diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 4b032401fc4bfaa0b27b4d5f44aaf7a388cc2ee7..334fc3e5cfec25b5405a5bfa7b231976d297d06a 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ source $BIN_DIR/steps/pylibmc
 
 # Activate the Virtualenv.
 puts-step "Activating virtualenv"
-echo '$VIRTUALENV_LOC/bin/activate'
 source $VIRTUALENV_LOC/bin/activate
 
 # Install Mercurial if it appears to be required.
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 0711edcf24c204ab04215fc70ee2c24a75976a62..9fb30e167981dd78a663bba2e7a8d4821592a223 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ NAME=$($BIN_DIR/detect $BUILD_DIR) || exit 1
 cat <<EOF
 ---
 config_vars:
-  PATH: /bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
+  PATH: /app/.heroku/venv/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: true
   LIBRARY_PATH: /app/.heroku/vendor/lib
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH: /app/.heroku/vendor/lib