diff --git a/internal/config/options/defaults.yaml b/cmd/defaults.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/config/options/defaults.yaml
rename to cmd/defaults.yaml
diff --git a/cmd/e2e-setup/main.go b/cmd/e2e-setup/main.go
index 8bd368783c..052e325cd2 100644
--- a/cmd/e2e-setup/main.go
+++ b/cmd/e2e-setup/main.go
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/cmd"
+
 	cryptoDB "github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/crypto/database"
 
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/id"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/config/options"
-
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/command"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/database"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/eventstore"
@@ -41,7 +42,11 @@ func main() {
 	masterkey := flag.String("materkey", "MasterkeyNeedsToHave32Characters", "the ZITADEL installations masterkey")
 	debug := flag.Bool("debug", false, "print information that is helpful for debugging")
 
-	err := options.InitViper()
+	viper.AutomaticEnv()
+	viper.SetEnvPrefix("ZITADEL")
+	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer(".", "_"))
+	viper.SetConfigType("yaml")
+	err := viper.ReadConfig(bytes.NewBuffer(cmd.DefaultConfig))
 	logging.OnError(err).Fatalf("unable to initialize zitadel config: %s", err)
 
 	flag.Parse()
diff --git a/cmd/zitadel.go b/cmd/zitadel.go
index 285779a6f0..f3fa0a530b 100644
--- a/cmd/zitadel.go
+++ b/cmd/zitadel.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	_ "embed"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/config/options"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/zitadel/logging"
@@ -18,6 +20,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	//go:embed defaults.yaml
+	DefaultConfig []byte
+
 	configFiles []string
 )
 
@@ -31,7 +36,11 @@ func New(out io.Writer, in io.Reader, args []string) *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
-	err := options.InitViper()
+	viper.AutomaticEnv()
+	viper.SetEnvPrefix("ZITADEL")
+	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer(".", "_"))
+	viper.SetConfigType("yaml")
+	err := viper.ReadConfig(bytes.NewBuffer(DefaultConfig))
 	logging.OnError(err).Fatalf("unable initialize config: %s", err)
 
 	cobra.OnInitialize(initConfig)
@@ -50,5 +59,9 @@ func New(out io.Writer, in io.Reader, args []string) *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func initConfig() {
-	options.MergeToViper(configFiles...)
+	for _, file := range configFiles {
+		viper.SetConfigFile(file)
+		err := viper.MergeInConfig()
+		logging.WithFields("file", file).OnError(err).Warn("unable to read config file")
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/options/defaults.go b/internal/config/options/defaults.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6867e241ad..0000000000
--- a/internal/config/options/defaults.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package options
-
-import (
-	_ "embed"
-)
-
-//go:embed defaults.yaml
-var defaultConfig []byte
diff --git a/internal/config/options/viper.go b/internal/config/options/viper.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d4c91f5bd..0000000000
--- a/internal/config/options/viper.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package options
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
-	"github.com/zitadel/logging"
-)
-
-func InitViper() error {
-	viper.AutomaticEnv()
-	viper.SetEnvPrefix("ZITADEL")
-	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer(".", "_"))
-	viper.SetConfigType("yaml")
-	err := viper.ReadConfig(bytes.NewBuffer(defaultConfig))
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to read default config: %w", err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func MergeToViper(configFiles ...string) {
-	for _, file := range configFiles {
-		viper.SetConfigFile(file)
-		err := viper.MergeInConfig()
-		logging.WithFields("file", file).OnError(err).Warn("unable to read config file")
-	}
-}