diff --git a/chroot_version_hooks.d/47_path_overrides b/chroot_version_hooks.d/47_path_overrides
deleted file mode 100644
index a3f89169bf..0000000000
--- a/chroot_version_hooks.d/47_path_overrides
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-# found in the LICENSE file.
-
-# Ensure that crosutils path overrides are in use; note that chroot
-# creation also invokes this, thus why we check for CROS_CHROOT; for
-# the normal upgrade pathway, it's non existant.  For chroot creation,
-# It points to the chroot base.
-echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/path-overrides${PATH:+:${PATH}}"' | \
-  sudo tee "${CROS_CHROOT}"/etc/profile.d/crosutils-path-overrides.sh \
-    > /dev/null
-sudo chmod 644 "${CROS_CHROOT}"/etc/profile.d/crosutils-path-overrides.sh
diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index f4ff153fb0..839f421a5a 100644
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -466,12 +466,12 @@ assert_not_root_user() {
 # Usage: check_flags_only_and_allow_null_arg "$@" && set --
 check_flags_only_and_allow_null_arg() {
   do_shift=1
-  if [ $# = 1 -a -z "$1" ]; then
+  if [[ $# == 1 && -z "$@" ]]; then
     echo "$0: warning: ignoring null argument" >&2
     shift
     do_shift=0
   fi
-  if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+  if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
     echo "error: invalid arguments: \"$@\"" >&2
     flags_help
     exit 1
@@ -1071,22 +1071,3 @@ switch_to_strict_mode() {
 
 # TODO: Re-enable this once shflags is set -e safe.
 #switch_to_strict_mode
-
-# The following code is used to ensure our umount wrapper is in use.
-# Shouldn't be invoked by anything other than common.sh
-_enable_path_overrides(){
-  # Ensure that our PATH overrides are in use.
-  local override_dir=$(readlink -f "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/path-overrides")
-  local IFS=:
-  local x
-  for x in ${PATH}; do
-    x=$(readlink -f "${x}")
-    if [ "${x}" = "${override_dir}" ]; then
-      # Already is in path; nothing more to do.
-      return
-    fi
-  done
-  export PATH="${override_dir}${PATH:+:${PATH}}"
-}
-
-_enable_path_overrides
diff --git a/sdk_lib/enter_chroot.sh b/sdk_lib/enter_chroot.sh
index 58cb0f5307..77a25d4f4e 100755
--- a/sdk_lib/enter_chroot.sh
+++ b/sdk_lib/enter_chroot.sh
@@ -274,13 +274,9 @@ setup_env() {
         queue_mount /run/shm "--bind" /run/shm
       fi
     fi
-    # Get path overrides for the chroot in place now- it's possible
-    # that they may be needed for early teardown.
-    queue_mount "${FLAGS_trunk}/src/scripts/path-overrides" "--bind" \
-      "/usr/local/path-overrides"
-
     queue_mount "${FLAGS_trunk}" "--bind" "${CHROOT_TRUNK_DIR}"
 
+
     debug "Setting up referenced repositories if required."
     REFERENCE_DIR=$(git config --file  \
       "${FLAGS_trunk}/.repo/manifests.git/config" \
diff --git a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
index 6f957c9f8b..f857f0f4a3 100755
--- a/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
+++ b/sdk_lib/make_chroot.sh
@@ -177,11 +177,6 @@ init_setup () {
    sudo bash -e "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/chroot_version_hooks.d/45_rewrite_sudoers.d" \
      "${FLAGS_chroot}" "${USER}" "${ENVIRONMENT_WHITELIST[@]}"
 
-   # Turn on the path overrides; subshelled to protect our env from whatever
-   # vars the scriptlet may bleed.
-   ( CROS_CHROOT="${FLAGS_chroot}"
-     . "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/chroot_version_hooks.d/47_path_overrides" )
-
    sudo find "${FLAGS_chroot}/etc/"sudoers* -type f -exec chmod 0440 {} +
    # Fix bad group for some.
    sudo chown -R root:root "${FLAGS_chroot}/etc/"sudoers*