diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/system_settings/applications.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/system_settings/applications.json
index 6a0fb45698..df5b5e07c6 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/system_settings/applications.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/system_settings/applications.json
@@ -119,9 +119,7 @@
         "label": "3ds max",
         "icon": "{}/app_icons/3dsmax.png",
         "host_name": "max",
-        "environment": {
-            "ADSK_3DSMAX_STARTUPSCRIPTS_ADDON_DIR": "{OPENPYPE_ROOT}\\openpype\\hosts\\max\\startup"
-        },
+        "environment": {},
         "variants": {
             "2023": {
                 "use_python_2": false,