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__))