diff --git a/egs/ami/s5/path.sh b/egs/ami/s5/path.sh
index d401e773c..ad2c93b30 100644
--- a/egs/ami/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/ami/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 LMBIN=$KALDI_ROOT/tools/irstlm/bin
diff --git a/egs/aspire/s5/path.sh b/egs/aspire/s5/path.sh
index e8c2b01b0..1a6fb5f89 100755
--- a/egs/aspire/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/aspire/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/aurora4/s5/path.sh b/egs/aurora4/s5/path.sh
index 3f50635df..2d17b17a8 100755
--- a/egs/aurora4/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/aurora4/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/bn_music_speech/v1/path.sh b/egs/bn_music_speech/v1/path.sh
index 66560e36b..e50f57c52 100755
--- a/egs/bn_music_speech/v1/path.sh
+++ b/egs/bn_music_speech/v1/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/sph2pipe_v2.5:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/callhome_egyptian/s5/path.sh b/egs/callhome_egyptian/s5/path.sh
index e8c2b01b0..1a6fb5f89 100755
--- a/egs/callhome_egyptian/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/callhome_egyptian/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/chime1/s5/path.sh b/egs/chime1/s5/path.sh
index e8c2b01b0..1a6fb5f89 100755
--- a/egs/chime1/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/chime1/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/chime2/s5/path.sh b/egs/chime2/s5/path.sh
index 3f50635df..2d17b17a8 100755
--- a/egs/chime2/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/chime2/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/chime3/s5/path.sh b/egs/chime3/s5/path.sh
index 335d400c0..fab227a8a 100755
--- a/egs/chime3/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/chime3/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/irstlm/bin/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/kaldi_lm/:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 BEAMFORMIT=$KALDI_ROOT/tools/BeamformIt-3.51
diff --git a/egs/csj/s5/path.sh b/egs/csj/s5/path.sh
index db6a2eafe..8a4c29be4 100644
--- a/egs/csj/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/csj/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/cuda/bin
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda/lib64:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib64:/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc
 
diff --git a/egs/farsdat/s5/path.sh b/egs/farsdat/s5/path.sh
index 8ff4ca4ce..62794699b 100755
--- a/egs/farsdat/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/farsdat/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/irstlm/bin/:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/fisher_callhome_spanish/s5/path.sh b/egs/fisher_callhome_spanish/s5/path.sh
index e8c2b01b0..1a6fb5f89 100755
--- a/egs/fisher_callhome_spanish/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/fisher_callhome_spanish/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/fisher_english/s5/path.sh b/egs/fisher_english/s5/path.sh
index e8c2b01b0..1a6fb5f89 100755
--- a/egs/fisher_english/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/fisher_english/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/fisher_swbd/s5/path.sh b/egs/fisher_swbd/s5/path.sh
index e8d8f9c62..e14c6074f 100755
--- a/egs/fisher_swbd/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/fisher_swbd/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../../
 export PWD=`pwd`
 export PATH=$KALDI_ROOT/src/ivectorbin:$PWD/stanford-utils:$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/kaldi_lm:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/srilm/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/srilm/bin/i686-m64:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/gale_arabic/s5/path.sh b/egs/gale_arabic/s5/path.sh
index e47d4940c..be11b34cb 100755
--- a/egs/gale_arabic/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/gale_arabic/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=$(pwd)/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/path.sh b/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/path.sh
index e47d4940c..be11b34cb 100755
--- a/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/gale_mandarin/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=$(pwd)/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/hkust/s5/path.sh b/egs/hkust/s5/path.sh
index 87c501ce5..5adfbeec7 100755
--- a/egs/hkust/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/hkust/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 #export KALDI_ROOT=/home/dpovey/kaldi-trunk-test
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/librispeech/s5/path.sh b/egs/librispeech/s5/path.sh
index eab6a3625..03df6dd9f 100755
--- a/egs/librispeech/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/librispeech/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 # we use this both in the (optional) LM training and the G2P-related scripts
diff --git a/egs/lre/v1/path.sh b/egs/lre/v1/path.sh
index 66560e36b..e50f57c52 100755
--- a/egs/lre/v1/path.sh
+++ b/egs/lre/v1/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/sph2pipe_v2.5:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/lre07/v1/path.sh b/egs/lre07/v1/path.sh
index 66560e36b..e50f57c52 100755
--- a/egs/lre07/v1/path.sh
+++ b/egs/lre07/v1/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/sph2pipe_v2.5:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/reverb/s5/path.sh b/egs/reverb/s5/path.sh
index e8c2b01b0..1a6fb5f89 100644
--- a/egs/reverb/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/reverb/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/rm/s5/path.sh b/egs/rm/s5/path.sh
index e8c2b01b0..1a6fb5f89 100755
--- a/egs/rm/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/rm/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/sprakbanken/s5/path.sh b/egs/sprakbanken/s5/path.sh
index 3f50635df..2d17b17a8 100755
--- a/egs/sprakbanken/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/sprakbanken/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/sre08/v1/path.sh b/egs/sre08/v1/path.sh
index 66560e36b..e50f57c52 100755
--- a/egs/sre08/v1/path.sh
+++ b/egs/sre08/v1/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/sph2pipe_v2.5:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/sre10/v1/path.sh b/egs/sre10/v1/path.sh
index 66560e36b..e50f57c52 100755
--- a/egs/sre10/v1/path.sh
+++ b/egs/sre10/v1/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/sph2pipe_v2.5:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/sre10/v2/path.sh b/egs/sre10/v2/path.sh
index 66560e36b..e50f57c52 100755
--- a/egs/sre10/v2/path.sh
+++ b/egs/sre10/v2/path.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/sph2pipe_v2.5:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/swahili/s5/path.sh b/egs/swahili/s5/path.sh
index fedef4517..8b61dce67 100755
--- a/egs/swahili/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/swahili/s5/path.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
 #export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$PWD/steps/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 DATA_DIR=$PWD/data
diff --git a/egs/swbd/s5/path.sh b/egs/swbd/s5/path.sh
index d127b54fc..50eedcbb1 100755
--- a/egs/swbd/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/swbd/s5/path.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 #export KALDI_ROOT=/home/dpovey/kaldi-trunk-test
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 export MKL_NUM_THREADS=16
diff --git a/egs/swbd/s5b/path.sh b/egs/swbd/s5b/path.sh
index 3f50635df..2d17b17a8 100755
--- a/egs/swbd/s5b/path.sh
+++ b/egs/swbd/s5b/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/swbd/s5c/path.sh b/egs/swbd/s5c/path.sh
index 955962c60..1bea0e697 100755
--- a/egs/swbd/s5c/path.sh
+++ b/egs/swbd/s5c/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/tedlium/s5/path.sh b/egs/tedlium/s5/path.sh
index c3203f90b..16d5314b9 100755
--- a/egs/tedlium/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/tedlium/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/sph2pipe_v2.5
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/thchs30/s5/path.sh b/egs/thchs30/s5/path.sh
index 61999be08..fb1c04893 100755
--- a/egs/thchs30/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/thchs30/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 
diff --git a/egs/tidigits/s5/path.sh b/egs/tidigits/s5/path.sh
index 3f50635df..2d17b17a8 100755
--- a/egs/tidigits/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/tidigits/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/timit/s5/path.sh b/egs/timit/s5/path.sh
index 8ff4ca4ce..62794699b 100755
--- a/egs/timit/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/timit/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/irstlm/bin/:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/voxforge/s5/path.sh b/egs/voxforge/s5/path.sh
index 7234dfbf5..d5ee6268b 100755
--- a/egs/voxforge/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/voxforge/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 
 # VoxForge data will be stored in:
 export DATA_ROOT="/home/dpovey/kaldi-clean/egs/voxforge/s5/voxforge"    # e.g. something like /media/secondary/voxforge
diff --git a/egs/vystadial_cz/s5/path.sh b/egs/vystadial_cz/s5/path.sh
index 20db6f37d..4fa5bb910 100755
--- a/egs/vystadial_cz/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/vystadial_cz/s5/path.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils:$PWD/steps:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/irstlm/bin/:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 # adding Kaldi binaries to path
diff --git a/egs/vystadial_en/s5/path.sh b/egs/vystadial_en/s5/path.sh
index 70953bfd8..d86430562 100755
--- a/egs/vystadial_en/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/vystadial_en/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/irstlm/bin/:$PWD:$PWD/utils:$PWD/steps:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 
diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/path.sh b/egs/wsj/s5/path.sh
index 3f50635df..2d17b17a8 100755
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
diff --git a/egs/yesno/s5/path.sh b/egs/yesno/s5/path.sh
index c01898056..21bfd1440 100644
--- a/egs/yesno/s5/path.sh
+++ b/egs/yesno/s5/path.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 export KALDI_ROOT=`pwd`/../../..
 [ -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh ] && . $KALDI_ROOT/tools/env.sh
 export PATH=$PWD/utils/:$KALDI_ROOT/tools/openfst/bin:$PWD:$PATH
-[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
-. $KALDI_ROOT/src/path.sh
+[ ! -f $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh ] && echo >&2 "The standard file $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh is not present -> Exit!" && exit 1
+. $KALDI_ROOT/tools/config/common_path.sh
 export LC_ALL=C
 
 
diff --git a/src/path.sh b/src/path.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d16ba77f..000000000
--- a/src/path.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# we are using BASH_SOURCE[0], because its set correctly even when the file
-# is sourced.
-# The formatting of the path export command is intentionally weird, because
-# this allows for easy diff'ing
-this_script_path=$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") 
-my_kaldi_src=$(dirname $this_script_path)
-export PATH=\
-$my_kaldi_src/bin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/chainbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/featbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/fgmmbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/fstbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/gmmbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/ivectorbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/kwsbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/latbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/lmbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/nnet2bin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/nnet3bin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/nnetbin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/online2bin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/onlinebin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/sgmm2bin:\
-$my_kaldi_src/sgmmbin:\
-$PATH
diff --git a/tools/config/common_path.sh b/tools/config/common_path.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e2ea50d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/config/common_path.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# we assume KALDI_ROOT is already defined 
+[ -z "$KALDI_ROOT" ] && echo "The variable KALDI_ROOT must be already defined" && exit 1
+# The formatting of the path export command is intentionally weird, because
+# this allows for easy diff'ing
+export PATH=\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/bin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/chainbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/featbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/fgmmbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/fstbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/gmmbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/ivectorbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/kwsbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/latbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/lmbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/nnet2bin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/nnet3bin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/nnetbin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/online2bin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/onlinebin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/sgmm2bin:\
+${KALDI_ROOT}/src/sgmmbin:\
+$PATH