diff --git a/.github/workflows/Test.yml b/.github/workflows/Test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffd1522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/Test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: 'Tests'
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  call_workflow:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/Testbase.yml
+    with:
+      python: '3.11'
+      qt5: 'pyqt5'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Testbase.yml b/.github/workflows/Testbase.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..989a2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/Testbase.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Base
+
+on:
+    workflow_call:
+      inputs:
+        python:
+          required: true
+          type: string
+        qt5:
+          required: true
+          type: string
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DISPLAY: ':99.0'
+      QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS: 1
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python }}
+      - name: Install package
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xfixes0 x11-utils
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
+          pip install flake8 pytest pytest-cov pytest-qt pytest-xdist pytest-xvfb setuptools wheel numpy h5py ${{ inputs.qt5 }} toml
+          pip install pymodaq pyqt5
+          pip install -e .
+      - name: create local pymodaq folder and setting permissions
+        run: |
+          sudo mkdir /etc/.pymodaq
+          sudo chmod uo+rw /etc/.pymodaq
+      - name: Linting with flake8
+        run: |
+          # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+          flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics --exclude=src/pymodaq/resources/QtDesigner_Ressources,docs
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: |
+          pytest -n auto
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index cc1ffb5..69806c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -13,19 +13,28 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.x'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools wheel twine toml
-    - name: Build and publish
+        pip install hatch hatchling toml twine
+    - name: Get history and tags for SCM versioning to work
+      run: |
+        git branch
+        git fetch --prune --unshallow
+        git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+        hatch version
+    - name: Build
+      run: hatch build
+    - name: Check the build
+      run: twine check dist/*
+    - name: publish
       env:
-        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
-        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+        HATCH_INDEX_USER: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+        HATCH_INDEX_AUTH: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
       run: |
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-        twine upload dist/*
+        hatch publish
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updater.yml b/.github/workflows/updater.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a80cc91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/updater.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: GitHub Actions Version Updater
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Automatically run at 00:00 on day-of-month 5.
+    - cron:  '0 0 5 * *'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # [Required] Access token with `workflow` scope.
+          token: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_SECRET }}
+
+      - name: Run GitHub Actions Version Updater
+        uses: saadmk11/github-actions-version-updater@v0.8.1
+        with:
+          # [Required] Access token with `workflow` scope.
+          token: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_SECRET }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hatch_build.py b/hatch_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0208ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hatch_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from hatchling.metadata.plugin.interface import MetadataHookInterface
+from pymodaq_utils.resources.hatch_build_plugins import update_metadata_from_toml
+
+here = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
+
+
+class PluginInfoTomlHook(MetadataHookInterface):
+    def update(self, metadata: dict) -> None:
+        update_metadata_from_toml(metadata, here)
diff --git a/plugin_info.toml b/plugin_info.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c5ad51..0000000
--- a/plugin_info.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-## To modify by developper(s) of the plugin
-
-[plugin-info]
-SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME = 'andor'  #for instance daqmx
-package-url = 'https://github.com/PyMoDAQ/pymodaq_plugins_andor' #to modify
-description = 'Set of PyMoDAQ plugins for Andor Camera (CCD camera using SDK2, SCMOS cameras using SDK3...)'
-
-author = 'Sébastien Weber'
-author-email = 'sebastien.weber@cemes.fr'
-license = 'MIT'
-
-[plugin-install]
-#packages required for your plugin:
-packages-required = ['pymodaq>=4.0']
-##
-
-[features]  # defines the plugin features contained into this plugin
-instruments = true  # true if plugin contains instrument classes (else false, notice the lowercase for toml files)
-extensions = false  # true if plugins contains dashboard extensions
-pid_models = false  # true if plugins contains pid models
-h5exporters = false  # true if plugin contains custom h5 file exporters
-scanners = false  # true if plugin contains custom scan layout (daq_scan extensions)
-
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9edb929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+[features]  # defines the plugin features contained into this plugin
+instruments = true  # true if plugin contains instrument classes (else false, notice the lowercase for toml files)
+extensions = false  # true if plugins contains dashboard extensions
+models = false  # true if plugins contains pid models
+h5exporters = false  # true if plugin contains custom h5 file exporters
+scanners = false  # true if plugin contains custom scan layout (daq_scan extensions)
+
+[urls]
+package-url = 'https://github.com/PyMoDAQ/pymodaq_plugins_andor'
+
+[project]
+name = "pymodaq_plugins_andor"
+description = 'Set of PyMoDAQ plugins for Andor Camera (CCD camera using SDK2, SCMOS cameras using SDK3...)'
+dependencies = [
+    "pymodaq>=5.0.0",
+    #todo: list here all dependencies your package may have
+]
+
+authors = [
+    {name = "Weber Sébastien", email = 'sebastien.weber@cemes.fr'},
+    #todo: list here all authors of your plugin
+]
+maintainers = [
+    {name = "Weber Sébastien", email = 'sebastien.weber@cemes.fr'},
+    #todo: list here all maintainers of your plugin
+]
+
+# nottodo: leave everything below as is!
+
+dynamic = ["version", "urls", "entry-points"]
+readme = "README.rst"
+license = { file="LICENSE" }
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: User Interfaces",
+]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "hatchling>=1.9.0",
+    "hatch-vcs", "toml",
+    "pymodaq_utils>=0.0.6",
+]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.custom]
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+source = "vcs"
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a691fd..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-import toml
-
-config = toml.load('./plugin_info.toml')
-SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME = config['plugin-info']['SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME']
-PLUGIN_NAME = f"pymodaq_plugins_{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME}"
-
-
-from pathlib import Path
-
-with open(str(Path(__file__).parent.joinpath(f'src/{PLUGIN_NAME}/resources/VERSION')), 'r') as fvers:
-    version = fvers.read().strip()
-
-
-with open('README.rst') as fd:
-    long_description = fd.read()
-
-setupOpts = dict(
-    name=PLUGIN_NAME,
-    description=config['plugin-info']['description'],
-    long_description=long_description,
-    license=config['plugin-info']['license'],
-    url=config['plugin-info']['package-url'],
-    author=config['plugin-info']['author'],
-    author_email=config['plugin-info']['author-email'],
-    classifiers=[
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
-        "Environment :: Other Environment",
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
-        "Topic :: Software Development :: User Interfaces",
-    ], )
-
-
-entrypoints = {}
-if 'features' in config:
-    if config['features'].get('instruments', False):
-        entrypoints['pymodaq.instruments'] = f'{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}'
-    if config['features'].get('extensions', False):
-        entrypoints['pymodaq.extensions'] = f'{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}'
-    if config['features'].get('pid_models', False):
-        entrypoints['pymodaq.pid_models'] = f'{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}'
-    if config['features'].get('h5exporters', False):
-        entrypoints['pymodaq.h5exporters'] = f'{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}'
-    if config['features'].get('scanners', False):
-        entrypoints['pymodaq.scanners'] = f'{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}'
-else:
-    entrypoints['pymodaq.instruments'] = f'{SHORT_PLUGIN_NAME} = {PLUGIN_NAME}'
-
-setup(
-    version=version,
-    packages=find_packages(where='./src'),
-    package_dir={'': 'src'},
-    include_package_data=True,
-    entry_points=entrypoints,
-    install_requires=['toml', ]+config['plugin-install']['packages-required'],
-    **setupOpts
-)
-
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/__init__.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/__init__.py
index 8fb6782..5f56a75 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from pymodaq.utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
+from pymodaq_utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
 
-with open(str(Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('resources/VERSION')), 'r') as fvers:
-    __version__ = fvers.read().strip()
+from pathlib import Path
+from .utils import Config
+from pymodaq_utils.utils import get_version, PackageNotFoundError
+
+config = Config()
+try:
+    __version__ = get_version(__package__)
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = '0.0.0dev'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_move_plugins/daq_move_Shamrock.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_move_plugins/daq_move_Shamrock.py
index 50c1ec0..aa45896 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_move_plugins/daq_move_Shamrock.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_move_plugins/daq_move_Shamrock.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 from easydict import EasyDict as edict
 from pymodaq.control_modules.move_utility_classes import DAQ_Move_base, comon_parameters_fun, main
-from pymodaq.utils.daq_utils import ThreadCommand
+from pymodaq_utils.utils import ThreadCommand
 from pymodaq_plugins_andor.hardware import shamrock_sdk
 
 
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockCCD.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockCCD.py
index 8c113c5..0f30f78 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockCCD.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockCCD.py
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import numpy as np
 from qtpy import QtWidgets
 
-from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_viewer_plugins.plugins_2D.daq_2Dviewer_AndorCCD import DAQ_2DViewer_AndorCCD
-from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_move_plugins.daq_move_Shamrock import DAQ_Move_Shamrock
+from pymodaq_utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
+from pymodaq_utils.utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
+
+from pymodaq_gui.parameter import utils as putils
 
-from pymodaq.utils.daq_utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
 from pymodaq.utils.data import Axis, DataFromPlugins
-from pymodaq.utils.parameter import utils as putils
 from pymodaq.control_modules.viewer_utility_classes import main
-from pymodaq.utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
+
+from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_viewer_plugins.plugins_2D.daq_2Dviewer_AndorCCD import DAQ_2DViewer_AndorCCD
+from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_move_plugins.daq_move_Shamrock import DAQ_Move_Shamrock
+
 
 logger = set_logger(get_module_name(__file__))
 
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockCCDComposition.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockCCDComposition.py
index 5e8d3ff..421029d 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockCCDComposition.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockCCDComposition.py
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import numpy as np
 from qtpy import QtWidgets
 
-from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_viewer_plugins.plugins_2D.daq_2Dviewer_AndorCCD import DAQ_2DViewer_AndorCCD
-from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_move_plugins.daq_move_Shamrock import DAQ_Move_Shamrock
+from pymodaq_utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
+from pymodaq_utils.utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
+
+from pymodaq_gui.parameter import utils as putils
 
-from pymodaq.utils.daq_utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
 from pymodaq.utils.data import Axis, DataFromPlugins, DataToExport
-from pymodaq.utils.parameter import utils as putils
 from pymodaq.control_modules.viewer_utility_classes import main, DAQ_Viewer_base, comon_parameters
-from pymodaq.utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
+
+from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_viewer_plugins.plugins_2D.daq_2Dviewer_AndorCCD import DAQ_2DViewer_AndorCCD
+from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_move_plugins.daq_move_Shamrock import DAQ_Move_Shamrock
 
 logger = set_logger(get_module_name(__file__))
 
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockSCMOS.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockSCMOS.py
index 17c29e7..f351f8b 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockSCMOS.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockSCMOS.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
-from ..plugins_2D.daq_2Dviewer_AndorSCMOS import DAQ_2DViewer_AndorSCMOS
-from ...daq_move_plugins.daq_move_Shamrock import DAQ_Move_Shamrock
 
 import numpy as np
-from pymodaq.utils.daq_utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
-from pymodaq.utils.data import Axis, DataFromPlugins
-from pymodaq.utils.parameter import utils as putils
 from qtpy import QtWidgets
+
+from pymodaq_utils.utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
 from pymodaq.utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
 
-logger = set_logger(get_module_name(__file__))
+from pymodaq_gui.parameter import utils as putils
 
+from pymodaq.utils.data import Axis, DataFromPlugins
+
+from ..plugins_2D.daq_2Dviewer_AndorSCMOS import DAQ_2DViewer_AndorSCMOS
+from ...daq_move_plugins.daq_move_Shamrock import DAQ_Move_Shamrock
+
+logger = set_logger(get_module_name(__file__))
 
 
 class DAQ_1DViewer_ShamrockSCMOS(DAQ_2DViewer_AndorSCMOS, DAQ_Move_Shamrock):
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockSCMOSComposition.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockSCMOSComposition.py
index dd98ffd..2bad1ee 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockSCMOSComposition.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_1D/daq_1Dviewer_ShamrockSCMOSComposition.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 import numpy as np
 from qtpy import QtWidgets
+from time import perf_counter
 
-from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_viewer_plugins.plugins_2D.daq_2Dviewer_AndorSCMOS import DAQ_2DViewer_AndorSCMOS
-from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_move_plugins.daq_move_Shamrock import DAQ_Move_Shamrock
+from pymodaq_utils.utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
+from pymodaq_utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
+
+from pymodaq_gui.parameter import utils as putils
 
-from pymodaq.utils.daq_utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
 from pymodaq.utils.data import Axis, DataFromPlugins, DataToExport
-from pymodaq.utils.parameter import utils as putils
 from pymodaq.control_modules.viewer_utility_classes import main, DAQ_Viewer_base, comon_parameters
-from pymodaq.utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
-from time import perf_counter
+
+
+from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_viewer_plugins.plugins_2D.daq_2Dviewer_AndorSCMOS import DAQ_2DViewer_AndorSCMOS
+from pymodaq_plugins_andor.daq_move_plugins.daq_move_Shamrock import DAQ_Move_Shamrock
 
 logger = set_logger(get_module_name(__file__))
 
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_2D/daq_2Dviewer_AndorCCD.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_2D/daq_2Dviewer_AndorCCD.py
index fff5223..d35074f 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_2D/daq_2Dviewer_AndorCCD.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_2D/daq_2Dviewer_AndorCCD.py
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
 import platform
 from qtpy import QtWidgets, QtCore
 from easydict import EasyDict as edict
-from pymodaq.control_modules.viewer_utility_classes import DAQ_Viewer_base, comon_parameters, main
 
+from pymodaq_utils.utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
+from pymodaq_gui.parameter.utils import iter_children
+
+from pymodaq.control_modules.viewer_utility_classes import DAQ_Viewer_base, comon_parameters, main
 from pymodaq.utils.data import DataFromPlugins, Axis, DataToExport
-from pymodaq.utils.daq_utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val
-from pymodaq.utils.parameter.utils import iter_children
 
 from pymodaq_plugins_andor.hardware.andor_sdk2 import sdk2
 
-
 libpath = sdk2.dllpath
 camera_list = sdk2.AndorSDK.GetCamerasInfo()
 
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_2D/daq_2Dviewer_AndorSCMOS.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_2D/daq_2Dviewer_AndorSCMOS.py
index 6056b05..a0f77a8 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_2D/daq_2Dviewer_AndorSCMOS.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_2D/daq_2Dviewer_AndorSCMOS.py
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 import numpy as np
 from qtpy import QtWidgets, QtCore
 
+from pymodaq_utils.utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val, zeros_aligned
+from pymodaq_utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
+
+from pymodaq_gui.parameter.utils import iter_children
+
 from pymodaq.control_modules.viewer_utility_classes import DAQ_Viewer_base, comon_parameters, main
-from pymodaq.utils.logger import set_logger, get_module_name
 from pymodaq.utils.data import DataFromPlugins, Axis
-from pymodaq.utils.daq_utils import ThreadCommand, find_dict_in_list_from_key_val, zeros_aligned
-from pymodaq.utils.parameter.utils import iter_children
+
 
 arch, plat = platform.architecture()
 from time import perf_counter
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_ND/__init__.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_ND/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index f02f55f..0000000
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/daq_viewer_plugins/plugins_ND/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import importlib
-from pathlib import Path
-from ... import set_logger, get_module_name
-logger = set_logger('move_plugins', add_to_console=False)
-
-for path in Path(__file__).parent.iterdir():
-    try:
-        if '__init__' not in str(path):
-            importlib.import_module('.' + path.stem, __package__)
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.warning("{:} plugin couldn't be loaded due to some missing packages or errors: {:}".format(path.stem, str(e)))
-        pass
-
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/resources/VERSION b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/resources/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 45a1b3f..0000000
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/resources/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.1.2
diff --git a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/utils.py b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/utils.py
index 1f225ab..4981b95 100644
--- a/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/utils.py
+++ b/src/pymodaq_plugins_andor/utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 """
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from pymodaq.utils.config import BaseConfig, USER
+from pymodaq_utils.config import BaseConfig, USER
 
 
 class Config(BaseConfig):