diff --git a/src/js/esse/JSONSchemasInterface.ts b/src/js/esse/JSONSchemasInterface.ts
index d17f6edb0..87617c5df 100644
--- a/src/js/esse/JSONSchemasInterface.ts
+++ b/src/js/esse/JSONSchemasInterface.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ export function readSchemaFolderSync(folderPath: string) {
 }
 
 export class JSONSchemasInterface {
-    static _schema: SchemaObject | null = null;
-
-    static schemaFolder = path.resolve("node_modules/@mat3ra/esse/lib/js/schema");
+    static schemaFolder = "./lib/js/schema";
 
     static setSchemaFolder(schemaFolder: string) {
         if (this.schemaFolder !== schemaFolder) {
diff --git a/src/js/esse/index.js b/src/js/esse/index.js
index 5074ad3e7..546617b7f 100644
--- a/src/js/esse/index.js
+++ b/src/js/esse/index.js
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ export class ESSE {
         this.results = config.results || RESULTS;
     }
 
-    getSchemaById(schemaId) {
-        return this.schemas.find((schema) => schema.$id === schemaId);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Validates a given example against the schema.
      * @param example {Object|Array} example to validate.