From 552f73e960b7214d6648e244950c4b56de9f17fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:11:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Do not set PyConfig.stdlib_dir in Py_SetPythonHome().

---
 Lib/test/test_embed.py | 7 ++++++-
 Python/pathconfig.c    | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_embed.py b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
index 41e092019c49a3..4cbb4c2c1ce366 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_embed.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_embed.py
@@ -1247,6 +1247,11 @@ def test_init_setpythonhome(self):
             self.fail(f"Unable to find home in {paths!r}")
 
         prefix = exec_prefix = home
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            stdlib = os.path.join(home, sys.platlibdir)
+        else:
+            version = f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}'
+            stdlib = os.path.join(home, sys.platlibdir, f'python{version}')
         expected_paths = self.module_search_paths(prefix=home, exec_prefix=home)
 
         config = {
@@ -1257,7 +1262,7 @@ def test_init_setpythonhome(self):
             'exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
             'base_exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
             'pythonpath_env': paths_str,
-            'stdlib_dir': home,
+            'stdlib_dir': stdlib,
         }
         self.default_program_name(config)
         env = {'TESTHOME': home, 'PYTHONPATH': paths_str}
diff --git a/Python/pathconfig.c b/Python/pathconfig.c
index 2ebb9d39b8c2cf..ad22222e000fc0 100644
--- a/Python/pathconfig.c
+++ b/Python/pathconfig.c
@@ -530,13 +530,10 @@ Py_SetPythonHome(const wchar_t *home)
 
     PyMem_RawFree(_Py_path_config.home);
     _Py_path_config.home = _PyMem_RawWcsdup(home);
-    if (_Py_path_config.home != NULL) {
-        _Py_path_config.stdlib_dir = _PyMem_RawWcsdup(home);
-    }
 
     PyMem_SetAllocator(PYMEM_DOMAIN_RAW, &old_alloc);
 
-    if (_Py_path_config.home == NULL || _Py_path_config.stdlib_dir == NULL) {
+    if (_Py_path_config.home == NULL) {
         path_out_of_memory(__func__);
     }
 }