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       preprocessing.
     - You can also run `./run_singularity.py path/to/sfp_latest.sif` without a
       `CMD` to open an interactive session in the container.
-    - `DATA_DIR` has been remapped to `/home/sfp_user/sfp_data` within the
-      container, so interpret any paths within that directory as lying there.
 
 See [cluster usage](#cluster-usage) section for more details about using this
 image on the cluster.