diff --git a/src/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py b/src/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
index 8f38b0fbd07a0680d2ffd7d707742d1aca70a8bb..079e4188e11804cdbfd62d63982153ae89d21238 100644
--- a/src/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
+++ b/src/bob/bio/vein/database/utfvp.py
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
   Utfvp database implementation
 """
 
+from clapp.rc import UserDefaults
 from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
 
 import bob.io.base
 
 from bob.bio.base.database import CSVDatabase, FileSampleLoader
 from bob.bio.vein.database.roi_annotation import ROIAnnotation
-from bob.extension import rc
+
+rc = UserDefaults("~/.bobrc")
 
 
 class UtfvpDatabase(CSVDatabase):
diff --git a/src/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger_contactless.py b/src/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger_contactless.py
index 9e998d798c886cbc18c92865d99ca0971519765d..54af332a20e722b94b8a8186cd27e76561b37d69 100644
--- a/src/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger_contactless.py
+++ b/src/bob/bio/vein/database/verafinger_contactless.py
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
   VERA-Fingervein-Contactless database implementation
 """
 
+from clapp.rc import UserDefaults
+
 import bob.io.base
 
 from bob.bio.base.database import CSVDatabase, FileSampleLoader
-from bob.extension import rc
+
+rc = UserDefaults("~/.bobrc")
 
 
 class VerafingerContactless(CSVDatabase):