diff --git a/scripts/plotLocations.sh b/scripts/plotLocations.sh
index bd6b1b3f2692419baabd5aef31fe5781d6951061..a3bedd2c73939a8497ee26668e8720edff8720ce 100755
--- a/scripts/plotLocations.sh
+++ b/scripts/plotLocations.sh
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ convert -density 150 -flatten -antialias +repage "$out.pdf" "$out.png"
 ### Clean up
 rm "$out.ps"
 rm "$COLORMAP"
-rm gmt.conf
+gmt clear conf
+
 
 exit
diff --git a/scripts/plotLocations_Basel.sh b/scripts/plotLocations_Basel.sh
index 8a927904ce5118ac67ba7ad555c8db2c4127eca3..dd546948e354a4f9873361cee345a3f482b7954e 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"
-rm gmt.conf
+gmt clear conf
 
 exit
diff --git a/scripts/plotLocations_Basel_media.sh b/scripts/plotLocations_Basel_media.sh
index bc0d4ad9401a0f02e18ab4c0a62c92e8ba904b75..4de9f4a8b166b9b8732d6f7b2b8c49ad9d5bbaa0 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"
-rm gmt.conf
+gmt clear conf
 
 exit
diff --git a/scripts/plotLocations_all.sh b/scripts/plotLocations_all.sh
index 1dea01b2cea2f1b691e192c3c025f3e12b11aab0..1868d79cad0321cbfac4ccc8121a3692ec01e6b2 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
-rm gmt.conf
+gmt clear conf
 
 exit
diff --git a/scripts/plotTimeline.sh b/scripts/plotTimeline.sh
index 97f4d552215059bff18c60e79980492bb98895b6..14e96f140e2a723f454cdc198f7d5a6bb50fff56 100755
--- a/scripts/plotTimeline.sh
+++ b/scripts/plotTimeline.sh
@@ -658,7 +658,6 @@ esac
 
 rm "$out.ps"
 rm "$COLORMAP"
-rm gmt.conf
-
+gmt clear conf
 
 exit