diff --git a/conf/Config.js b/conf/Config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2eed82130e..0000000000
--- a/conf/Config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'; // eslint-disable-line
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const joi = require('joi');
-
-const extensions = require('../extensions');
-const backbeatConfigJoi = require('./config.joi');
-
-class Config {
-    constructor() {
-        /*
-         * By default, the config file is "config.json" at the root.
-         * It can be overridden using the BACKBEAT_CONFIG_FILE environment var.
-         */
-        this._basePath = __dirname;
-        if (process.env.BACKBEAT_CONFIG_FILE !== undefined) {
-            this._configPath = process.env.BACKBEAT_CONFIG_FILE;
-        } else {
-            this._configPath = path.join(this._basePath, 'config.json');
-        }
-
-        let config;
-        try {
-            const data = fs.readFileSync(this._configPath,
-                { encoding: 'utf-8' });
-            config = JSON.parse(data);
-        } catch (err) {
-            throw new Error(`could not parse config file: ${err.message}`);
-        }
-
-        const parsedConfig = joi.attempt(config, backbeatConfigJoi,
-            'invalid backbeat config');
-
-        if (parsedConfig.extensions) {
-            Object.keys(parsedConfig.extensions).forEach(extName => {
-                const index = extensions[extName];
-                if (!index) {
-                    throw new Error(`configured extension ${extName}: ` +
-                        'not found in extensions directory');
-                }
-                if (index.configValidator) {
-                    const extConfig = parsedConfig.extensions[extName];
-                    const validatedConfig =
-                        index.configValidator(this, extConfig);
-                    parsedConfig.extensions[extName] = validatedConfig;
-                }
-            });
-        }
-        // whitelist IP, CIDR for health checks
-        const defaultHealthChecks = ['127.0.0.1/8', '::1'];
-        const healthChecks = parsedConfig.server.healthChecks;
-        healthChecks.allowFrom =
-            healthChecks.allowFrom.concat(defaultHealthChecks);
-
-        // default to standalone configuration if sentinel not setup
-        if (!parsedConfig.redis || !parsedConfig.redis.sentinels) {
-            this.redis = Object.assign({}, parsedConfig.redis,
-                { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 6379 });
-        }
-
-        // additional certs checks
-        if (parsedConfig.certFilePaths) {
-            parsedConfig.https = this._parseCertFilePaths(
-                parsedConfig.certFilePaths);
-        }
-        if (parsedConfig.internalCertFilePaths) {
-            parsedConfig.internalHttps = this._parseCertFilePaths(
-                parsedConfig.internalCertFilePaths);
-        }
-        // config is validated, safe to assign directly to the config object
-        Object.assign(this, parsedConfig);
-    }
-
-    _parseCertFilePaths(certFilePaths) {
-        const { key, cert, ca } = certFilePaths;
-
-        const makePath = value =>
-            (value.startsWith('/') ?
-                value : `${this._basePath}/${value}`);
-        const https = {};
-        if (key && cert) {
-            const keypath = makePath(key);
-            const certpath = makePath(cert);
-            fs.accessSync(keypath, fs.F_OK | fs.R_OK);
-            fs.accessSync(certpath, fs.F_OK | fs.R_OK);
-            https.cert = fs.readFileSync(certpath, 'ascii');
-            https.key = fs.readFileSync(keypath, 'ascii');
-        }
-        if (ca) {
-            const capath = makePath(ca);
-            fs.accessSync(capath, fs.F_OK | fs.R_OK);
-            https.ca = fs.readFileSync(capath, 'ascii');
-        }
-        return https;
-    }
-
-    getBasePath() {
-        return this._basePath;
-    }
-
-    getConfigPath() {
-        return this._configPath;
-    }
-}
-
-module.exports = new Config();
diff --git a/conf/config.joi.js b/conf/config.joi.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 90cc41b7cb..0000000000
--- a/conf/config.joi.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'; // eslint-disable-line
-
-const joi = require('joi');
-const {
-    hostPortJoi,
-    transportJoi,
-    logJoi,
-    certFilePathsJoi,
-} = require('../lib/config/configItems.joi');
-
-const joiSchema = {
-    zookeeper: {
-        connectionString: joi.string().required(),
-        autoCreateNamespace: joi.boolean().default(false),
-    },
-    kafka: {
-        hosts: joi.string().required(),
-        site: joi.string(),
-    },
-    queuePopulator: {
-        cronRule: joi.string().required(),
-        batchMaxRead: joi.number().default(10000),
-        zookeeperPath: joi.string().required(),
-        logSource: joi.alternatives().try('bucketd', 'dmd').required(),
-        bucketd: hostPortJoi
-            .keys({ transport: transportJoi })
-            .when('logSource', { is: 'bucketd', then: joi.required() }),
-        dmd: hostPortJoi.keys({
-            logName: joi.string().default('s3-recordlog'),
-        }).when('logSource', { is: 'dmd', then: joi.required() }),
-        probeServer: joi.object({
-            bindAddress: joi.string().default('localhost'),
-            port: joi.number().required(),
-        }),
-    },
-    log: logJoi,
-    extensions: joi.object(),
-    metrics: {
-        topic: joi.string().required(),
-    },
-    server: {
-        healthChecks: joi.object({
-            allowFrom: joi.array().items(joi.string()).default([]),
-        }).required(),
-        host: joi.string().required(),
-        port: joi.number().default(8900),
-    },
-    redis: {
-        name: joi.string().default('backbeat'),
-        password: joi.string().default('').allow(''),
-        sentinels: joi.array().items(joi.object({
-            host: joi.string().required(),
-            port: joi.number().required(),
-        })),
-        sentinelPassword: joi.string().default('').allow(''),
-    },
-    certFilePaths: certFilePathsJoi,
-    internalCertFilePaths: certFilePathsJoi,
-};
-
-module.exports = joiSchema;