diff --git a/internal/testutil/env.go b/internal/testutil/env.go
index 0ac3fbea83..10557c4e63 100644
--- a/internal/testutil/env.go
+++ b/internal/testutil/env.go
@@ -61,25 +61,3 @@ func Chdir(t TestingT, dir string) string {
 
 	return wd
 }
-
-func InsertPathEntry(t TestingT, path string) {
-	var separator string
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		separator = ";"
-	} else {
-		separator = ":"
-	}
-
-	t.Setenv("PATH", path+separator+os.Getenv("PATH"))
-}
-
-func InsertVirtualenvInPath(t TestingT, venvPath string) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		// https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/993ba1316a83b760370f5a3872b3f5ef4dd904c1
-		venvPath = filepath.Join(venvPath, "Scripts")
-	} else {
-		venvPath = filepath.Join(venvPath, "bin")
-	}
-
-	InsertPathEntry(t, venvPath)
-}
diff --git a/libs/python/pythontest/pythontest.go b/libs/python/pythontest/pythontest.go
index 7e5e2eb280..8500c0f246 100644
--- a/libs/python/pythontest/pythontest.go
+++ b/libs/python/pythontest/pythontest.go
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ func RequireActivatedPythonEnv(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, opts *VenvOpts
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.DirExists(t, opts.BinPath)
 
-	testutil.InsertPathEntry(t, opts.BinPath)
+	newPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s%c%s", opts.BinPath, os.PathListSeparator, os.Getenv("PATH"))
+	t.Setenv("PATH", newPath)
 
 	pythonExe, err := python.DetectExecutable(ctx)
 	require.NoError(t, err)