diff --git a/parsl/executors/radical/rpex_resources.py b/parsl/executors/radical/rpex_resources.py
index 3e28f6ab08..241392d8f2 100644
--- a/parsl/executors/radical/rpex_resources.py
+++ b/parsl/executors/radical/rpex_resources.py
@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@
 
 from typing import List
 
-_setup_paths: List[str]
+_setup_paths: List[str] = []
 try:
     import radical.pilot as rp
-    import radical.utils as ru
 except ImportError:
-    _setup_paths = []
-else:
-    _setup_paths = [rp.sdist_path,
-                    ru.sdist_path]
+    pass
 
 
 MPI = "mpi"
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ class ResourceConfig:
 
     pilot_env_setup : list
         List of setup commands/packages for the pilot environment.
-        Default setup includes "parsl", rp.sdist_path, and ru.sdist_path.
+        Default is an empty list.
 
     python_v : str
         The Python version to be used in the pilot environment.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4f930c9140..2c829ac994 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     'workqueue': ['work_queue'],
     'flux': ['pyyaml', 'cffi', 'jsonschema'],
     'proxystore': ['proxystore'],
-    'radical-pilot': ['radical.pilot==1.52.1', 'radical.utils==1.52'],
+    'radical-pilot': ['radical.pilot==1.60', 'radical.utils==1.60'],
     # Disabling psi-j since github direct links are not allowed by pypi
     # 'psij': ['psi-j-parsl@git+https://github.com/ExaWorks/psi-j-parsl']
 }