diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/data/debugger-launchers/local-dbgeng.bat b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/data/debugger-launchers/local-dbgeng.bat
index c0f60ff116..4ce4b27a3a 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/data/debugger-launchers/local-dbgeng.bat
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/data/debugger-launchers/local-dbgeng.bat
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ::@env OPT_TARGET_IMG:str="" "Image" "The target binary executable image"
 ::@env OPT_TARGET_ARGS:str="" "Arguments" "Command-line arguments to pass to the target"
 ::@env OPT_USE_DBGMODEL:bool=true "Use dbgmodel" "Load and use dbgmodel.dll if it is available."
-::@env OPT_DBGMODEL_PATH:str="" "Path to dbgeng" "Path to dbgeng and associated DLLS (if not Windows Kits)."
+::@env WINDBG_DIR:str="" "Path to dbgeng" "Path to dbgeng and associated DLLS (if not Windows Kits)."
 
 @echo off
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/src/main/py/pyproject.toml b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/src/main/py/pyproject.toml
index 9aea393d5e..6a0362775e 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/src/main/py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/src/main/py/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "ghidratrace==10.4",
-    "pybag>=2.2.9"
+    "pybag>=2.2.10"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/src/main/py/src/ghidradbg/libraries.py b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/src/main/py/src/ghidradbg/libraries.py
index 7aebf5c846..5b5cf44579 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/src/main/py/src/ghidradbg/libraries.py
+++ b/Ghidra/Debug/Debugger-agent-dbgeng/src/main/py/src/ghidradbg/libraries.py
@@ -24,41 +24,6 @@ from ghidradbg import dbgmodel
 
 ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetErrorMode(0x0001 | 0x0002 | 0x8000)
 
-if platform.architecture()[0] == '64bit':
-    dbgdirs = [os.getenv('OPT_DBGMODEL_PATH'),
-               r'C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64',
-               r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64']
-else:
-    dbgdirs = [os.getenv('OPT_DBGMODEL_PATH'),
-               r'C:\Program Files\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x86',
-               r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x86']
-dbgdir = None
-for _dir in dbgdirs:
-    if _dir is not None and os.path.exists(_dir):
-        dbgdir = _dir
-        break
-
-if not dbgdir:
-    raise RuntimeError("Windbg install directory not found!")
-
-print(f"Loading dbgeng and friends from {dbgdir}")
-
-# preload these to get correct DLLs loaded
-try:
-    ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(dbgdir, 'dbghelp.dll'))
-except Exception as exc:
-    print(f"LoadLibrary failed: {dbgdir}\dbghelp.dll {exc}")
-    pass
-try:
-    ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(dbgdir, 'dbgeng.dll'))
-except Exception as exc:
-    print(f"LoadLibrary failed: {dbgdir}\dbgeng.dll {exc}")
-    pass
-try:
-    ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(os.path.join(dbgdir, 'DbgModel.dll'))
-except Exception as exc:
-    print(f"LoadLibrary failed: {dbgdir}\dbgmodel.dll {exc}")
-    pass
 
 try:
     from comtypes.gen import DbgMod