diff --git a/CONFIG b/CONFIG
index 31a9c34c8..6d5226c89 100644
--- a/CONFIG
+++ b/CONFIG
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # "set"-syntax needed only for tcsh (but works with bash and zsh)
 # DAMASK_ROOT will be expanded
 
-set DAMASK_BIN            = ${DAMASK_ROOT}/bin
-
 set DAMASK_NUM_THREADS    = 4
 
 set MSC_ROOT              = /opt/msc
diff --git a/installation/symlink_Processing.py b/installation/symlink_Processing.py
index 60f8d3639..90497c0eb 100755
--- a/installation/symlink_Processing.py
+++ b/installation/symlink_Processing.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import damask
 
 damaskEnv = damask.Environment()
 baseDir = damaskEnv.relPath('processing/')
-binDir = damaskEnv.options['DAMASK_BIN']
+binDir  = damaskEnv.relPath('bin/')
 
 if not os.path.isdir(binDir):
   os.mkdir(binDir)
diff --git a/python/damask/environment.py b/python/damask/environment.py
index 0b77c94d2..21eb24694 100644
--- a/python/damask/environment.py
+++ b/python/damask/environment.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: UTF-8 no BOM -*-
 
-import os,subprocess,shlex,re
+import os,re
 
 class Environment():
   __slots__ = [ \