diff --git a/lib/cmd.js b/lib/cmd.js
index 2550e48f..2f25d1b4 100644
--- a/lib/cmd.js
+++ b/lib/cmd.js
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@ class Cmd {
       .description(__('run tests'))
       .action(function (file, options) {
         i18n.setOrDetectLocale(options.locale);
-        embark.initConfig('development', {
-          embarkConfig: 'embark.json', interceptLogs: false
-        });
         embark.runTests(file);
       });
   }