diff --git a/packages/common/assets/index.html b/packages/common/assets/index.html
index bae2d4adaf472c1650136179f7b073ccb72dcd3a..9469485ce866aa813cc129851db02d486629e48c 100644
--- a/packages/common/assets/index.html
+++ b/packages/common/assets/index.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
-    <script type="module" id="vpu-common-demo-src" src="demo.js"></script>
+    <script type="module" src="demo.js"></script>
     <style>
     body {
         font-family: sans;
diff --git a/packages/common/test/unit.js b/packages/common/test/unit.js
index 0f0d92e1c38d8f63942ccc6f742a107536322468..98b400493cc138dae127ae455b3118a671bf4a6b 100644
--- a/packages/common/test/unit.js
+++ b/packages/common/test/unit.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ suite('utils', () => {
     });
 
     test('getAssetURL', () => {
-        utils.initAssetBaseURL();
         assert.equal(new URL(utils.getAssetURL("foo/bar")).pathname, "/foo/bar");
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/common/utils.js b/packages/common/utils.js
index a0d3c469d23cb7815b8c0abece7b8f7f9277fba1..ed241a6dd159a5dfe62b721148c463e8c880b1ae 100644
--- a/packages/common/utils.js
+++ b/packages/common/utils.js
@@ -189,60 +189,17 @@ export const dateToInputTimeString = (date) => {
     return `${pad10(date.getHours())}:${pad10(date.getMinutes())}`;
 };
 
-let _assetBaseURL = null;
-
-/**
- * Set the base url for future calls to getAssetURL()
- *
- * @param {string} [id] An optional id of the script tag to figure out the
- *  base bundle URL.
- */
 export const initAssetBaseURL = (id) => {
-    // We don't want future calls to change things
-    if (_assetBaseURL)
-        return;
-
-    if (id) {
-        // Find the id added to the script tag
-        const elm = document.getElementById(id);
-        if (elm && elm.src) {
-            _assetBaseURL = elm.src;
-        }
-    }
-
-    // In the (unlikely) event that we are bundled as a non-module
-    // we can use the old currentScript API
-    if (document.currentScript && document.currentScript.src) {
-        _assetBaseURL = document.currentScript.src;
-    }
-
-    // XXX: Can't be parsed in (old) edge, but makes everything so much easier...
-    if (!_assetBaseURL)
-        _assetBaseURL = new URL('..', import.meta.url).href;
+    // No longer needed, remove your call
 };
 
 /**
  * Get an absolute path for assets given a relative path to the js bundle.
- * Call initAssetBaseURL() before this.
  *
  * @param {string} path The relative path based on the js bundle path
  */
 export const getAssetURL = (path) => {
-    // Maybe initScriptURL() can do something without the id
-    if (!_assetBaseURL) {
-        initAssetBaseURL();
-    }
-
-    // We already found the path before, just go with it
-    if (_assetBaseURL) {
-        return new URL(path, _assetBaseURL).href;
-    } else {
-        console.error('Using getAssetURL(), but initAssetBaseURL() wasn\'t called yet');
-    }
-
-    // If all fails we just fall back to relative paths and hope the
-    // html is on the same path as the bundle
-    return path;
+    return new URL(path, new URL('..', import.meta.url).href).href;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/common/vpu-common-demo.js b/packages/common/vpu-common-demo.js
index 323acc882e3d01e5eedc7864c094a44db56c8199..9b5e1825dffc0c7215d6f435b3e239c211c53340 100644
--- a/packages/common/vpu-common-demo.js
+++ b/packages/common/vpu-common-demo.js
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class VpuCommonDemo extends ScopedElementsMixin(LitElement) {
     }
 
     render() {
-        commonUtils.initAssetBaseURL('vpu-common-demo-src');
         return html`
             <style>
                 a:after {