2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8b9aa2a0..39e75453 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ Change log for the astng package
 ================================
 
 --
+    * #76159: putting module's parent directory on the path causes problems
+      linting when file names clash
+
     * #74746: should return empty module when __main__ is imported (patch by
       google)
 
diff --git a/builder.py b/builder.py
index 68bd5c30..eed4ed28 100644
--- a/builder.py
+++ b/builder.py
@@ -121,18 +121,14 @@ class ASTNGBuilder(InspectBuilder):
             raise ASTNGBuildingException(exc)
         except LookupError, exc: # unknown encoding
             raise ASTNGBuildingException(exc)
-        # get module name if necessary, *before modifying sys.path*
+        # get module name if necessary
         if modname is None:
             try:
                 modname = '.'.join(modpath_from_file(path))
             except ImportError:
                 modname = splitext(basename(path))[0]
         # build astng representation
-        try:
-            sys.path.insert(0, dirname(path)) # XXX (syt) iirk
-            node = self.string_build(data, modname, path)
-        finally:
-            sys.path.pop(0)
+        node = self.string_build(data, modname, path)
         node.file_encoding = encoding
         node.file_stream = stream
         return node