diff --git a/file_duplicates.sh b/file_duplicates.sh
index 9e69d57..9ed7072 100644
--- a/file_duplicates.sh
+++ b/file_duplicates.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # @author Kevin Veen-Birkenbach
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null # Deactivate SC1090
-source "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")/../../base.sh" || (echo "Loading base.sh failed." && exit 1)
 info "Checking relevant home folders for duplicated files..."
 fdupes -r "$HOME/Documents/" "$HOME/Downloads/" "$HOME/Images/" "$HOME/Desktop/" "$HOME/Music/" "$HOME/Pictures/" "$HOME/Videos"