diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index 35023252..a906bd99 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ switch("warning", "ObservableStores:off")
 switch("warning", "LockLevel:off")
 
 switch("define", "libp2p_pki_schemes=secp256k1")
-#TODO this infects everything in this folder, ideally it would only
-# apply to dagger.nim, but since dagger.nims is used for other purpose
-# we can't use it. And dagger.cfg doesn't work
-switch("define", "chronicles_sinks=textlines[dynamic],json[dynamic]")
 
 # begin Nimble config (version 1)
 when system.fileExists("nimble.paths"):