diff --git a/accounts/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go b/accounts/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1092497cb7..0000000000
--- a/accounts/cmd/helper/defaultconfig/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/accounts/pkg/config/parser"
-	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
-)
-
-func main() {
-
-	cfg := config.DefaultConfig()
-
-	parser.EnsureDefaults(cfg)
-	parser.Sanitize(cfg)
-
-	b, err := yaml.Marshal(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	fmt.Println(string(b))
-}
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/config/parser/parse.go b/accounts/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
index e437fa6a07..fb801aed28 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
@@ -17,28 +17,6 @@ func ParseConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = EnsureDefaults(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// load all env variables relevant to the config in the current context.
-	if err := envdecode.Decode(cfg); err != nil {
-		// no environment variable set for this config is an expected "error"
-		if !errors.Is(err, envdecode.ErrNoTargetFieldsAreSet) {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	err = Sanitize(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	// provide with defaults for shared logging, since we need a valid destination address for BindEnv.
 	if cfg.Log == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Log != nil {
 		cfg.Log = &config.Log{
@@ -62,14 +40,19 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) error {
 		cfg.Tracing = &config.Tracing{}
 	}
 
-	return nil
-}
+	// load all env variables relevant to the config in the current context.
+	if err := envdecode.Decode(cfg); err != nil {
+		// no environment variable set for this config is an expected "error"
+		if !errors.Is(err, envdecode.ErrNoTargetFieldsAreSet) {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 
-func Sanitize(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	// sanitize config
 	if cfg.HTTP.Root != "/" {
 		cfg.HTTP.Root = strings.TrimSuffix(cfg.HTTP.Root, "/")
 	}
 	cfg.Repo.Backend = strings.ToLower(cfg.Repo.Backend)
+
 	return nil
 }