diff -up gedit-2.25.5/plugin-loaders/python/gedit-plugin-loader-python.c.fix-python-path gedit-2.25.5/plugin-loaders/python/gedit-plugin-loader-python.c
--- gedit-2.25.5/plugin-loaders/python/gedit-plugin-loader-python.c.fix-python-path	2009-01-26 12:36:50.289751027 -0500
+++ gedit-2.25.5/plugin-loaders/python/gedit-plugin-loader-python.c	2009-01-26 12:39:23.668963430 -0500
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ gedit_python_init (GeditPluginLoaderPyth
 
 	PySys_SetArgv (1, argv);
 
+	/* Sanitize sys.path, see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=569214 */
+	PyRun_SimpleString ("import sys; sys.path = filter(None, sys.path)");
+
 	if (!gedit_check_pygtk2 ())
 	{
 		/* Warning message already printed in check_pygtk2 */
