diff --git a/cmd/cmd.js b/cmd/cmd.js
index 3b51e593..6d42e553 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.js
+++ b/cmd/cmd.js
@@ -336,10 +336,6 @@ class Cmd {
       .action(function(env, options) {
         checkDeps();
         i18n.setOrDetectLocale(options.locale);
-        embark.initConfig(env || 'development', {
-          embarkConfig: 'embark.json',
-          interceptLogs: false
-        });
         embark.graph({
           env: env || 'development',
           logFile: options.logfile,