diff --git a/notebooks/example_config.yaml b/notebooks/example_config.yaml
index fe0d7e5..74e0643 100644
--- a/notebooks/example_config.yaml
+++ b/notebooks/example_config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# Setting `base_path` redirects everything else from there
 out_path: "../results"
 data_path: "../data/<my project>" # this needs to be changed based on where you want to store your own data
 
diff --git a/src/concordia/settings.py b/src/concordia/settings.py
index a4710f5..ac1e06a 100644
--- a/src/concordia/settings.py
+++ b/src/concordia/settings.py
@@ -51,22 +51,16 @@ class Settings:
 
     @staticmethod
     def resolve_paths(config):
-        base_path = Path(config["base_path"]) if "base_path" in config else None
-
         def expand(path):
             if path[0] == "$":
                 reference, relative = path[1:].split("/", 1)
                 return expand(config[reference]) / relative
 
-            if base_path is not None:
-                return (base_path / path).expanduser()
-
             return Path(path).expanduser()
 
         expanded = {
             key: (expand(val) if key.endswith("_path") else val)
             for key, val in config.items()
-            if key != "base_path"
         }
 
         # Special treatment for path entry in regionmappings