diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-05-10-05-05.gh-issue-120037.QyZNce.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-05-10-05-05.gh-issue-120037.QyZNce.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6b045fe1dcc0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-05-10-05-05.gh-issue-120037.QyZNce.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix user site packages directory being added to `sys.path` when site module is enabled in `._pth` file. Patch by Tanzim Husain.
diff --git a/Modules/getpath.py b/Modules/getpath.py
index bc7053224aaf16..431ac4af309438 100644
--- a/Modules/getpath.py
+++ b/Modules/getpath.py
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ def search_up(prefix, *landmarks, test=isfile):
     config['use_environment'] = 0
     config['site_import'] = 0
     config['safe_path'] = 1
+    config['user_site_directory'] = 0
     pythonpath = []
     for line in pth:
         line = line.partition('#')[0].strip()