diff --git a/datamodels/2.x/combodo-data-feature-removal/src/Controller/DataFeatureRemovalController.php b/datamodels/2.x/combodo-data-feature-removal/src/Controller/DataFeatureRemovalController.php
index 6ad0ed8e16..54d8c1dd76 100644
--- a/datamodels/2.x/combodo-data-feature-removal/src/Controller/DataFeatureRemovalController.php
+++ b/datamodels/2.x/combodo-data-feature-removal/src/Controller/DataFeatureRemovalController.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class DataFeatureRemovalController extends Controller
 		$oDryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment->Prepare($sSourceEnv, $this->aSelectedExtensionsForCheck);
 		$oDryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment->CompileFrom($sSourceEnv);
 
-		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit($sSourceEnv, DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment::DRY_REMOVAL_AUDIT_ENV);
+		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit($sSourceEnv);
 		$aGetRemovedClasses = $oSetupAudit->GetIssues();
 		IssueLog::Debug(__METHOD__, null, ['aGetRemovedClasses' => $aGetRemovedClasses]);
 		$this->aCountClassesToCleanup = $aGetRemovedClasses;
diff --git a/setup/feature_removal/DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment.php b/setup/feature_removal/DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment.php
index 25b28fc52d..df50a9a89d 100644
--- a/setup/feature_removal/DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment.php
+++ b/setup/feature_removal/DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment.php
@@ -14,19 +14,16 @@ use utils;
 
 class DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment extends RunTimeEnvironment
 {
-	public const DRY_REMOVAL_AUDIT_ENV = "extension-removal";
-
 	protected array $aExtensionsByCode;
 
 	/**
 	 * Toolset for building a run-time environment
 	 *
-	 * @param string $sEnvironment (e.g. 'test')
-	 * @param bool $bAutoCommit (make the target environment directly, or build a temporary one)
+	 * @param string $sEnvironment
 	 */
-	public function __construct($sEnvironment = self::DRY_REMOVAL_AUDIT_ENV, $bAutoCommit = true)
+	public function __construct($sEnvironment = 'production')
 	{
-		parent::__construct($sEnvironment, $bAutoCommit);
+		parent::__construct($sEnvironment, false);
 		$this->aExtensionsByCode = [];
 	}
 
@@ -39,8 +36,7 @@ class DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment extends RunTimeEnvironment
 	 */
 	public function Prepare(string $sSourceEnv, array $aExtensionCodesToRemove)
 	{
-
-		$sEnv = $this->sFinalEnv;
+		$sEnv = $this->sTargetEnv;
 		$this->aExtensionsByCode = $aExtensionCodesToRemove;
 
 		$this->Cleanup();
@@ -48,11 +44,9 @@ class DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment extends RunTimeEnvironment
 
 		$this->DeclareExtensionAsRemoved($aExtensionCodesToRemove);
 
-		$oDryRemovalConfig = clone(MetaModel::GetConfig());
-		$oDryRemovalConfig->ChangeModulesPath($sSourceEnv, $this->sFinalEnv);
-		$this->WriteConfigFileSafe($oDryRemovalConfig);
+		SetupUtils::copydir(APPROOT."/conf/$sSourceEnv", APPROOT."/conf/$sEnv");
 
-		$sSourceDir = $oDryRemovalConfig->Get('source_dir');
+		$sSourceDir = MetaModel::GetConfig()->Get('source_dir');
 		$aSearchDirs = $this->GetExtraDirsToCompile($sSourceDir);
 
 		$aModulesToLoad = $this->GetModulesToLoad($sSourceEnv, $aSearchDirs);
@@ -67,7 +61,7 @@ class DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment extends RunTimeEnvironment
 
 	private function DeclareExtensionAsRemoved(array $aExtensionCodes): void
 	{
-		$oExtensionsMap = new iTopExtensionsMap($this->sFinalEnv);
+		$oExtensionsMap = new iTopExtensionsMap($this->sTargetEnv);
 		$oExtensionsMap->DeclareExtensionAsRemoved($aExtensionCodes);
 	}
 
@@ -94,7 +88,7 @@ class DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment extends RunTimeEnvironment
 
 	public function Cleanup()
 	{
-		$sEnv = $this->sFinalEnv;
+		$sEnv = $this->sTargetEnv;
 		SetupUtils::rrmdir(APPROOT."/data/$sEnv-modules");
 		SetupUtils::rrmdir(APPROOT."/data/cache-$sEnv");
 		SetupUtils::rrmdir(APPROOT."/env-$sEnv");
diff --git a/setup/feature_removal/SetupAudit.php b/setup/feature_removal/SetupAudit.php
index 3919a5f6af..7cdcaa3a26 100644
--- a/setup/feature_removal/SetupAudit.php
+++ b/setup/feature_removal/SetupAudit.php
@@ -7,17 +7,14 @@ require_once APPROOT.'setup/feature_removal/ModelReflectionSerializer.php';
 
 class SetupAudit extends AbstractSetupAudit
 {
-	//file used when present to trigger audit exception when testing specific setups
-	public const GETISSUE_ERROR_MSG_FILE_FORTESTONLY = '.setup_audit_error_msg.txt';
-
 	private string $sEnvBefore;
 	private string $sEnvAfter;
 
-	public function __construct(string $sEnvBefore, string $sEnvAfter)
+	public function __construct(string $sEnvBefore)
 	{
 		parent::__construct();
 		$this->sEnvBefore = $sEnvBefore;
-		$this->sEnvAfter = $sEnvAfter;
+		$this->sEnvAfter = "$sEnvBefore-build";
 	}
 
 	public function ComputeClasses(): void
diff --git a/setup/sequencers/DataAuditSequencer.php b/setup/sequencers/DataAuditSequencer.php
index a65ed6920f..85382da3c4 100644
--- a/setup/sequencers/DataAuditSequencer.php
+++ b/setup/sequencers/DataAuditSequencer.php
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class DataAuditSequencer extends ApplicationInstallSequencer
 		$sTargetEnvironment = $this->GetTempEnv();
 		$sPreviousEnvironment = $this->GetTargetEnv();
 
-		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit($sPreviousEnvironment, $sTargetEnvironment);
+		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit($sPreviousEnvironment);
 
 		//Make sure the MetaModel is started before analysing for issues
 		$sConfFile = utils::GetConfigFilePath($sPreviousEnvironment);
diff --git a/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/setup/feature_removal/SetupAuditTest.php b/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/setup/feature_removal/SetupAuditTest.php
index 4fe0014942..f8a31d60e5 100644
--- a/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/setup/feature_removal/SetupAuditTest.php
+++ b/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/setup/feature_removal/SetupAuditTest.php
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ class SetupAuditTest extends ItopCustomDatamodelTestCase
 
 	public function testComputeDryRemoval()
 	{
-		$oDryRemovalRuntimeEnvt = new DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment();
+		$oDryRemovalRuntimeEnvt = new DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment($this->GetTestEnvironment());
 		$oDryRemovalRuntimeEnvt->Prepare($this->GetTestEnvironment(), ['nominal_ext1', 'finalclass_ext2']);
 		$oDryRemovalRuntimeEnvt->CompileFrom($this->GetTestEnvironment());
 
-		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit(MetaModel::GetEnvironment(), DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment::DRY_REMOVAL_AUDIT_ENV);
+		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit(MetaModel::GetEnvironment());
 
 		$expected = [
 			"Feature1Module1MyClass",
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class SetupAuditTest extends ItopCustomDatamodelTestCase
 		$oOrg = $this->CreateOrganization($sUID);
 		$this->createObject('FinalClassFeature1Module1MyFinalClassFromLocation', ['org_id' => $oOrg->GetKey(), 'name' => $sUID, 'name2' => uniqid()]);
 
-		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit(MetaModel::GetEnvironment(), DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment::DRY_REMOVAL_AUDIT_ENV);
+		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit(MetaModel::GetEnvironment());
 		$aRemovedClasses = [
 			"Feature1Module1MyClass",
 			"FinalClassFeature1Module1MyClass",
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class SetupAuditTest extends ItopCustomDatamodelTestCase
 		$this->createObject('FinalClassFeature1Module1MyFinalClassFromLocation', ['org_id' => $oOrg->GetKey(), 'name' => $sUID, 'name2' => uniqid()]);
 		$this->createObject('FinalClassFeature2Module1MyFinalClassFromLocation', ['org_id' => $oOrg->GetKey(), 'name' => $sUID, 'name2' => uniqid()]);
 
-		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit(MetaModel::GetEnvironment(), DryRemovalRuntimeEnvironment::DRY_REMOVAL_AUDIT_ENV);
+		$oSetupAudit = new SetupAudit(MetaModel::GetEnvironment());
 		$aRemovedClasses = [
 			"Feature1Module1MyClass",
 			"FinalClassFeature1Module1MyClass",