diff --git a/leetcode_coach/leetcode_coach/leetcode b/leetcode_coach/leetcode_coach/leetcode
index 7b0b85b..ce07d85 100755
--- a/leetcode_coach/leetcode_coach/leetcode
+++ b/leetcode_coach/leetcode_coach/leetcode
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@
 # from a client that waits for hooks, and the interactive TUI streams first.
 #   leetcode <url-or-slug> [what you are stuck on...]
 #
-# Symlinked from ~/.local/bin/leetcode. The package lives in leetcode-guard;
-# the repo root goes on PYTHONPATH so the launcher works from any checkout,
-# installed or not, and -P keeps the caller's cwd off sys.path.
+# Symlinked from ~/.local/bin/leetcode. The package is found through
+# install.sh's editable install, like the Stop-hook shim; no PYTHONPATH here,
+# because the REPL passes its environment on to `claude -p` and every hook and
+# Bash call of the coached session would inherit it. -P keeps cwd off sys.path.
 # ============================================================================
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-repo="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")")"
-PYTHONPATH="${repo}${PYTHONPATH:+:${PYTHONPATH}}" \
-    exec /usr/bin/python3 -P -m leetcode_coach.leetcode_repl "$@"
+exec /usr/bin/python3 -P -m leetcode_coach.leetcode_repl "$@"
diff --git a/leetcode_coach/leetcode_coach/tests/test_leetcode_repl.py b/leetcode_coach/leetcode_coach/tests/test_leetcode_repl.py
index 3734974..3e7bd14 100644
--- a/leetcode_coach/leetcode_coach/tests/test_leetcode_repl.py
+++ b/leetcode_coach/leetcode_coach/tests/test_leetcode_repl.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 import subprocess
 from typing import Any
@@ -167,8 +168,17 @@ def test_help_prints_usage(capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
 
 
 def test_launcher_runs_the_package_repl() -> None:
+    # The real launcher finds the package through install.sh's editable
+    # install; PYTHONPATH stands in for it here (-P still honours it).
+    env = {**os.environ, "PYTHONPATH": str(LAUNCHER.resolve().parents[1])}
     proc = subprocess.run(
-        [str(LAUNCHER), "--help"], capture_output=True, text=True, check=False
+        [str(LAUNCHER), "--help"], capture_output=True, text=True, check=False, env=env
     )
     assert proc.returncode == 0, proc.stderr
     assert proc.stdout.startswith("Usage: leetcode [--local]")
+
+
+def test_launcher_does_not_leak_pythonpath_into_the_session() -> None:
+    """The REPL hands its environment to `claude -p`; the launcher adds nothing."""
+    body = LAUNCHER.read_text(encoding="utf-8").split("set -euo pipefail", 1)[1]
+    assert "PYTHONPATH" not in body