diff --git a/conda/__init__.py b/conda/__init__.py

index 342f3ce..debf943 100644

--- a/conda/__init__.py

+++ b/conda/__init__.py

@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2012, Anaconda, Inc."

 __summary__ = __doc__

 __url__ = "https://github.com/conda/conda"

-if os.getenv('CONDA_ROOT') is None:

-    os.environ[str('CONDA_ROOT')] = sys.prefix

+os.environ['CONDA_ROOT'] = '/usr/share/conda'

 CONDA_PACKAGE_ROOT = abspath(dirname(__file__))