diff --git a/xbob/io/__init__.py b/xbob/io/__init__.py
index 46f1e34ada001caf59d922400b1ee67f6d67505e..5841825331cf3d1b4f6beba6601f9e0f234203f1 100644
--- a/xbob/io/__init__.py
+++ b/xbob/io/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-from ._convert import convert
-from . import log
-from . import random
-
 def get_include():
   """Returns the directory containing the C/C++ API include directives"""
 
   return __import__('pkg_resources').resource_filename(__name__, 'include')
 
-__all__ = ['convert', 'log', 'random']
+__all__ = []