diff --git a/docs/source/examples/fully_featured_trainer.py b/docs/source/examples/fully_featured_trainer.py
index cb4e8ef004..329fe5ba00 100644
--- a/docs/source/examples/fully_featured_trainer.py
+++ b/docs/source/examples/fully_featured_trainer.py
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # use default args
     root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-    root_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, sys.modules['__main__'].__file__)
     parent_parser = get_default_parser(strategy='random_search', root_dir=root_dir)
 
     # allow model to overwrite or extend args