diff --git a/.config/shell/bin/pandoc-make b/.config/shell/bin/pandoc-make
index f517a27..c77adb9 100755
--- a/.config/shell/bin/pandoc-make
+++ b/.config/shell/bin/pandoc-make
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ usage() {
 		   $0 .docx *.md  # leading .'s are automatically removed from the output format
 
 		Note:
-		   1) To put a file in pandoc arguments without having it be compiled to its own document, put a './' or '../' at the start of the path to it
-		     -   You can have as many arg/file combinations you want
-		     -   The argument array is cleared between input files
-		   2) You can set default arguments in the array PANDOC_DEFAULT_ARGS and export them for this script to use
+		   To put a file in pandoc arguments without having it be compiled to its own document, put a './' at the start of the path to it
+		   You can have as many arg/file combinations you want
+		   The argument array is cleared between input files
 	EOF
 }
 
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ SKIP_FIRST=true  # don't process the first argument, it is the output format
 
 for FILE in "$@";do
    $SKIP_FIRST && SKIP_FIRST=false && continue
-   PANDOC_ARGS="${PANDOC_DEFAULT_ARGS[*]:-"$PANDOC_ARGS"}"
-   if [[ -f "$FILE" ]] && { [[ "${FILE:0:2}" != "./" ]] || [[ "${FILE:0:3}" != "../" ]]; }; then
+   if [[ -f "$FILE" ]] && [[ "${FILE:0:2}" != "./" ]]; then
       pandoc -s "$FILE" "${PANDOC_ARGS[@]}" -o "${FILE%.*}.${OUTPUT_FORMAT##.}"
       PANDOC_ARGS=()
    else