diff --git a/src/tools/config.py b/src/tools/config.py
index 18eba1e4..5cd498a4 100644
--- a/src/tools/config.py
+++ b/src/tools/config.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def fixConfigOption(section, option, value, silent=True):
     @param value (str): the new value
     @param silent (boolean): toggle logging output (must be True when called from sat.sh)
     """
-    config = SafeConfigParser(defaults=C.DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+    config = SafeConfigParser()
     target_file = None
     for file_ in C.CONFIG_FILES[::-1]:
         # we will eventually update the existing file with the highest priority, if it's a user personal file...