diff --git a/admin-tools/setup-master.sh b/admin-tools/setup-master.sh
index e0e5eb20..4d13c0a6 100755
--- a/admin-tools/setup-master.sh
+++ b/admin-tools/setup-master.sh
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ cd $fulldir/..
     (cd ../python-xdis && git checkout master && pyenv local $PYTHON_VERSION) && git pull && \
     git checkout master && pyenv local $PYTHON_VERSION && git pull
 cd $owd
+rm -v */.python-version || true
diff --git a/admin-tools/setup-python-2.4.sh b/admin-tools/setup-python-2.4.sh
index 5226f9d2..7f4495da 100755
--- a/admin-tools/setup-python-2.4.sh
+++ b/admin-tools/setup-python-2.4.sh
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ cd $fulldir/..
     (cd ../python-xdis && git checkout python-2.4 && pyenv local $PYTHON_VERSION) && git pull && \
     git checkout python-2.4 &&  pyenv local $PYTHON_VERSION && git pull
 cd $owd
+rm -v */.python-version || true