diff -Nur IPython-0.5.0.orig/scripts/ipython IPython-0.5.0/scripts/ipython
--- IPython-0.5.0.orig/scripts/ipython	2003-08-22 16:25:42.000000000 +0200
+++ IPython-0.5.0/scripts/ipython	2003-12-11 16:48:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@
 are trapped first by Python itself.
 """
 
+import sys
+del sys.path[0] # remove /usr/bin (or /usr/local/bin, etc.) from import path
+
 import IPython
 IPython.Shell.IPShell().mainloop()