load_infogami(self.config_file)
 
         import infogami
diff --git a/scripts/upstream-adapter b/scripts/upstream-adapter
index 5ff96c42ab2..6301c21ef3d 100755
--- a/scripts/upstream-adapter
+++ b/scripts/upstream-adapter
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import _init_path  # noqa: F401  Imported for its side effect of setting PYTHONPATH
+import _init_path  
+
 
 from openlibrary.plugins.upstream import adapter