diff --git a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/api/communication_server.py b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/api/communication_server.py
index c8d6d3b458..e9c5f4c73e 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/api/communication_server.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/api/communication_server.py
@@ -586,7 +586,10 @@ class BaseCommunicator:
             "additional_libraries"
         )
         additional_libs_folder = additional_libs_folder.replace("\\", "/")
-        if additional_libs_folder not in os.environ["PATH"]:
+        if (
+            os.path.exists(additional_libs_folder)
+            and additional_libs_folder not in os.environ["PATH"]
+        ):
             os.environ["PATH"] += (os.pathsep + additional_libs_folder)
 
         # Path to TVPaint's plugins folder (where we want to add our plugin)
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/tvpaint_plugin/plugin_files/windows_x64/additional_libraries/boost_random-vc142-mt-x64-1_72.dll b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/tvpaint_plugin/plugin_files/windows_x64/additional_libraries/boost_random-vc142-mt-x64-1_72.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 46bd533b72..0000000000
Binary files a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/tvpaint_plugin/plugin_files/windows_x64/additional_libraries/boost_random-vc142-mt-x64-1_72.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/tvpaint_plugin/plugin_files/windows_x86/additional_libraries/boost_random-vc142-mt-x32-1_72.dll b/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/tvpaint_plugin/plugin_files/windows_x86/additional_libraries/boost_random-vc142-mt-x32-1_72.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index ccf2fd8562..0000000000
Binary files a/openpype/hosts/tvpaint/tvpaint_plugin/plugin_files/windows_x86/additional_libraries/boost_random-vc142-mt-x32-1_72.dll and /dev/null differ