diff --git a/aviary/docs/examples/intro.ipynb b/aviary/docs/examples/intro.ipynb
index 4c24a1ad7..3c3757495 100644
--- a/aviary/docs/examples/intro.ipynb
+++ b/aviary/docs/examples/intro.ipynb
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@
    "source": [
     "# Testing Cell\n",
     "from aviary.utils.functions import get_path\n",
-    "from pathlib import Path\n",
-    "import pkg_resources\n",
     "from aviary.utils.doctape import glue_variable\n",
     "\n",
-    "aviary_base_path = Path(pkg_resources.resource_filename('aviary', '.')).parent\n",
-    "path=get_path('examples/external_subsystems').relative_to(aviary_base_path)\n",
+    "aviary_top_dir = get_path('docs').parent.parent\n",
+    "path=get_path('examples/external_subsystems').relative_to(aviary_top_dir)\n",
     "glue_variable(str(path),md_code=True)"
    ]
   },