diff --git a/python/vyos/component_version.py b/python/vyos/component_version.py
index a4e318d08..84e0ae51a 100644
--- a/python/vyos/component_version.py
+++ b/python/vyos/component_version.py
@@ -1,192 +1,192 @@
 # Copyright 2022 VyOS maintainers and contributors <maintainers@vyos.io>
 #
 # This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 #
 # This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 # Lesser General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 # License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 """
 Functions for reading/writing component versions.
 
 The config file version string has the following form:
 
 VyOS 1.3/1.4:
 
 // Warning: Do not remove the following line.
 // vyos-config-version: "broadcast-relay@1:cluster@1:config-management@1:conntrack@3:conntrack-sync@2:dhcp-relay@2:dhcp-server@6:dhcpv6-server@1:dns-forwarding@3:firewall@5:https@2:interfaces@22:ipoe-server@1:ipsec@5:isis@1:l2tp@3:lldp@1:mdns@1:nat@5:ntp@1:pppoe-server@5:pptp@2:qos@1:quagga@8:rpki@1:salt@1:snmp@2:ssh@2:sstp@3:system@21:vrrp@2:vyos-accel-ppp@2:wanloadbalance@3:webproxy@2:zone-policy@1"
 // Release version: 1.3.0
 
 VyOS 1.2:
 
 /* Warning: Do not remove the following line. */
 /* === vyatta-config-version: "broadcast-relay@1:cluster@1:config-management@1:conntrack-sync@1:conntrack@1:dhcp-relay@2:dhcp-server@5:dns-forwarding@1:firewall@5:ipsec@5:l2tp@1:mdns@1:nat@4:ntp@1:pppoe-server@2:pptp@1:qos@1:quagga@7:snmp@1:ssh@1:system@10:vrrp@2:wanloadbalance@3:webgui@1:webproxy@2:zone-policy@1" === */
 /* Release version: 1.2.8 */
 
 """
 
 import os
 import re
 import sys
 import fileinput
 
-from vyos.xml import component_version
+from vyos.xml_ref import component_version
 from vyos.version import get_version
 from vyos.defaults import directories
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(directories['config'], 'config.boot')
 
 def from_string(string_line, vintage='vyos'):
     """
     Get component version dictionary from string.
     Return empty dictionary if string contains no config information
     or raise error if component version string malformed.
     """
     version_dict = {}
 
     if vintage == 'vyos':
         if re.match(r'// vyos-config-version:.+', string_line):
             if not re.match(r'// vyos-config-version:\s+"([\w,-]+@\d+:)+([\w,-]+@\d+)"\s*', string_line):
                 raise ValueError(f"malformed configuration string: {string_line}")
 
             for pair in re.findall(r'([\w,-]+)@(\d+)', string_line):
                 version_dict[pair[0]] = int(pair[1])
 
     elif vintage == 'vyatta':
         if re.match(r'/\* === vyatta-config-version:.+=== \*/$', string_line):
             if not re.match(r'/\* === vyatta-config-version:\s+"([\w,-]+@\d+:)+([\w,-]+@\d+)"\s+=== \*/$', string_line):
                 raise ValueError(f"malformed configuration string: {string_line}")
 
             for pair in re.findall(r'([\w,-]+)@(\d+)', string_line):
                 version_dict[pair[0]] = int(pair[1])
     else:
         raise ValueError("Unknown config string vintage")
 
     return version_dict
 
 def from_file(config_file_name=DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH, vintage='vyos'):
     """
     Get component version dictionary parsing config file line by line
     """
     with open(config_file_name, 'r') as f:
         for line_in_config in f:
             version_dict = from_string(line_in_config, vintage=vintage)
             if version_dict:
                 return version_dict
 
     # no version information
     return {}
 
 def from_system():
     """
     Get system component version dict.
     """
     return component_version()
 
 def legacy_from_system():
     """
     Get system component version dict from legacy location.
     This is for a transitional sanity check; the directory will eventually
     be removed.
     """
     system_versions = {}
     legacy_dir = directories['current']
 
     # To be removed:
     if not os.path.isdir(legacy_dir):
         return system_versions
 
     try:
         version_info = os.listdir(legacy_dir)
     except OSError as err:
         sys.exit(repr(err))
 
     for info in version_info:
         if re.match(r'[\w,-]+@\d+', info):
             pair = info.split('@')
             system_versions[pair[0]] = int(pair[1])
 
     return system_versions
 
 def format_string(ver: dict) -> str:
     """
     Version dict to string.
     """
     keys = list(ver)
     keys.sort()
     l = []
     for k in keys:
         v = ver[k]
         l.append(f'{k}@{v}')
     sep = ':'
     return sep.join(l)
 
 def version_footer(ver: dict, vintage='vyos') -> str:
     """
     Version footer as string.
     """
     ver_str = format_string(ver)
     release = get_version()
     if vintage == 'vyos':
         ret_str = (f'// Warning: Do not remove the following line.\n'
                 +  f'// vyos-config-version: "{ver_str}"\n'
                 +  f'// Release version: {release}\n')
     elif vintage == 'vyatta':
         ret_str = (f'/* Warning: Do not remove the following line. */\n'
                 +  f'/* === vyatta-config-version: "{ver_str}" === */\n'
                 +  f'/* Release version: {release} */\n')
     else:
         raise ValueError("Unknown config string vintage")
 
     return ret_str
 
 def system_footer(vintage='vyos') -> str:
     """
     System version footer as string.
     """
     ver_d = from_system()
     return version_footer(ver_d, vintage=vintage)
 
 def write_version_footer(ver: dict, file_name, vintage='vyos'):
     """
     Write version footer to file.
     """
     footer = version_footer(ver=ver, vintage=vintage)
     if file_name:
         with open(file_name, 'a') as f:
             f.write(footer)
     else:
         sys.stdout.write(footer)
 
 def write_system_footer(file_name, vintage='vyos'):
     """
     Write system version footer to file.
     """
     ver_d = from_system()
     return write_version_footer(ver_d, file_name=file_name, vintage=vintage)
 
 def remove_footer(file_name):
     """
     Remove old version footer.
     """
     for line in fileinput.input(file_name, inplace=True):
         if re.match(r'/\* Warning:.+ \*/$', line):
             continue
         if re.match(r'/\* === vyatta-config-version:.+=== \*/$', line):
             continue
         if re.match(r'/\* Release version:.+ \*/$', line):
             continue
         if re.match('// vyos-config-version:.+', line):
             continue
         if re.match('// Warning:.+', line):
             continue
         if re.match('// Release version:.+', line):
             continue
         sys.stdout.write(line)