diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases.py b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..796abd82066a2af8b9482fd8ba977aa0e0b5a688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
+
+import bob.bio.db
+
+verafinger = bob.bio.db.VerafingerBioDatabase(
+    original_directory = '/idiap/project/vera/databases/VERA-fingervein',
+    original_extension = '.png',
+    )
+
+utfvp = bob.bio.db.UtfvpBioDatabase(
+    original_directory = '/idiap/resource/database/UTFVP/data',
+    extension = ".png",
+    )
diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/__init__.py b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/putvein.py b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/putvein.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 82e31cf730b45134a2c20b7621d3dbb95ab83793..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/putvein.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
-
-import bob.db.putvein
-
-from bob.bio.base.database import DatabaseBob
-
-directory = "/idiap/resource/database/PUT_Vein_Dataset"
-extension = ".bmp"
-
-#database = Database(
-#    database = bob.db.putvein.Database(
-#      original_directory = directory,
-#      original_extension = extension,
-#      ),
-#    name = 'putvein',
-#    )
diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/utfvp.py b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/utfvp.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 06b47b0fdd094159d887bb93e9ea69be7e140a2f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/utfvp.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
-
-import bob.db.utfvp
-
-from bob.bio.base.database import DatabaseBob
-
-directory = "/idiap/resource/database/UTFVP/data/"
-extension = ".png"
-
-database = DatabaseBob(
-    database = bob.db.utfvp.Database(
-      original_directory = directory,
-      original_extension = extension,
-      ),
-    name = 'utfvp',
-    )
diff --git a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/vera.py b/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/vera.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e9eb58cef7e46305a5da3046739690a7c7e0eb16..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/bob/bio/vein/configurations/databases/vera.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# vim: set fileencoding=utf-8 :
-
-import bob.db.vera
-
-from bob.bio.base.database import DatabaseBob
-
-directory = "/idiap/project/vera"
-extension = ".png"
-
-database = DatabaseBob(
-    database = bob.db.vera.Database(
-      original_directory = directory,
-      original_extension = extension,
-      ),
-    name = 'vera',
-    )