diff --git a/manage.sh b/manage.sh
index cf31bb5e..625b3455 100755
--- a/manage.sh
+++ b/manage.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@
 BASE_DIR="$(dirname -- "`readlink -f -- "$0"`")"
 export PATH="$BASE_DIR/node_modules/.bin":$PATH
 
-# the script can be sourced to update the PATH
-# see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2683279/how-to-detect-if-a-script-is-being-sourced
-if [ $_ != $0 ]; then
-    unset BASE_DIR
-    # sourced : exit now
-    return
-fi
-
 # subshell
 PYTHONPATH="$BASE_DIR"
 SEARX_DIR="$BASE_DIR/searx"