diff --git a/igniter/bootstrap_repos.py b/igniter/bootstrap_repos.py
index 50b46c36ab..e9fb6fa0ec 100644
--- a/igniter/bootstrap_repos.py
+++ b/igniter/bootstrap_repos.py
@@ -1057,27 +1057,11 @@ class BootstrapRepos:
         if not archive.is_file() and not archive.exists():
             raise ValueError("Archive is not file.")
 
-        with ZipFile(archive, "r") as zip_file:
-            name_list = zip_file.namelist()
-
-        roots = []
-        paths = []
-        for item in name_list:
-            if not item.startswith("repos/"):
-                continue
-
-            root = item.split("/")[1]
-
-            if root not in roots:
-                roots.append(root)
-                paths.append(
-                    f"{archive}{os.path.sep}repos{os.path.sep}{root}")
-                sys.path.insert(0, paths[-1])
-
-        sys.path.insert(0, f"{archive}")
+        archive_path = str(archive)
+        sys.path.insert(0, archive_path)
         pythonpath = os.getenv("PYTHONPATH", "")
         python_paths = pythonpath.split(os.pathsep)
-        python_paths += paths
+        python_paths.insert(0, archive_path)
 
         os.environ["PYTHONPATH"] = os.pathsep.join(python_paths)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/igniter/test_bootstrap_repos.py b/tests/unit/igniter/test_bootstrap_repos.py
index 65cd5a2399..10278c4928 100644
--- a/tests/unit/igniter/test_bootstrap_repos.py
+++ b/tests/unit/igniter/test_bootstrap_repos.py
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ def test_install_live_repos(fix_bootstrap, printer, monkeypatch, pytestconfig):
     openpype_version = fix_bootstrap.create_version_from_live_code()
     sep = os.path.sep
     expected_paths = [
-        f"{openpype_version.path}{sep}repos{sep}avalon-core",
-        f"{openpype_version.path}{sep}repos{sep}avalon-unreal-integration",
         f"{openpype_version.path}"
     ]
     printer("testing zip creation")