diff --git a/lib/zip-fs.js b/lib/zip-fs.js
index 1444c0f00e5f1ad6c13521f90a7f3c6659d81116..90e38baef5365c2abbcb9337f7ab37f800e883a4 100644
--- a/lib/zip-fs.js
+++ b/lib/zip-fs.js
@@ -33,12 +33,7 @@ import { initShimAsyncCodec } from "./core/util/stream-codec-shim.js";
 import { terminateWorkers } from "./core/codec-pool.js";
 
 let baseURL;
-try {
-	baseURL = import.meta.url;
-	// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-} catch (_) {
-	// ignored
-}
+
 configure({ baseURL });
 configureWebWorker(configure);