diff --git a/kustomize/go.mod b/kustomize/go.mod
index c65351b7d..a70559dc7 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.mod
+++ b/kustomize/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.0.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.8.4
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.5
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.14
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0
 )
@@ -19,5 +19,3 @@ exclude (
 )
 
 replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api => ../api
-
-replace sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config => ../cmd/config
diff --git a/kustomize/go.sum b/kustomize/go.sum
index 143aa7055..062f52cf9 100644
--- a/kustomize/go.sum
+++ b/kustomize/go.sum
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.6 h1:lZ5wk12ykaZ/WB5t8NOTyHR4Rx7v62tnrHbf1EShnW8=
+sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/cmd/config v0.9.6/go.mod h1:tsn0UL7FE+dTFxY1FHSfyUYEKiPIIY7rq170emxvZ/M=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.14 h1:8zftx3bT0r2355kE/cZfwCMq9SlTWMBvadwwtl+jcbU=
 sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.10.14/go.mod h1:mlQFagmkm1P+W4lZJbJ/yaxMd8PqMRSC4cPcfUVt5Hg=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=