diff --git a/archivebox/config/__init__.py b/archivebox/config/__init__.py
index aa34df6f..0e1c1be6 100644
--- a/archivebox/config/__init__.py
+++ b/archivebox/config/__init__.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ DERIVED_CONFIG_DEFAULTS: ConfigDefaultDict = {
     'LOGS_DIR':                 {'default': lambda c: c['OUTPUT_DIR'] / LOGS_DIR_NAME},
     'CONFIG_FILE':              {'default': lambda c: Path(c['CONFIG_FILE']).resolve() if c['CONFIG_FILE'] else c['OUTPUT_DIR'] / CONFIG_FILENAME},
     'COOKIES_FILE':             {'default': lambda c: c['COOKIES_FILE'] and Path(c['COOKIES_FILE']).resolve()},
-    'CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR':     {'default': lambda c: find_chrome_data_dir() if c['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR'] is None else Path(c['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR']).resolve() if Path(c['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR']).resolve() != Path.cwd() else None},
+    'CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR':     {'default': lambda c: find_chrome_data_dir() if c['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR'] is None else Path(c['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR']).resolve() if c['CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR']) else None},
     'URL_BLACKLIST_PTN':        {'default': lambda c: c['URL_BLACKLIST'] and re.compile(c['URL_BLACKLIST'] or '', re.IGNORECASE | re.UNICODE | re.MULTILINE)},
 
     'ARCHIVEBOX_BINARY':        {'default': lambda c: sys.argv[0]},