diff --git a/lib/cli/cli.js b/lib/cli/cli.js
index 5c3f400799..655856e296 100644
--- a/lib/cli/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli/cli.js
@@ -2064,9 +2064,7 @@ export async function parseCommandLine() {
 
   if (argv.config) {
     const config = JSON.parse(
-      await readFileSync(
-        new URL(resolve(process.cwd(), argv.config), import.meta.url)
-      )
+      await readFileSync(resolve(process.cwd(), argv.config))
     );
     explicitOptions = merge(explicitOptions, config);
   }