diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_coreconfig.h b/Include/internal/pycore_coreconfig.h
@@ -108,11 +108,21 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyCoreConfig_Copy(
PyAPI_FUNC(_PyInitError) _PyCoreConfig_InitPathConfig(_PyCoreConfig *config);
PyAPI_FUNC(_PyInitError) _PyCoreConfig_SetPathConfig(
    const _PyCoreConfig *config);
-PyAPI_FUNC(_PyInitError) _PyCoreConfig_Read(_PyCoreConfig *config,
-    const _PyArgv *args);
PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyCoreConfig_Write(const _PyCoreConfig *config,
    _PyRuntimeState *runtime);


/* --- Function used for testing ---------------------------------- */


diff --git a/Lib/test/pythoninfo.py b/Lib/test/pythoninfo.py
@@ -602,8 +602,7 @@ def collect_gdbm(info_add):


def collect_get_config(info_add):
-    # Dump global configuration variables, _PyCoreConfig
-    # and _PyMainInterpreterConfig
    try:
        from _testinternalcapi import get_configs
    except ImportError:

diff --git a/Python/pathconfig.c b/Python/pathconfig.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ pathconfig_global_init(void)
    _PyInitError err;
    _PyCoreConfig config = _PyCoreConfig_INIT;

-    err = _PyCoreConfig_Read(&config, NULL);
    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
        goto error;
    }