diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/v/vsc_tools.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/v/vsc_tools.py
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-##
-# Copyright 2009-2023 Ghent University
-#
-# This file is part of EasyBuild,
-# originally created by the HPC team of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc/en),
-# with support of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc),
-# the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) (https://www.vscentrum.be),
-# Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) (http://www.fwo.be/en)
-# and the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) (http://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/en).
-#
-# https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild
-#
-# EasyBuild is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation v2.
-#
-# EasyBuild is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with EasyBuild.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-##
-"""
-EasyBuild support for building and installing VSC-tools, implemented as an easyblock
-
-@author: Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University)
-"""
-import glob
-import os
-
-import easybuild.tools.environment as env
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.pythonpackage import PythonPackage
-from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError
-from easybuild.tools.run import run_cmd
-
-
-class EB_VSC_minus_tools(PythonPackage):
-    """Support for building/installing VSC-tools."""
-
-    def build_step(self):
-        """No build procedure for VSC-tools."""
-
-        pass
-
-    def install_step(self):
-        """Custom install procedure for VSC-tools."""
-
-        args = "install --prefix=%(path)s --install-lib=%(path)s/lib" % {'path': self.installdir}
-
-        pylibdir = os.path.join(self.installdir, 'lib')
-        env.setvar('PYTHONPATH', '%s:%s' % (pylibdir, os.getenv('PYTHONPATH')))
-
-        try:
-            os.mkdir(pylibdir)
-
-            pwd = os.getcwd()
-
-            pkg_list = ['-'.join(src['name'].split('-')[0:-1]) for src in self.src if src['name'].startswith('vsc')]
-            for pkg in pkg_list:
-                os.chdir(self.builddir)
-                sel_dirs = [d for d in glob.glob("*%s-[0-9][0-9.]*" % pkg)]
-                if not len(sel_dirs) == 1:
-                    raise EasyBuildError("Found none or more than one %s dir in %s: %s", pkg, self.builddir, sel_dirs)
-
-                os.chdir(os.path.join(self.builddir, sel_dirs[0]))
-                cmd = "%s setup.py %s" % (self.python_cmd, args)
-                run_cmd(cmd, log_all=True, simple=True, log_output=True)
-
-            os.chdir(pwd)
-
-        except OSError as err:
-            raise EasyBuildError("Failed to install: %s", err)
-
-    def sanity_check_step(self):
-        """Custom sanity check for VSC-tools."""
-
-        custom_paths = {
-            'files': ['bin/%s' % x for x in ['ihmpirun', 'impirun', 'logdaemon', 'm2hmpirun',
-                                             'm2mpirun', 'mhmpirun', 'mmmpirun', 'mmpirun',
-                                             'mympirun', 'mympisanity', 'myscoop', 'ompirun',
-                                             'pbsssh', 'qmpirun', 'sshsleep', 'startlogdaemon',
-                                             'fake/mpirun']],
-            'dirs': ['lib'],
-        }
-
-        super(EB_VSC_minus_tools, self).sanity_check_step(custom_paths=custom_paths)
-
-    def make_module_extra(self):
-        """Add install path to PYTHONPATH"""
-
-        txt = super(EB_VSC_minus_tools, self).make_module_extra()
-
-        txt += self.module_generator.prepend_paths('PATH', ["bin/fake"])
-        txt += self.module_generator.prepend_paths('PYTHONPATH', ["lib"])
-
-        return txt