diff --git a/pcl_ros/cfg/Filter.cfg b/pcl_ros/cfg/Filter.cfg
index c6b29abb..398af1aa 100755
--- a/pcl_ros/cfg/Filter.cfg
+++ b/pcl_ros/cfg/Filter.cfg
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 # set up parameters that we care about
 PACKAGE = 'pcl_ros'
 
-import roslib;
-roslib.load_manifest (PACKAGE);
-from dynamic_reconfigure.parameter_generator_catkin import *;
-import Filter_common as common
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
+from common import add_common_parameters
+
+from dynamic_reconfigure.parameter_generator_catkin import *
 
 gen = ParameterGenerator ()
-common.add_common_parameters (gen)
+add_common_parameters (gen)
 
 exit (gen.generate (PACKAGE, "pcl_ros", "Filter"))
 
diff --git a/pcl_ros/cfg/VoxelGrid.cfg b/pcl_ros/cfg/VoxelGrid.cfg
index 71db1e89..332f1f0a 100755
--- a/pcl_ros/cfg/VoxelGrid.cfg
+++ b/pcl_ros/cfg/VoxelGrid.cfg
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 # set up parameters that we care about
 PACKAGE = 'pcl_ros'
 
-import roslib; roslib.load_manifest (PACKAGE);
-from dynamic_reconfigure.parameter_generator_catkin import *;
-import Filter_common as common
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(__file__))
+from common import add_common_parameters
+
+from dynamic_reconfigure.parameter_generator_catkin import *
 
 gen = ParameterGenerator ()
 # def add (self, name, paramtype, level, description, default = None, min = None, max = None, edit_method = ""):
 gen.add ("leaf_size", double_t, 0, "The size of a leaf (on x,y,z) used for downsampling.", 0.01, 0, 1.0)
-common.add_common_parameters (gen)
+add_common_parameters (gen)
 
 exit (gen.generate (PACKAGE, "pcl_ros", "VoxelGrid"))
diff --git a/pcl_ros/cfg/Filter_common.py b/pcl_ros/cfg/common.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pcl_ros/cfg/Filter_common.py
rename to pcl_ros/cfg/common.py