diff --git a/doc/api/modules.markdown b/doc/api/modules.markdown
index a5b92170575045..0d86ba23b92217 100644
--- a/doc/api/modules.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/modules.markdown
@@ -445,10 +445,8 @@ Additionally, io.js will search in the following locations:
 
 * 1: `$HOME/.node_modules`
 * 2: `$HOME/.node_libraries`
-* 3: `$PREFIX/lib/node`
 
-Where `$HOME` is the user's home directory, and `$PREFIX` is io.js's
-configured `node_prefix`.
+Where `$HOME` is the user's home directory.
 
 These are mostly for historic reasons.  **You are highly encouraged
 to place your dependencies locally in `node_modules` folders.**  They
diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index 844b683940c2a4..d121b579562656 100644
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ Module._initPaths = function() {
     var homeDir = process.env.HOME;
   }
 
-  var paths = [path.resolve(process.execPath, '..', '..', 'lib', 'node')];
+  var paths = [];
 
   if (homeDir) {
     paths.unshift(path.resolve(homeDir, '.node_libraries'));