diff --git a/src/hyfi/about/__init__.py b/src/hyfi/about/__init__.py
index 835ed620..4540a4f4 100644
--- a/src/hyfi/about/__init__.py
+++ b/src/hyfi/about/__init__.py
@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@
 It also defines the model_config attribute, which is a ConfigDict that allows
 extra configuration options to be added to the AboutConfig instance.
 """
-import os
-from pathlib import Path
-
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 
 from hyfi.utils.logging import LOGGING
 
 logger = LOGGING.getLogger(__name__)
 
-__hyfi_package_name__: str = "hyfi"
-__hyfi_package_path__: str = Path(__file__).parent.parent.as_posix()
 __hyfi_name__: str = "HyFI"
 __hyfi_authors__: str = "Young Joon Lee <entelecheia@hotmail.com>"
 __hyfi_description__: str = (
@@ -25,75 +20,23 @@
 __hyfi_license__: str = "MIT"
 
 
-def __hyfi_version__() -> str:
-    """
-    Returns the version of HyFI.
-
-    Returns:
-        string containing the version of HyFI
-    """
-    from hyfi._version import __version__
-
-    return __version__
-
-
 class AboutConfig(BaseModel):
     """A Pydantic BaseModel that contains metadata about the package.
 
     Attributes:
-        __package_name__ (str): The name of the package.
-        __user_config_path__ (str): The path to the user configuration directory.
         name (str): The display name of the package.
         authors (str): The author(s) of the package.
         description (str): A brief description of the package.
         homepage (str): The URL of the package's homepage.
         license (str): The license under which the package is distributed.
-        version (str): The version number of the package.
-        model_config (ConfigDict): A ConfigDict that allows extra configuration
-            options to be added to the AboutConfig instance.
     """
 
     _config_group_: str = "about"
-    __package_name__: str = __hyfi_package_name__
-    __package_path__: str = __hyfi_package_path__
-    __user_config_path__: str = "config"
-    __version__: str = __hyfi_version__()
 
     name: str = __hyfi_name__
     authors: str = __hyfi_authors__
     description: str = __hyfi_description__
     homepage: str = __hyfi_homepage__
     license: str = __hyfi_license__
-    version: str = __hyfi_version__()
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")  # type: ignore
-
-    @property
-    def config_module(self) -> str:
-        """Returns the name of the configuration module."""
-        return f"{self.__package_name__}.conf"
-
-    @property
-    def config_path(self) -> str:
-        """Returns the path to the configuration module."""
-        return f"pkg://{self.config_module}"
-
-    @property
-    def user_config_path(self) -> str:
-        """Returns the path to the user configuration directory."""
-        # if user_config_path is not an absolute path, make it absolute
-        search_path = self.__user_config_path__
-        if not os.path.isdir(search_path):
-            search_path = os.environ.get("HYFI_USER_CONFIG_PATH", "")
-        if os.path.isdir(search_path):
-            self.__user_config_path__ = (
-                search_path
-                if os.path.isabs(search_path)
-                else os.path.join(os.getcwd(), search_path)
-            )
-        else:
-            logger.debug(
-                "The user configuration directory does not exist: %s", search_path
-            )
-            self.__user_config_path__ = ""
-        return self.__user_config_path__