diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/make_contents.py b/direct/src/plugin/make_contents.py
index 5ca4673d92..05187c0e56 100755
--- a/direct/src/plugin/make_contents.py
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/make_contents.py
@@ -117,9 +117,8 @@ def makeContents(args):
     cm.build()
         
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    try:
-        makeContents(sys.argv[1:])
-    except ArgumentError, e:
-        print e.args[0]
-        sys.exit(1)
+try:
+    makeContents(sys.argv[1:])
+except ArgumentError, e:
+    print e.args[0]
+    sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/direct/src/plugin/make_package.py b/direct/src/plugin/make_package.py
index 693e5da29e..f4ea98b00e 100755
--- a/direct/src/plugin/make_package.py
+++ b/direct/src/plugin/make_package.py
@@ -222,9 +222,8 @@ def makePackage(args):
     pm.build()
         
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    try:
-        makePackage(sys.argv[1:])
-    except ArgumentError, e:
-        print e.args[0]
-        sys.exit(1)
+try:
+    makePackage(sys.argv[1:])
+except ArgumentError, e:
+    print e.args[0]
+    sys.exit(1)