diff --git a/hta/configs/config.py b/hta/configs/config.py
index 9f53489..dc0f4d3 100644
--- a/hta/configs/config.py
+++ b/hta/configs/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
 # This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-import importlib.util
 import json
 import logging
 import logging.config
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
 
-import hta
 from hta.configs.default_values import DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME
 
 ConfigValue = Union[None, bool, int, float, str, Dict[str, Any], List[Any], Set[Any]]
@@ -25,6 +23,8 @@ def setup_logger(config_file: str = "logging.config") -> None:
         logger = logging.getLogger("hta")
 
 
+package_path: Path = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger("hta")
 
 
@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@ def get_default_paths() -> List[str]:
         As a class method, this function does not return the user defined config file path.
         """
         return [
-            str(
-                Path(hta.__file__)
-                .parent.joinpath("configs")
-                .joinpath(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME)
-            ),
+            str(package_path.joinpath(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME)),
             str(Path.home().joinpath(".hta").joinpath(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME)),
             str(Path.cwd().joinpath(DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILENAME)),
         ]
@@ -144,14 +140,7 @@ def get_config(
     def show(self):
         print(json.dumps(self.config, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
 
-    @classmethod
-    def get_package_path(cls) -> str:
-        package_spec = importlib.util.find_spec(hta.__name__)
-        package_path = Path(package_spec.origin).parent
-        return str(package_path)
-
     @classmethod
     def get_test_data_path(cls, dataset: str) -> str:
-        base_path = Path(cls.get_package_path()).parent
-        test_data_path = Path.joinpath(base_path, "tests/data/", dataset)
+        test_data_path = Path.joinpath(package_path, "tests/data/", dataset)
         return str(test_data_path)