diff --git a/ldv_migrate/bin_xxx/ldv_migrate b/ldv_migrate/bin_xxx/ldv_migrate
deleted file mode 100644
index 329efa4124c9e0a630997123c25cabcae6257c75..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ldv_migrate/bin_xxx/ldv_migrate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import ldv_migrate
-migrate_ldvadmin_to_ldvspec.main()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ldv_migrate/ldv_migrate/connection/retrieve_db_connection.py b/ldv_migrate/ldv_migrate/connection/retrieve_db_connection.py
index 5fbb505c88830cabff072ef65a7fa54aa352fa4e..21f56843eb061e7e21b3c427640d6216281d0aed 100644
--- a/ldv_migrate/ldv_migrate/connection/retrieve_db_connection.py
+++ b/ldv_migrate/ldv_migrate/connection/retrieve_db_connection.py
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import sys
 
 import psycopg2
-try:
-    from connection.config import read_config
-except:
-    from ldv_migrate.connection.config import read_config
-
 import logging
 import argparse
 from sshtunnel import SSHTunnelForwarder
 import os
 
+from ldv_migrate.connection.config import read_config
 
 def connect_postgresql(section):
     """ Connect to the PostgreSQL database server """
diff --git a/ldv_migrate/ldv_migrate/migrate_ldvadmin_to_ldvspec.py b/ldv_migrate/ldv_migrate/migrate_ldvadmin_to_ldvspec.py
index 6d9f2f0758faec02867cb7185c7786723a593a64..e6bee1bb0c7e01a1b81b0b0b01611803ef05c626 100644
--- a/ldv_migrate/ldv_migrate/migrate_ldvadmin_to_ldvspec.py
+++ b/ldv_migrate/ldv_migrate/migrate_ldvadmin_to_ldvspec.py
@@ -22,17 +22,9 @@ import argparse
 import sys
 import math
 
-try:
-    # local imports
-    import connection.retrieve_db_connection as connector
-    from ldv_specification_interface import LDVSpecInterface
-
-except:
-    # installation imports
-    import ldv_migrate.connection.retrieve_db_connection as connector
-    from ldv_migrate.ldv_specification_interface import LDVSpecInterface
-
 
+import ldv_migrate.connection.retrieve_db_connection as connector
+from ldv_migrate.ldv_specification_interface import LDVSpecInterface
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__file__)
 handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)