diff --git a/src/config_utils.py b/src/config_utils.py
index e6d926c5..f2cc10e6 100644
--- a/src/config_utils.py
+++ b/src/config_utils.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ log = getLogger("config_utils")
 class ConfigLoadError(Exception): pass
 
 def load_config(config_path, configspec_path=None, copy=True, *args, **kwargs):
- if os.path.exists(config_path):
-  clean_config(config_path)
  spec = ConfigObj(configspec_path, encoding='UTF8', list_values=False, _inspec=True)
  try:
   config = ConfigObj(infile=config_path, configspec=spec, create_empty=True, encoding='UTF8', *args, **kwargs)