diff --git a/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/pipeline.py b/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/pipeline.py
index d396fc71c0..2ae8a4dbf7 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/pipeline.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/houdini/api/pipeline.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def install():
 
     self._has_been_setup = True
     # add houdini vendor packages
-    hou_pythonpath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(HOUDINI_HOST_DIR), "vendor")
+    hou_pythonpath = os.path.join(HOUDINI_HOST_DIR, "vendor")
 
     sys.path.append(hou_pythonpath)