diff --git a/cfg.py b/cfg.py
index 013a5bdff..e45f56807 100644
--- a/cfg.py
+++ b/cfg.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ port = int(get_item(parser, 'Network', 'port'))
 
 html_root = None
 main_menu = Menu()
-base_href = ""
 
 if store_file.endswith(".sqlite3"):
     store_file = os.path.splitext(store_file)[0]
diff --git a/menu.py b/menu.py
index 477ea4ab1..93860dcdb 100644
--- a/menu.py
+++ b/menu.py
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ class Menu():
         """This method creates a menu item with the parameters, adds
         that menu item to this menu, and returns the item.
 
-        If BASEHREF is true and url start with a slash, prepend the cfg.base_href to it"""
+        If BASEHREF is true and url start with a slash, prepend the cfg.server_dir to it"""
 
         if basehref and url.startswith("/"):
-            url = cfg.server_dir + cfg.base_href + url
+            url = cfg.server_dir + url
 
         item = Menu(label=label, icon=icon, url=url, order=order)
         self.items.append(item)