diff --git a/src/bob/pad/base/__init__.py b/src/bob/pad/base/__init__.py
index 10765076215e9cc6d74621b7cfbffb279abff0ef..9e6fb4ebc5a14df31da6cef271f8541721efb933 100644
--- a/src/bob/pad/base/__init__.py
+++ b/src/bob/pad/base/__init__.py
@@ -3,13 +3,5 @@ from . import database  # noqa: F401
 from . import error_utils  # noqa: F401
 from . import script  # noqa: F401
 
-
-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("_")]