diff --git a/warden3/warden_client/warden_client.py b/warden3/warden_client/warden_client.py
index 3604e56e7d1effaf0fda2c0885ec96a24c0aab21..cdcec00d51f66cb623b3db1fa3f836b44736d988 100644
--- a/warden3/warden_client/warden_client.py
+++ b/warden3/warden_client/warden_client.py
@@ -662,7 +662,6 @@ def format_time(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, microsec=0, utcoffset=No
 
 
 def read_cfg(cfgfile):
-    abspath = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), cfgfile)
-    with open(abspath, "r") as f:
+    with open(cfgfile, "r") as f:
         stripcomments = "\n".join((l for l in f if not l.lstrip().startswith(("#", "//"))))
         return json.loads(stripcomments)