diff --git a/src/bob/bio/vein/__init__.py b/src/bob/bio/vein/__init__.py
index 4163a15ccd4b2c984a8a05a9fa760b9826d6c7c3..010965abd1aaf385776f4d48d87a73a3c8f79b64 100644
--- a/src/bob/bio/vein/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bob/bio/vein/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
 # isort: skip_file
-
-
-def get_config():
-    """Returns a string containing the configuration information."""
-
-    import bob.extension
-
-    return bob.extension.get_config(__name__)
-
-
 # gets sphinx autodoc done right - don't remove it
 __all__ = [_ for _ in dir() if not _.startswith("_")]