diff --git a/DEM2POINT.R b/DEM2POINT.R
index b277e936e84bb0b49ac7177e9c190889b2caaa1a..fa9fc30f0e948d24af363c93351b1c492bb94562 100644
--- a/DEM2POINT.R
+++ b/DEM2POINT.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Install of additional packages
 ## pkgs are will only be downloaded, if they aren't installed yet
-pkgNeeded <- c("base", "raster", "maptools", "sp", "dismo", "rasterVis", "rgdal")
+pkgNeeded <- c("raster", "maptools", "sp", "dismo", "rasterVis", "rgdal")
 isInstalled <- sapply(pkgNeeded, require, character.only = TRUE)
 print(isInstalled)
 install.packages(pkgNeeded[!isInstalled], quiet = FALSE)