diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
index 0414dfc75..51ae23a84 100644
--- a/config.nims
+++ b/config.nims
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ switch("warning", "LockLevel:off")
 switch("warningAsError", "UseBase:on")
 --styleCheck:
   error
+--mm:
+  refc
+  # reconsider when there's a version-2-2 branch worth testing with as we might switch to orc
 
 # Avoid some rare stack corruption while using exceptions with a SEH-enabled
 # toolchain: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/issues/3121
diff --git a/libp2p.nimble b/libp2p.nimble
index 08052e6ce..ad05d0ee5 100644
--- a/libp2p.nimble
+++ b/libp2p.nimble
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ let verbose = getEnv("V", "") notin ["", "0"]
 
 let cfg =
   " --styleCheck:usages --styleCheck:error" &
-  (if verbose: "" else: " --verbosity:0 --hints:off") &
-  " --skipParentCfg --skipUserCfg -f" & " --threads:on --opt:speed"
+  (if verbose: "" else: " --verbosity:0 --hints:off") & " --skipUserCfg -f" &
+  " --threads:on --opt:speed"
 
 import hashes, strutils
 
diff --git a/tests/config.nims b/tests/config.nims
index 25930fa27..6f1a23994 100644
--- a/tests/config.nims
+++ b/tests/config.nims
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ import strutils, os
   libp2p_mplex_metrics
 --d:
   unittestPrintTime
---skipParentCfg
---mm:
-  refc
-  # reconsider when there's a version-2-2 branch worth testing with as we might switch to orc
 
 # Only add chronicles param if the
 # user didn't specify any