diff --git a/stginga/_astropy_init.py b/stginga/_astropy_init.py
index dcbf124..fab1fb9 100644
--- a/stginga/_astropy_init.py
+++ b/stginga/_astropy_init.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
 import os
-from warnings import warn
 
-from astropy import config
-from astropy.config.configuration import (
-    ConfigurationDefaultMissingError, ConfigurationDefaultMissingWarning)
 from astropy.tests.runner import TestRunner
 
 try:
@@ -18,26 +14,3 @@
 test.__test__ = False
 
 __all__ = ['__version__', '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:
-            config.configuration.update_default_config(
-                __package__, config_dir, version=__version__)
-        except TypeError as orig_error:
-            try:
-                config.configuration.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