diff --git a/bin/core/imag-view/src/main.rs b/bin/core/imag-view/src/main.rs
index 09f88f83..ec13e0fe 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag-view/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag-view/src/main.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fn main() {
             .map_err_trace_exit_unwrap(1);
 
         let query = format!("view.viewers.{}", viewer);
-        match config.config().read(&query) {
+        match config.read(&query) {
             Err(e) => trace_error_exit(&e, 1),
             Ok(None) => {
                 error!("Cannot find '{}' in config", query);
diff --git a/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs b/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
index 8d7da252..0b75574d 100644
--- a/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/core/imag/src/main.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ fn main() {
 fn fetch_aliases(rt: &Runtime) -> Result<BTreeMap<String, String>, String> {
     let cfg   = try!(rt.config().ok_or_else(|| String::from("No configuration found")));
     let value = cfg
-        .config()
         .read("imag.aliases")
         .map_err(|_| String::from("Reading from config failed"));
 
diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-bookmark/src/main.rs b/bin/domain/imag-bookmark/src/main.rs
index c4401dbf..7f2131ce 100644
--- a/bin/domain/imag-bookmark/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-bookmark/src/main.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ fn get_collection_name(rt: &Runtime,
         .and_then(|scmd| scmd.value_of(collection_argument_name).map(String::from))
         .unwrap_or_else(|| {
             rt.config()
-                .map(|cfg| match cfg.config().read("bookmark.default_collection") {
+                .map(|cfg| match cfg.read("bookmark.default_collection") {
                     Err(e) => trace_error_exit(&e, 1),
                     Ok(Some(&Value::String(ref name))) => name.clone(),
                     Ok(None) => {
diff --git a/bin/domain/imag-diary/src/util.rs b/bin/domain/imag-diary/src/util.rs
index a6ed9342..40811c60 100644
--- a/bin/domain/imag-diary/src/util.rs
+++ b/bin/domain/imag-diary/src/util.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ pub fn get_diary_timed_config(rt: &Runtime, diary_name: &str) -> Result<Option<T
         None      => Ok(None),
         Some(cfg) => {
             let v = cfg
-                .config()
                 .read(&format!("diary.diaries.{}.timed", diary_name))
                 .chain_err(|| DiaryErrorKind::IOError);
 
diff --git a/lib/domain/libimagdiary/src/config.rs b/lib/domain/libimagdiary/src/config.rs
index c2a6a980..e306e5d7 100644
--- a/lib/domain/libimagdiary/src/config.rs
+++ b/lib/domain/libimagdiary/src/config.rs
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ pub fn get_default_diary_name(rt: &Runtime) -> Option<String> {
 }
 
 pub fn get_diary_config_section<'a>(rt: &'a Runtime) -> Option<&'a Value> {
-    rt.config()
-        .map(|config| config.config())
-        .and_then(|config| match config.read(&String::from("diary")) {
-            Ok(x)  => x,
-            Err(_) => None,
-        })
+    rt.config().and_then(|config| match config.read(&String::from("diary")) {
+        Ok(x)  => x,
+        Err(_) => None,
+    })
 }
diff --git a/lib/etc/libimaginteraction/src/readline.rs b/lib/etc/libimaginteraction/src/readline.rs
index 7d498ce5..3f9a6399 100644
--- a/lib/etc/libimaginteraction/src/readline.rs
+++ b/lib/etc/libimaginteraction/src/readline.rs
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ pub struct Readline {
 impl Readline {
 
     pub fn new(rt: &Runtime) -> Result<Readline> {
-        let cfg = try!(rt.config().ok_or(IEK::NoConfigError));
+        let c = try!(rt.config().ok_or(IEK::NoConfigError));
 
-        let c = cfg.config();
         let histfile     = try!(c.lookup("ui.cli.readline_history_file").ok_or(IEK::ConfigError));
         let histsize     = try!(c.lookup("ui.cli.readline_history_size").ok_or(IEK::ConfigError));
         let histigndups  = try!(c.lookup("ui.cli.readline_history_ignore_dups").ok_or(IEK::ConfigError));
diff --git a/lib/etc/libimagutil/src/testing.rs b/lib/etc/libimagutil/src/testing.rs
index 183afb63..168a2650 100644
--- a/lib/etc/libimagutil/src/testing.rs
+++ b/lib/etc/libimagutil/src/testing.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ macro_rules! make_mock_app {
             use libimagrt::spec::CliSpec;
             use libimagrt::runtime::Runtime;
             use libimagrt::error::RuntimeError;
-            use libimagrt::configuration::{Configuration, InternalConfiguration};
+            use libimagrt::configuration::InternalConfiguration;
+            use toml::Value;
 
             #[derive(Clone)]
             struct MockLinkApp<'a> {
@@ -89,9 +90,8 @@ macro_rules! make_mock_app {
             }
 
             #[allow(unused)]
-            pub fn generate_minimal_test_config() -> Option<Configuration> { ::toml::de::from_str("[store]\nimplicit-create=true")
-                            .map(Configuration::with_value)
-                            .ok()
+            pub fn generate_minimal_test_config() -> Option<Value> {
+                ::toml::de::from_str("[store]\nimplicit-create=true").ok()
             }
 
             #[allow(unused)]