diff --git a/lib/fetch-basefile b/lib/fetch-basefile
index cf4547ff6..f4e5cd6c3 100755
--- a/lib/fetch-basefile
+++ b/lib/fetch-basefile
@@ -4,18 +4,13 @@
 #
 # (c) Thomas Lange, 2011-2012
 #
-# Try to download a CLASSNAME.tar.gz (or tgz, or tar.xz,...) from an URL which matches a class name
+# Try to download a file CLASSNAME.tar.gz (or tgz, or tar.xz,...) from an URL
+# CLASSNAME must match a FAI class
 # The URL must provide a listing of all files in there
 # e.g.: FAI_BASEFILEURL=http://fai-project.org/download/basefiles
 #
 # variables needed: $classes, $FAI, $FAI_BASEFILEURL
 
-FAI_BASEFILEURL=http://fai-project.org/download/basefiles
-classes="ABC A123 CENTOS SLC6_ ENTOS5_32 DEBIAN SQUEEZE"
-FAI=/dev/shm
-mkdir -p $FAI/basefiles
-verbose=1
-
 mount_ramdisk() {
 
     # put ramdisk on config space and download file