diff --git a/src/common/data.py b/src/common/data.py
index e12c839..d2e44e2 100644
--- a/src/common/data.py
+++ b/src/common/data.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ from torch.utils.data import Dataset, DataLoader
 from torch.utils.data.distributed import DistributedSampler
 from pathlib import Path
 
-sys.path.insert(0, "../")  # run under the project directory
-
 image_extensions = ['.jpg', '.png']
 def load_images_cached(images_dir_path):
     image_paths = sorted([f for f in Path(images_dir_path).glob("*") if f.suffix.lower() in image_extensions])