diff --git a/_episodes/data/.gitkeep b/_episodes/data/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/bin/generate_md_episodes.R b/bin/generate_md_episodes.R
index 4fecabe..43bf65e 100644
--- a/bin/generate_md_episodes.R
+++ b/bin/generate_md_episodes.R
@@ -9,33 +9,15 @@ generate_md_episodes <- function() {
     if (!require("stringr"))
         stop("The package stringr is required for generating the lessons.")
 
-    ## where the Rmd files and the datasets are located
-    rmd_path <- "_episodes_rmd"
-    rmd_data <- file.path(rmd_path, "data")
-
-    ## where the markdown files and the datasets will end up
-    dest_path <- "_episodes"
-    dest_data <- file.path(dest_path, "data")
-
     ## find all the Rmd files, and generates the paths for their respective outputs
-    src_rmd <- list.files(pattern = "??-*.Rmd$", path = rmd_path, full.names = TRUE)
-    dest_md <- file.path(dest_path, gsub("Rmd$", "md", basename(src_rmd)))
+    src_rmd <- list.files(pattern = "??-*.Rmd$", path = "_episodes_rmd", full.names = TRUE)
+    dest_md <- file.path("_episodes", gsub("Rmd$", "md", basename(src_rmd)))
 
     ## knit the Rmd into markdown
     mapply(function(x, y) {
         knitr::knit(x, output = y)
     }, src_rmd, dest_md)
 
-
-    ## copy the datasets from _episodes_rmd/data to _episodes/data
-    rmd_data_files <- list.files(path = rmd_data, full.names = TRUE)
-    dest_data_files <- file.path(dest_data, basename(rmd_data_files))
-
-    if (!dir.exists(file.path(dest_data)))
-        dir.create(file.path(dest_data))
-
-    apply(cbind(rmd_data_files, dest_data_files), 1,
-          function(x) file.copy(x[1], x[2]))
 }
 
 generate_md_episodes()