diff --git a/python/hpsmc/tools.py b/python/hpsmc/tools.py
index 550825763..38d11428a 100644
--- a/python/hpsmc/tools.py
+++ b/python/hpsmc/tools.py
@@ -235,22 +235,15 @@ def config(self, parser):
             if os.getenv("CONDITIONS_URL", None) is not None:
                 self.conditions_url = os.getenv("CONDITIONS_URL", None)
                 logger.debug('Set CONDITIONS_URL from environment: {}'.format(self.hps_java_bin_jar))
-        if self.hps_fieldmaps_dir is None:
-            self.hps_fieldmaps_dir = "{}/share/fieldmap".format(self.hpsmc_dir)
-            if not os.path.isdir(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir):
-                raise Exception("The fieldmaps dir does not exist: {}".format(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir))
-            logger.debug("Using fieldmap dir from install: {}".format(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir))
-        else:
-            logger.debug("Using fieldmap dir from config: {}".format(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir))
 
     def required_config(self):
         """!
         Return list of required configurations.
-
-        Required configurations are: **hps_java_bin_jar**, **hps_fieldmaps_dir**
+        
+        Required configurations are: hps_java_bin_jar
         @retun list of required configurations.
         """
-        return ['hps_java_bin_jar', 'hps_fieldmaps_dir']
+        return ['hps_java_bin_jar']
 
     def setup(self):
         """! Setup JobManager component."""
@@ -261,12 +254,6 @@ def setup(self):
             raise Exception("Steering '%s' not found in: %s" % (self.steering, self.steering_files))
         self.steering_file = self.steering_files[self.steering]
 
-        logger.debug('Creating sym link to fieldmap dir: {}'.format(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir))
-        if not os.path.islink(os.getcwd() + os.path.sep + "fieldmap"):
-            os.symlink(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir, "fieldmap")
-        else:
-            logger.warning('Link to fieldmap dir already exists!')
-
     def cmd_args(self):
         """!
         Setup command arguments.
@@ -926,11 +913,11 @@ def __init__(self, name, java_class, **kwargs):
     def required_config(self):
         """!
         Return list of required config.
-
-        Required config are: **hps_java_bin_jar**, **hps_fieldmaps_dir**
+        
+        Required config are: **hps_java_bin_jar**
         @return list of required config
         """
-        return ['hps_java_bin_jar', 'hps_fieldmaps_dir']
+        return ['hps_java_bin_jar']
 
     def cmd_args(self):
         """!
@@ -949,24 +936,6 @@ def cmd_args(self):
         args.append(self.java_class)
         return args
 
-    def config(self, parser):
-        super().config(parser)
-        if self.hps_fieldmaps_dir is None:
-            self.hps_fieldmaps_dir = "{}/share/fieldmap".format(self.hpsmc_dir)
-            if not os.path.isdir(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir):
-                raise Exception("The fieldmaps dir does not exist: {}".format(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir))
-            logger.debug("Using fieldmap dir from install: {}".format(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir))
-        else:
-            logger.debug("Using fieldmap dir from config: {}".format(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir))
-
-    def setup(self):
-        logger.debug('Creating sym link to fieldmap dir: {}'.format(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir))
-        if not os.path.islink(os.getcwd() + os.path.sep + "fieldmap"):
-            os.symlink(self.hps_fieldmaps_dir, "fieldmap")
-        else:
-            logger.warning('Link to fieldmap dir already exists!')
-
-
 class EvioToLcio(JavaTool):
     """!
     Convert EVIO events to LCIO using the hps-java EvioToLcio command line tool.
@@ -1016,7 +985,6 @@ def optional_parameters(self):
 
     def setup(self):
         """! Setup EvioToLcio component."""
-        super().setup()
         if self.steering not in self.steering_files:
             raise Exception("Steering '%s' not found in: %s" % (self.steering, self.steering_files))
         self.steering_file = self.steering_files[self.steering]