diff --git a/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-filesystem.json b/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-filesystem.json
index 2feabbf1e..5b09bf56d 100644
--- a/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-filesystem.json
+++ b/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-filesystem.json
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
       "DataAccessorBasedStore:_accessor": {
         "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:FileDataAccessor"
       },
-      "DataAccessorBasedStore:_base": {
-        "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl"
-      },
       "DataAccessorBasedStore:_identifierStrategy": {
         "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:IdentifierStrategy"
       }
diff --git a/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-memory.json b/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-memory.json
index a3680178a..ef8d090eb 100644
--- a/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-memory.json
+++ b/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-memory.json
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
       "DataAccessorBasedStore:_accessor": {
         "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:MemoryDataAccessor"
       },
-      "DataAccessorBasedStore:_base": {
-        "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl"
-      },
       "DataAccessorBasedStore:_identifierStrategy": {
         "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:IdentifierStrategy"
       }
diff --git a/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-sparql-endpoint.json b/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-sparql-endpoint.json
index 7d990d505..b547f31af 100644
--- a/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-sparql-endpoint.json
+++ b/config/presets/storage/backend/storage-sparql-endpoint.json
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
       "SparqlDataAccessor:_endpoint": {
         "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:sparqlEndpoint"
       },
-      "SparqlDataAccessor:_base": {
-        "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl"
-      },
       "SparqlDataAccessor:_identifierStrategy": {
         "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:IdentifierStrategy"
       }
@@ -21,9 +18,6 @@
       "DataAccessorBasedStore:_accessor": {
         "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:SparqlDataAccessor"
       },
-      "DataAccessorBasedStore:_base": {
-        "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:variable:baseUrl"
-      },
       "DataAccessorBasedStore:_identifierStrategy": {
         "@id": "urn:solid-server:default:IdentifierStrategy"
       }
diff --git a/src/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.ts b/src/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.ts
index be415351f..e71b7544a 100644
--- a/src/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.ts
+++ b/src/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.ts
@@ -50,12 +50,10 @@ import type { ResourceStore } from './ResourceStore';
  */
 export class DataAccessorBasedStore implements ResourceStore {
   private readonly accessor: DataAccessor;
-  private readonly base: string;
   private readonly identifierStrategy: IdentifierStrategy;
 
-  public constructor(accessor: DataAccessor, base: string, identifierStrategy: IdentifierStrategy) {
+  public constructor(accessor: DataAccessor, identifierStrategy: IdentifierStrategy) {
     this.accessor = accessor;
-    this.base = ensureTrailingSlash(base);
     this.identifierStrategy = identifierStrategy;
   }
 
@@ -149,7 +147,7 @@ export class DataAccessorBasedStore implements ResourceStore {
 
   public async deleteResource(identifier: ResourceIdentifier): Promise<void> {
     this.validateIdentifier(identifier);
-    if (ensureTrailingSlash(identifier.path) === this.base) {
+    if (this.identifierStrategy.isRootContainer(identifier)) {
       throw new MethodNotAllowedHttpError('Cannot delete root container.');
     }
     const metadata = await this.accessor.getMetadata(identifier);
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ export class DataAccessorBasedStore implements ResourceStore {
    * Verify if the given identifier matches the stored base.
    */
   protected validateIdentifier(identifier: ResourceIdentifier): void {
-    if (!identifier.path.startsWith(this.base)) {
+    if (!this.identifierStrategy.supportsIdentifier(identifier)) {
       throw new NotFoundHttpError();
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.ts b/src/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.ts
index cbc3eac8f..785d14dae 100644
--- a/src/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.ts
+++ b/src/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { UnsupportedMediaTypeHttpError } from '../../util/errors/UnsupportedMedi
 import { guardStream } from '../../util/GuardedStream';
 import type { Guarded } from '../../util/GuardedStream';
 import type { IdentifierStrategy } from '../../util/identifiers/IdentifierStrategy';
-import { ensureTrailingSlash, isContainerIdentifier } from '../../util/PathUtil';
+import { isContainerIdentifier } from '../../util/PathUtil';
 import { generateResourceQuads } from '../../util/ResourceUtil';
 import { CONTENT_TYPE, LDP } from '../../util/UriConstants';
 import { toNamedNode } from '../../util/UriUtil';
@@ -49,14 +49,12 @@ const { defaultGraph, namedNode, quad, variable } = DataFactory;
 export class SparqlDataAccessor implements DataAccessor {
   protected readonly logger = getLoggerFor(this);
   private readonly endpoint: string;
-  private readonly base: string;
   private readonly identifierStrategy: IdentifierStrategy;
   private readonly fetcher: SparqlEndpointFetcher;
   private readonly generator: SparqlGenerator;
 
-  public constructor(endpoint: string, base: string, identifierStrategy: IdentifierStrategy) {
+  public constructor(endpoint: string, identifierStrategy: IdentifierStrategy) {
     this.endpoint = endpoint;
-    this.base = ensureTrailingSlash(base);
     this.identifierStrategy = identifierStrategy;
     this.fetcher = new SparqlEndpointFetcher();
     this.generator = new Generator();
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ export class SparqlDataAccessor implements DataAccessor {
     const quads = await arrayifyStream(stream);
 
     // Root container will not have metadata if there are no containment triples
-    if (quads.length === 0 && identifier.path !== this.base) {
+    if (quads.length === 0 && !this.identifierStrategy.isRootContainer(identifier)) {
       throw new NotFoundHttpError();
     }
 
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ export class SparqlDataAccessor implements DataAccessor {
     }
 
     // Need to generate type metadata for the root container since it's not stored
-    if (identifier.path === this.base) {
+    if (this.identifierStrategy.isRootContainer(identifier)) {
       metadata.addQuads(generateResourceQuads(name, true));
     }
 
diff --git a/test/configs/Util.ts b/test/configs/Util.ts
index ad70acb7a..a39f87fe1 100644
--- a/test/configs/Util.ts
+++ b/test/configs/Util.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const getRootFilePath = (subfolder: string): string => join(__dirname, '.
  * @returns The data accessor based store.
  */
 export const getDataAccessorStore = (base: string, dataAccessor: DataAccessor): DataAccessorBasedStore =>
-  new DataAccessorBasedStore(dataAccessor, base, new SingleRootIdentifierStrategy(base));
+  new DataAccessorBasedStore(dataAccessor, new SingleRootIdentifierStrategy(base));
 
 /**
  * Gives an in memory resource store based on (default) base url.
diff --git a/test/integration/LockingResourceStore.test.ts b/test/integration/LockingResourceStore.test.ts
index b1d50ebea..3c04fd9a3 100644
--- a/test/integration/LockingResourceStore.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/LockingResourceStore.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('A LockingResourceStore', (): void => {
 
     const base = 'http://test.com/';
     path = `${base}path`;
-    source = new DataAccessorBasedStore(new InMemoryDataAccessor(base), base, new SingleRootIdentifierStrategy(base));
+    source = new DataAccessorBasedStore(new InMemoryDataAccessor(base), new SingleRootIdentifierStrategy(base));
 
     locker = new SingleThreadedResourceLocker();
     expiringLocker = new WrappedExpiringResourceLocker(locker, 1000);
diff --git a/test/integration/SparqlStorage.test.ts b/test/integration/SparqlStorage.test.ts
index 5c11d164c..e161cfad7 100644
--- a/test/integration/SparqlStorage.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/SparqlStorage.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { describeIf, FileTestHelper } from '../util/TestHelpers';
 describeIf('docker', 'a server with a SPARQL endpoint as storage', (): void => {
   describe('without acl', (): void => {
     const config = new DataAccessorBasedConfig(BASE,
-      new SparqlDataAccessor('http://localhost:4000/sparql', BASE, new SingleRootIdentifierStrategy(BASE)),
+      new SparqlDataAccessor('http://localhost:4000/sparql', new SingleRootIdentifierStrategy(BASE)),
       INTERNAL_QUADS);
     const handler = config.getHttpHandler();
     const fileHelper = new FileTestHelper(handler, new URL(BASE));
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.test.ts
index 02c489898..29a14c642 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/DataAccessorBasedStore.test.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('A DataAccessorBasedStore', (): void => {
   beforeEach(async(): Promise<void> => {
     accessor = new SimpleDataAccessor();
 
-    store = new DataAccessorBasedStore(accessor, root, identifierStrategy);
+    store = new DataAccessorBasedStore(accessor, identifierStrategy);
 
     containerMetadata = new RepresentationMetadata(
       { [RDF.type]: [ DataFactory.namedNode(LDP.Container), DataFactory.namedNode(LDP.BasicContainer) ]},
diff --git a/test/unit/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.test.ts b/test/unit/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.test.ts
index 901331144..935c68780 100644
--- a/test/unit/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/storage/accessors/SparqlDataAccessor.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('A SparqlDataAccessor', (): void => {
     }));
 
     // This needs to be last so the fetcher can be mocked first
-    accessor = new SparqlDataAccessor(endpoint, base, identifierStrategy);
+    accessor = new SparqlDataAccessor(endpoint, identifierStrategy);
   });
 
   it('can only handle quad data.', async(): Promise<void> => {