diff --git a/imexam/_astropy_init.py b/imexam/_astropy_init.py
index 1e229e1..d7a772d 100644
--- a/imexam/_astropy_init.py
+++ b/imexam/_astropy_init.py
@@ -25,36 +25,9 @@
 
 if not _ASTROPY_SETUP_:  # noqa
     import os
-    from warnings import warn
-    from astropy.config.configuration import (
-        update_default_config,
-        ConfigurationDefaultMissingError,
-        ConfigurationDefaultMissingWarning)
 
     # Create the test function for self test
     from astropy.tests.runner import TestRunner
     test = TestRunner.make_test_runner_in(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     test.__test__ = False
     __all__ += ['test']
-
-    # add these here so we only need to cleanup the namespace at the end
-    config_dir = None
-
-    if not os.environ.get('ASTROPY_SKIP_CONFIG_UPDATE', False):
-        config_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-        config_template = os.path.join(config_dir, __package__ + ".cfg")
-        if os.path.isfile(config_template):
-            try:
-                update_default_config(
-                    __package__, config_dir, version=__version__)
-            except TypeError as orig_error:
-                try:
-                    update_default_config(__package__, config_dir)
-                except ConfigurationDefaultMissingError as e:
-                    wmsg = (e.args[0] +
-                            " Cannot install default profile. If you are "
-                            "importing from source, this is expected.")
-                    warn(ConfigurationDefaultMissingWarning(wmsg))
-                    del e
-                except Exception:
-                    raise orig_error