diff --git a/ipaplatform/base/paths.py b/ipaplatform/base/paths.py
index e94cb9d02..ff80eab98 100644
--- a/ipaplatform/base/paths.py
+++ b/ipaplatform/base/paths.py
@@ -346,6 +346,3 @@ class BasePathNamespace(object):
     BAK2DB = '/usr/sbin/bak2db'
     DB2BAK = '/usr/sbin/db2bak'
     KDCPROXY_CONFIG = '/etc/ipa/kdcproxy/kdcproxy.conf'
-
-
-path_namespace = BasePathNamespace
diff --git a/ipaplatform/base/tasks.py b/ipaplatform/base/tasks.py
index 10c5e835d..08fdb494a 100644
--- a/ipaplatform/base/tasks.py
+++ b/ipaplatform/base/tasks.py
@@ -217,6 +217,3 @@ class BaseTaskNamespace(object):
         :return: object implementing proper __cmp__ method for version compare
         """
         return parse_version(version)
-
-
-task_namespace = BaseTaskNamespace()