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-rw-r--r--PC/launcher.c11
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diff --git a/PC/launcher.c b/PC/launcher.c
index 4c620dab7c..a78620a892 100644
--- a/PC/launcher.c
+++ b/PC/launcher.c
@@ -1707,6 +1707,17 @@ process(int argc, wchar_t ** argv)
command = skip_me(GetCommandLineW());
debug(L"Called with command line: %ls\n", command);
+#if !defined(VENV_REDIRECT)
+ /* bpo-35811: The __PYVENV_LAUNCHER__ variable is used to
+ * override sys.executable and locate the original prefix path.
+ * However, if it is silently inherited by a non-venv Python
+ * process, that process will believe it is running in the venv
+ * still. This is the only place where *we* can clear it (that is,
+ * when py.exe is being used to launch Python), so we do.
+ */
+ SetEnvironmentVariableW(L"__PYVENV_LAUNCHER__", NULL);
+#endif
+
#if defined(SCRIPT_WRAPPER)
/* The launcher is being used in "script wrapper" mode.
* There should therefore be a Python script named <exename>-script.py in