diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index f0260ef5..7e45c47a 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
-	cerrors "github.com/coreos/clair/utils/errors"
 	"github.com/fernet/fernet-go"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
+// ErrDatasourceNotLoaded is returned when the datasource variable in the configuration file is not loaded properly
+var ErrDatasourceNotLoaded = errors.New("could not load configuration: no database source specified")
+
 // File represents a YAML configuration file that namespaces all Clair
 // configuration under the top-level "clair" key.
 type File struct {
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ func Load(path string) (config *Config, err error) {
 	config = &cfgFile.Clair
 
 	if config.Database.Source == "" {
-		err = cerrors.ErrDatasourceNotLoaded
+		err = ErrDatasourceNotLoaded
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index abea170c..dec03fd2 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	cerrors "github.com/coreos/clair/utils/errors"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ func TestLoadWrongConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 
 	_, err = Load(tmpfile.Name())
 
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, cerrors.ErrDatasourceNotLoaded.Error())
+	assert.EqualError(t, err, ErrDatasourceNotLoaded.Error())
 }
 
 func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/utils/errors/errors.go b/utils/errors/errors.go
index 00b7b089..65508f2b 100644
--- a/utils/errors/errors.go
+++ b/utils/errors/errors.go
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ var (
 
 	// ErrCouldNotParse is returned when a fetcher fails to parse the update data.
 	ErrCouldNotParse = errors.New("updater/fetchers: could not parse")
-
-	// ErrDatasourceNotLoaded is returned when the datasource variable in the configuration file is not loaded properly
-	ErrDatasourceNotLoaded = errors.New("could not load datasource configuration properly")
 )
 
 // ErrBadRequest occurs when a method has been passed an inappropriate argument.