diff --git a/configure/CONFIG b/configure/CONFIG
index 2b63d799534642f6668381add1905aa03dce47c7..8772be7505d5eb1af55d86c2f74542cbffe5e1e6 100644
--- a/configure/CONFIG
+++ b/configure/CONFIG
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ include $(TOP)/configure/CONFIG_MODULE
 endif
 
 E3_REQUIRE_LOCATION := $(EPICS_BASE)/$(E3_REQUIRE_NAME)/$(E3_REQUIRE_VERSION)
-REQUIRE_CONFIG := $(E3_REQUIRE_LOCATION)/configure
 
-include $(REQUIRE_CONFIG)/CONFIG
+
+include $(E3_REQUIRE_LOCATION)/configure/CONFIG
 
diff --git a/configure/RULES b/configure/RULES
index 978c976f8d298955277c6cd5ad14c7cda98db013..96cc1d180eecd24481bf84947a41d983b4b7bab6 100644
--- a/configure/RULES
+++ b/configure/RULES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-include $(REQUIRE_CONFIG)/RULES_SITEMODS
+include $(E3_REQUIRE_CONFIG)/RULES_SITEMODS
 
 include $(TOP)/configure/module/RULES_MODULE
 -include $(TOP)/configure/module/RULES_DKMS_L
diff --git a/configure/module/RULES_MODULE b/configure/module/RULES_MODULE
index b8df260665c81e17847bb010e97dfa167e38d2f6..80566955f120c7c1155c2fcd90fd3ab082f67042 100644
--- a/configure/module/RULES_MODULE
+++ b/configure/module/RULES_MODULE
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #
-.PHONY: db hdrs epics epics-clean
-
-db: conf
-	$(QUIET) $(E3_MODULE_MAKE_CMDS) db
+.PHONY: hdrs epics epics-clean
 
 hdrs:
 #	$(SUDO) install -m 755 -d $(E3_MODULES_INSTALL_LOCATION_INC)/pv
diff --git a/memDisplay.Makefile b/memDisplay.Makefile
index 1f1a223d907e3e1ebc9f8f44d4bf6ba57472f8bb..373900a88e137de3afc9ed0c02d7891f5bd56fb6 100644
--- a/memDisplay.Makefile
+++ b/memDisplay.Makefile
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@
 
 where_am_I := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 include $(E3_REQUIRE_TOOLS)/driver.makefile
-include $(E3_REQUIRE_CONFIG)/DECOUPLE_FLAGS
-
-ifneq ($(strip $(SYMBOLNAME_DEP_VERSION)),)
-symbolname_VERSION=$(SYMBOLNAME_DEP_VERSION)
-endif
-
-
 
 
 APP:=memDisplay
@@ -46,7 +39,6 @@ DBDS = memDisplay.dbd
 
 # db rule is the default in RULES_E3, so add the empty one
 
-db:
 #
 .PHONY: vlibs
 vlibs: