diff --git a/scripts/plotLocations.sh b/scripts/plotLocations.sh
index a3bedd2c73939a8497ee26668e8720edff8720ce..bd6b1b3f2692419baabd5aef31fe5781d6951061 100755
--- a/scripts/plotLocations.sh
+++ b/scripts/plotLocations.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ convert -density 150 -flatten -antialias +repage "$out.pdf" "$out.png"
 ### Clean up
 rm "$out.ps"
 rm "$COLORMAP"
-gmt clear conf
-
+rm gmt.conf
 
 exit
diff --git a/scripts/plotLocations_Basel.sh b/scripts/plotLocations_Basel.sh
index dd546948e354a4f9873361cee345a3f482b7954e..8a927904ce5118ac67ba7ad555c8db2c4127eca3 100755
--- a/scripts/plotLocations_Basel.sh
+++ b/scripts/plotLocations_Basel.sh
@@ -310,6 +310,6 @@ convert -density 150 -flatten -antialias +repage "$out.pdf" "$out.png"
 rm -f tmp*
 rm "$out.ps"
 rm "$COLORMAP"
-gmt clear conf
+rm gmt.conf
 
 exit
diff --git a/scripts/plotLocations_Basel_media.sh b/scripts/plotLocations_Basel_media.sh
index 4de9f4a8b166b9b8732d6f7b2b8c49ad9d5bbaa0..bc0d4ad9401a0f02e18ab4c0a62c92e8ba904b75 100644
--- a/scripts/plotLocations_Basel_media.sh
+++ b/scripts/plotLocations_Basel_media.sh
@@ -146,6 +146,6 @@ convert -density 150 -flatten -antialias +repage "$out.pdf" "$out.png"
 rm -f tmp*
 rm "$out.ps"
 rm "$COLORMAP"
-gmt clear conf
+rm gmt.conf
 
 exit
diff --git a/scripts/plotLocations_all.sh b/scripts/plotLocations_all.sh
index 1868d79cad0321cbfac4ccc8121a3692ec01e6b2..1dea01b2cea2f1b691e192c3c025f3e12b11aab0 100755
--- a/scripts/plotLocations_all.sh
+++ b/scripts/plotLocations_all.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ convert -density 150 -flatten -antialias +repage -border 4 -bordercolor White $o
 rm -f tmp*
 rm $out.ps
 rm $COLORMAP
-gmt clear conf
+rm gmt.conf
 
 exit
diff --git a/scripts/plotTimeline.sh b/scripts/plotTimeline.sh
index 2dca0a2580362b4a50a3402c4962412a9c118699..106cd67bcf85ed4138ad0165c98f4dc9f6983af7 100755
--- a/scripts/plotTimeline.sh
+++ b/scripts/plotTimeline.sh
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ esac
 
 rm "$out.ps"
 rm "$COLORMAP"
-gmt clear conf
+rm gmt.conf
+
 
 exit