diff --git a/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/generators/pydantic.py b/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/generators/pydantic.py
index 1675f1e..54c2342 100644
--- a/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/generators/pydantic.py
+++ b/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/generators/pydantic.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class NWBPydanticGenerator(PydanticGenerator):
         if not self.split:
             # we are compiling this whole thing in one big file so we don't import anything
             return {}
-        if 'is_namespace' in sv.schema.annotations.keys() and sv.schema.annotations['is_namespace']['value'] == 'True':
+        if 'is_namespace' in sv.schema.annotations.keys() and sv.schema.annotations['is_namespace']['value'] in ('True', True):
             return self._get_namespace_imports(sv)
 
         all_classes = sv.all_classes(imports=True)
diff --git a/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/providers/schema.py b/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/providers/schema.py
index ca553fb..02637d8 100644
--- a/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/providers/schema.py
+++ b/nwb_linkml/src/nwb_linkml/providers/schema.py
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class PydanticProvider(Provider):
 
     def get(self, namespace: str,
             version: Optional[str] = None,
-            allow_repo: bool = True) -> ModuleType:
+            allow_repo: Optional[bool] = None) -> ModuleType:
         """
         Get the imported module for a given namespace and version.
 
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ class PydanticProvider(Provider):
             The imported :class:`types.ModuleType` object that has all the built classes at the root level.
 
         """
+        if allow_repo is None:
+            allow_repo = self.allow_repo
 
         if version is None:
             version = self.available_versions[namespace][-1]
diff --git a/nwb_linkml/tests/test_linkml.py b/nwb_linkml/tests/test_linkml.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c9e3634..0000000
--- a/nwb_linkml/tests/test_linkml.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-import warnings
-
-def test_hold_up():
-    from linkml_runtime.linkml_model import SchemaDefinition, Annotation
-    schema = SchemaDefinition(
-        id='myschema',
-        name='myschema',
-        annotations=[{'tag':'my_annotation','value':True}]
-    )
-
-    warnings.warn('TYPE OF ANNOTATION IS')
-    warnings.warn(str(type(schema.annotations['my_annotation'].value)))
-
-