diff --git a/src/commands/config/list.ts b/src/commands/config/list.ts
index d9647873..0eeb0dcd 100644
--- a/src/commands/config/list.ts
+++ b/src/commands/config/list.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.
  * For full license text, see LICENSE.txt file in the repo root or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  */
-import { ConfigAggregator, Messages, SfdxConfigAggregator } from '@salesforce/core';
+import { ConfigAggregator, Messages } from '@salesforce/core';
 import { loglevel } from '@salesforce/sf-plugins-core';
 import { ConfigCommand, ConfigResponses } from '../../config';
 
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ export default class List extends ConfigCommand<ConfigResponses> {
   public static flags = { loglevel };
 
   public async run(): Promise<ConfigResponses> {
-    await SfdxConfigAggregator.create({});
     const aggregator = await ConfigAggregator.create();
 
     aggregator.getConfigInfo().forEach((c) => {
diff --git a/src/commands/config/set.ts b/src/commands/config/set.ts
index 1f017897..9427aea0 100644
--- a/src/commands/config/set.ts
+++ b/src/commands/config/set.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { parseVarArgs, Flags, loglevel } from '@salesforce/sf-plugins-core';
-import { Config, Messages, Org, SfError, OrgConfigProperties, SfdxConfigAggregator } from '@salesforce/core';
+import { Config, Messages, Org, SfError, OrgConfigProperties } from '@salesforce/core';
 import { CONFIG_HELP_SECTION, ConfigCommand, Msg } from '../../config';
 
 Messages.importMessagesDirectory(__dirname);
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ export class Set extends ConfigCommand<SetConfigCommandResult> {
 
 const loadConfig = async (global: boolean): Promise<Config> => {
   try {
-    await SfdxConfigAggregator.create({});
     const config = await Config.create(Config.getDefaultOptions(global));
     await config.read();
     return config;
diff --git a/src/commands/config/unset.ts b/src/commands/config/unset.ts
index c2425b2e..cea10b2d 100644
--- a/src/commands/config/unset.ts
+++ b/src/commands/config/unset.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Flags, loglevel } from '@salesforce/sf-plugins-core';
-import { Config, Messages, SfdxConfigAggregator, SfError } from '@salesforce/core';
+import { Config, Messages, SfError } from '@salesforce/core';
 import { CONFIG_HELP_SECTION, ConfigCommand } from '../../config';
 import { SetConfigCommandResult } from './set';
 
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export class UnSet extends ConfigCommand<SetConfigCommandResult> {
 
   public async run(): Promise<SetConfigCommandResult> {
     const { argv, flags } = await this.parse(UnSet);
-    await SfdxConfigAggregator.create({});
 
     if (!argv || argv.length === 0) {
       throw messages.createError('error.NoConfigKeysFound');