diff --git a/scripts/run_utils.sh b/scripts/run_utils.sh
index 15c2adf3a15dcc3d4643445b22c0ca4fcbb4367a..181c9bb4058a42ad58590ded780c746e9db1a18b 100755
--- a/scripts/run_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_utils.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ function setup_virtual_env() {
 
   # provide custom python packages so they can be imported
   coordinator=${bin}/coordinator/
-  flagdir=${bin}/flagdir/
   epimodel=${bin}/epimodel/
   advisory=${bin}/advisory_builder/
   met_processing=${bin}/met_extractor_v2/
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ function setup_virtual_env() {
   post_processing=${bin}/post_processing/
   source_gen=${bin}/source_gen/
 
-  export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$coordinator:$flagdir:$epimodel:$advisory:$met_processing:$met_processor:$plotting:$source_gen:$post_processing
+  export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$coordinator:$epimodel:$advisory:$met_processing:$met_processor:$plotting:$source_gen:$post_processing
 
   # provide path to email credentials for logging