diff --git a/src/rez/bind/python.py b/src/rez/bind/python.py
index b0c17d6ed..41db67222 100644
--- a/src/rez/bind/python.py
+++ b/src/rez/bind/python.py
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from rez.bind._utils import check_version, find_exe, extract_version, \
-    make_dirs, log, run_python_command
+    make_dirs, log  #, run_python_command
 from rez.package_maker__ import make_package
 from rez.system import system
-from rez.utils.lint_helper import env
-from rez.utils.platform_ import platform_
-from rez.vendor.version.version import Version
-import shutil
-import os.path
+# from rez.utils.lint_helper import env
+# from rez.utils.platform_ import platform_
+# from rez.vendor.version.version import Version
+# import shutil
+# import os.path
 
 
 def setup_parser(parser):
@@ -20,61 +20,66 @@ def setup_parser(parser):
 
 
 def commands():
-    env.PATH.append('{this.root}/bin')
+#     env.PATH.append('{this.root}/bin')
+    global alias
+    alias("python", "{this.exe}")
 
 
-def post_commands():
-    # these are the builtin modules for this python executable. If we don't
-    # include these, some python behavior can be incorrect.
-    import os, os.path
+# def post_commands():
+#     # these are the builtin modules for this python executable. If we don't
+#     # include these, some python behavior can be incorrect.
+#     import os, os.path
 
-    path = os.path.join(this.root, "python")
-    for dirname in os.listdir(path):
-        path_ = os.path.join(path, dirname)
-        env.PYTHONPATH.append(path_)
+#     path = os.path.join(this.root, "python")
+#     for dirname in os.listdir(path):
+#         path_ = os.path.join(path, dirname)
+#         env.PYTHONPATH.append(path_)
 
 
 def bind(path, version_range=None, opts=None, parser=None):
     # find executable, determine version
     exepath = find_exe("python", opts.exe)
-    code = "import sys; print('.'.join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info))"
+    if platform.system == 
+    # code = "import sys; print('.'.join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info))"
+    code = "import sys;print('.'.join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info))"
     version = extract_version(exepath, ["-c", code])
 
     check_version(version, version_range)
     log("binding python: %s" % exepath)
 
-    # find builtin modules
-    builtin_paths = {}
-    entries = [("lib", "os"),
-               ("extra", "setuptools")]
+    # # find builtin modules
+    # builtin_paths = {}
+    # entries = [("lib", "os"),
+    #            ("extra", "setuptools")]
 
-    for dirname, module_name in entries:
-        success, out, err = run_python_command([
-            "import %s" % module_name,
-            "print(%s.__file__)" % module_name])
+    # for dirname, module_name in entries:
+    #     success, out, err = run_python_command([
+    #         "import %s" % module_name,
+    #         "print(%s.__file__)" % module_name])
 
-        if success:
-            pypath = os.path.dirname(out)
-            if os.path.basename(pypath) == module_name:
-                pypath = os.path.dirname(pypath)
+    #     if success:
+    #         pypath = os.path.dirname(out)
+    #         if os.path.basename(pypath) == module_name:
+    #             pypath = os.path.dirname(pypath)
 
-            if pypath not in builtin_paths.values():
-                builtin_paths[dirname] = pypath
+    #         if pypath not in builtin_paths.values():
+    #             builtin_paths[dirname] = pypath
 
     # make the package
     #
 
     def make_root(variant, root):
-        binpath = make_dirs(root, "bin")
-        link = os.path.join(binpath, "python")
-        platform_.symlink(exepath, link)
-
-        if builtin_paths:
-            pypath = make_dirs(root, "python")
-            for dirname, srcpath in builtin_paths.items():
-                destpath = os.path.join(pypath, dirname)
-                log("Copying builtins from %s to %s..." % (srcpath, destpath))
-                shutil.copytree(srcpath, destpath)
+        # binpath = make_dirs(root, "bin")
+        # link = os.path.join(binpath, "python")
+        # platform_.symlink(exepath, link)
+
+        # if builtin_paths:
+        #     pypath = make_dirs(root, "python")
+        #     for dirname, srcpath in builtin_paths.items():
+        #         destpath = os.path.join(pypath, dirname)
+        #         log("Copying builtins from %s to %s..." % (srcpath, destpath))
+        #         shutil.copytree(srcpath, destpath)
+        make_dirs(root, "python")
 
     with make_package("python", path, make_root=make_root) as pkg:
         pkg.version = version
@@ -82,8 +87,9 @@ def make_root(variant, root):
         pkg.commands = commands
         pkg.variants = [system.variant]
 
-        if builtin_paths:
-            pkg.post_commands = post_commands
+        # if builtin_paths:
+        #     pkg.post_commands = post_commands
+        pkg.exe = exepath
 
     return pkg.installed_variants