diff --git a/advlabdb/adminModelViews.py b/advlabdb/adminModelViews.py
index 1ed0700..521caaa 100644
--- a/advlabdb/adminModelViews.py
+++ b/advlabdb/adminModelViews.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from wtforms.widgets import NumberInput
 
 from . import adminSpace, app, assistantSpace, db, user_datastore
 from .advlabdb_independent_funs import flashRandomPassword
-from .configUtils import getConfig
 from .customClasses import (
     CustomIdEndpointLinkRowAction,
     SecureAdminBaseView,
diff --git a/advlabdb/configUtils.py b/advlabdb/configUtils.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 923e1e0..0000000
--- a/advlabdb/configUtils.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import json
-
-
-def getConfig(label):
-    with open("config.json", "r") as f:
-        return json.load(f)[label]  # TODO: error handling
-
-
-def setConfig(label, value, new=False):
-    with open("config.json", "r") as f:
-        config = json.load(f)
-
-    if new and (label in config):
-        # Setting is not new! # TODO
-        return False
-
-    if not new and (label not in config):
-        # Tried to update a setting which is new! # TODO
-        return False
-
-    config[label] = value
-
-    with open("config.json", "w") as f:
-        json.dump(config, f)
-
-    return True
diff --git a/advlabdb/models.py b/advlabdb/models.py
index 4c21ab8..676d1b7 100644
--- a/advlabdb/models.py
+++ b/advlabdb/models.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from flask_security.models.fsqla_v2 import FsRoleMixin, FsUserMixin
 from sqlalchemy import select
 
 from . import db
-from .configUtils import getConfig
 from .exceptions import DataBaseException
 from .model_independent_funs import get_first