diff --git a/src/runtime/cli/kata-env_test.go b/src/runtime/cli/kata-env_test.go
index 97260f58bb..ec5b297cef 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cli/kata-env_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cli/kata-env_test.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func makeRuntimeConfig(prefixDir string) (configFile string, config oci.RuntimeC
 		return "", oci.RuntimeConfig{}, err
 	}
 
-	_, config, err = katautils.LoadConfiguration(configFile, true, false)
+	_, config, err = katautils.LoadConfiguration(configFile, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", oci.RuntimeConfig{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/cli/main.go b/src/runtime/cli/main.go
index 0c454f6608..0fecca787d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cli/main.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cli/main.go
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func beforeSubcommands(c *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	configFile, runtimeConfig, err = katautils.LoadConfiguration(c.GlobalString("kata-config"), ignoreConfigLogs, false)
+	configFile, runtimeConfig, err = katautils.LoadConfiguration(c.GlobalString("kata-config"), ignoreConfigLogs)
 	if err != nil {
 		fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/create.go b/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/create.go
index 1beaa900bb..fa1311871a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/create.go
+++ b/src/runtime/containerd-shim-v2/create.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func loadRuntimeConfig(s *service, r *taskAPI.CreateTaskRequest, anno map[string
 		configPath = os.Getenv("KATA_CONF_FILE")
 	}
 
-	_, runtimeConfig, err := katautils.LoadConfiguration(configPath, false, true)
+	_, runtimeConfig, err := katautils.LoadConfiguration(configPath, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
index fc64f9db00..e3f3b3bc9c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ func updateRuntimeConfigHypervisor(configPath string, tomlConf tomlConfig, confi
 	return nil
 }
 
-func updateRuntimeConfigAgent(configPath string, tomlConf tomlConfig, config *oci.RuntimeConfig, builtIn bool) error {
+func updateRuntimeConfigAgent(configPath string, tomlConf tomlConfig, config *oci.RuntimeConfig) error {
 	for _, agent := range tomlConf.Agent {
 		config.AgentConfig = vc.KataAgentConfig{
 			LongLiveConn:       true,
@@ -985,12 +985,12 @@ func SetKernelParams(runtimeConfig *oci.RuntimeConfig) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func updateRuntimeConfig(configPath string, tomlConf tomlConfig, config *oci.RuntimeConfig, builtIn bool) error {
+func updateRuntimeConfig(configPath string, tomlConf tomlConfig, config *oci.RuntimeConfig) error {
 	if err := updateRuntimeConfigHypervisor(configPath, tomlConf, config); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := updateRuntimeConfigAgent(configPath, tomlConf, config, builtIn); err != nil {
+	if err := updateRuntimeConfigAgent(configPath, tomlConf, config); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ func initConfig() (config oci.RuntimeConfig, err error) {
 //
 // All paths are resolved fully meaning if this function does not return an
 // error, all paths are valid at the time of the call.
-func LoadConfiguration(configPath string, ignoreLogging, builtIn bool) (resolvedConfigPath string, config oci.RuntimeConfig, err error) {
+func LoadConfiguration(configPath string, ignoreLogging bool) (resolvedConfigPath string, config oci.RuntimeConfig, err error) {
 
 	config, err = initConfig()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ func LoadConfiguration(configPath string, ignoreLogging, builtIn bool) (resolved
 			}).Info("loaded configuration")
 	}
 
-	if err := updateRuntimeConfig(resolved, tomlConf, &config, builtIn); err != nil {
+	if err := updateRuntimeConfig(resolved, tomlConf, &config); err != nil {
 		return "", config, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
index 32be51ff68..0d02534f9a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pkg/katautils/config_test.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func testLoadConfiguration(t *testing.T, dir string,
 					assert.NoError(t, err)
 				}
 
-				resolvedConfigPath, config, err := LoadConfiguration(file, ignoreLogging, false)
+				resolvedConfigPath, config, err := LoadConfiguration(file, ignoreLogging)
 				if expectFail {
 					assert.Error(t, err)
 
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ func TestMinimalRuntimeConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
 
-	_, config, err := LoadConfiguration(configPath, false, false)
+	_, config, err := LoadConfiguration(configPath, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ func TestUpdateRuntimeConfigurationVMConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	err := updateRuntimeConfig("", tomlConf, &config, false)
+	err := updateRuntimeConfig("", tomlConf, &config)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 
 	assert.Equal(expectedVMConfig, config.HypervisorConfig.MemorySize)
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ func TestUpdateRuntimeConfigurationFactoryConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tomlConf := tomlConfig{Factory: factory{Template: true}}
 
-	err := updateRuntimeConfig("", tomlConf, &config, false)
+	err := updateRuntimeConfig("", tomlConf, &config)
 	assert.NoError(err)
 
 	assert.Equal(expectedFactoryConfig, config.FactoryConfig)
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ func TestUpdateRuntimeConfigurationInvalidKernelParams(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	err := updateRuntimeConfig("", tomlConf, &config, false)
+	err := updateRuntimeConfig("", tomlConf, &config)
 	assert.EqualError(err, "Empty kernel parameter")
 }