diff --git a/setup_eth_course_rooms/install.sh b/setup_eth_course_rooms/install.sh
index 90c7d1af11ce801c9e57f65df56a0b69dc1a4af8..de0fad02ebf312e960eb6ade31b2c3b78a3238d0 100755
--- a/setup_eth_course_rooms/install.sh
+++ b/setup_eth_course_rooms/install.sh
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@ trap 'err $LINENO' ERR
 
 WORKSHOP_TMP=${HOME}/tmp/ml_workshop_notebooks
 
-if [[ ${MACHTYPE} == *darwin* ]]; then
-    # local testing
-    BASE_URL="file:///${PWD}"
-else
-    BASE_URL="https://sis.id.ethz.ch/mlw"
-fi;
+BASE_URL="https://sis.id.ethz.ch/mlw"
 
 rm -rf ${WORKSHOP_TMP}/*