diff --git a/gdpyc/core.py b/gdpyc/core.py
index 3bc6f4c..d852fe6 100644
--- a/gdpyc/core.py
+++ b/gdpyc/core.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import warnings
 
 import numpy as np
-import pkg_resources
 from astropy import units as u
 from astropy.coordinates import Galactic
 from astropy.io import fits
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ class Map(object):
     A class with common methods for HEALpix maps.
     """
 
-    _data_path = pkg_resources.resource_filename("gdpyc", "data")
+    _data_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data")
     _map_type = None
     _maps = []
 
diff --git a/gdpyc/data.py b/gdpyc/data.py
index 3a49fdb..ba65db3 100644
--- a/gdpyc/data.py
+++ b/gdpyc/data.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 """
 import os
 
-import pkg_resources
 from astropy.io import fits
 from astropy.utils.data import get_readable_fileobj
 
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ def get_lowres_maps(data_dir):
 
 
 def main():
-    data_dir = pkg_resources.resource_filename("gdpyc", "data")
+    data_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data")
 
     # get_map('HI4PI', data_dir)
     # get_map('DL', data_dir)