diff --git a/netbox/extras/scripts.py b/netbox/extras/scripts.py
index ea8c75df1..b20e7e170 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/scripts.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/scripts.py
@@ -560,12 +560,6 @@ class BaseScript:
     # Convenience functions
     #
 
-    def get_storage(self):
-        if self.storage is None:
-            self.storage = storages.create_storage(storages.backends["scripts"])
-
-        return self.storage
-
     def load_yaml(self, filename):
         """
         Return data from a YAML file
@@ -575,9 +569,8 @@ class BaseScript:
         except ImportError:
             from yaml import Loader
 
-        storage = self.get_storage()
         file_path = os.path.join(settings.SCRIPTS_ROOT, filename)
-        with storage.open(file_path, 'r') as datafile:
+        with open(file_path, 'r') as datafile:
             data = yaml.load(datafile, Loader=Loader)
 
         return data
@@ -586,10 +579,8 @@ class BaseScript:
         """
         Return data from a JSON file
         """
-
-        storage = self.get_storage()
         file_path = os.path.join(settings.SCRIPTS_ROOT, filename)
-        with storage.open(file_path, 'r') as datafile:
+        with open(file_path, 'r') as datafile:
             data = json.load(datafile)
 
         return data