diff --git a/lg.wsgi b/lg.wsgi
index ee6bc46..67df4be 100644
--- a/lg.wsgi
+++ b/lg.wsgi
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import sys
 
-activate_this = '/path/to/bird-lg/venv/bin/activate_this.py'
-execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
+#Uncomment these two lines if you want to make use of virtualenv
+#activate_this = '/path/to/bird-lg/venv/bin/activate_this.py'
+#execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
 
 sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/bird-lg')
 
diff --git a/lgproxy.wsgi b/lgproxy.wsgi
index b63553f..8d4db9a 100644
--- a/lgproxy.wsgi
+++ b/lgproxy.wsgi
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import sys
 
-activate_this = '/path/to/bird-lg/venv/bin/activate_this.py'
-execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
+#Uncomment these two lines if you want to make use of virtualenv
+#activate_this = '/path/to/bird-lg/venv/bin/activate_this.py'
+#execfile(activate_this, dict(__file__=activate_this))
 
 sys.path.insert(0, '/path/to/bird-lg')