diff --git a/rdflib_jsonld/context.py b/rdflib_jsonld/context.py
index bd4cb6f..fc25ad0 100644
--- a/rdflib_jsonld/context.py
+++ b/rdflib_jsonld/context.py
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ def base(self):
 
     @base.setter
     def base(self, base):
-        if base:
-            hash_index = base.find('#')
-            if hash_index > -1:
-                base = base[0:hash_index]
+        #if base:
+            #hash_index = base.find('#')
+            #if hash_index > -1:
+                #base = base[0:hash_index]
         self._base = self.resolve_iri(base) if (
                 hasattr(self, '_base') and base is not None) else base
         self._basedomain = '%s://%s' % urlsplit(base)[0:2] if base else None
diff --git a/rdflib_jsonld/util.py b/rdflib_jsonld/util.py
index 698cac0..0b992de 100644
--- a/rdflib_jsonld/util.py
+++ b/rdflib_jsonld/util.py
@@ -55,14 +55,15 @@ def norm_url(base, url):
     'http://example.net/one'
     """
     parts = urlsplit(urljoin(base, url))
-    path = normpath(parts[2])
-    if sep != '/':
-        path = '/'.join(path.split(sep))
-    if parts[2].endswith('/') and not path.endswith('/'):
-        path += '/'
-    result = urlunsplit(parts[0:2] + (path,) + parts[3:])
-    if url.endswith('#') and not result.endswith('#'):
-        result += '#'
+    #path = normpath(parts[2])
+    #if sep != '/':
+    #    path = '/'.join(path.split(sep))
+    #if parts[2].endswith('/') and not path.endswith('/'):
+    #    path += '/'
+    #result = urlunsplit(parts[0:2] + (path,) + parts[3:])
+    #if url.endswith('#') and not result.endswith('#'):
+    #    result += '#'
+    result = url
     return result
 
 def context_from_urlinputsource(source):