diff --git a/radicale/config.py b/radicale/config.py
index 47f6544..44d057e 100644
--- a/radicale/config.py
+++ b/radicale/config.py
@@ -99,5 +99,4 @@ if "RADICALE_CONFIG" in os.environ:
     _CONFIG_PARSER.read(os.environ["RADICALE_CONFIG"])
 
 # Wrap config module into ConfigParser instance
-_CONFIG_PARSER.INITIAL_CONFIG = INITIAL_CONFIG
 sys.modules[__name__] = _CONFIG_PARSER
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 14ef5f6..b5bd194 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
 import radicale
 
-RADICALE_CONFIG = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)),
-                               "config")
-os.environ["RADICALE_CONFIG"] = RADICALE_CONFIG
+os.environ["RADICALE_CONFIG"] = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
+    os.path.dirname(__file__)), "config")
 
 from radicale import config
 from radicale.auth import htpasswd
@@ -50,12 +49,6 @@ class BaseTest(object):
     """Base class for tests."""
     def request(self, method, path, data=None, **args):
         """Send a request."""
-        # Create a ConfigParser and configure it
-        # This uses the default config file at the root of the
-        # Radicale Project
-        config.read(os.environ.get("RADICALE_CONFIG"))
-        self._CONFIG_PARSER = config
-
         self.application._status = None
         self.application._headers = None
         self.application._answer = None
@@ -80,10 +73,6 @@ class BaseTest(object):
         self.application._status = status
         self.application._headers = headers
 
-    @property
-    def config_instance(self):
-        return self._CONFIG_PARSER
-
 
 class FileSystem(BaseTest):
     """Base class for filesystem tests."""