diff --git a/src/CLI2.cpp b/src/CLI2.cpp
index 884a5bc31..870f0b824 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI2.cpp
@@ -493,23 +493,6 @@ void CLI2::addRawFilter (const std::string& arg)
     add (lexeme);
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Scan arguments, looking for any tagged CONFIG, in which case extract the name
-// and value, applying it to context.config.
-void CLI2::applyOverrides ()
-{
-  for (auto& a : _args)
-  {
-    if (a.hasTag ("CONFIG"))
-    {
-      std::string name  = a.attribute ("name");
-      std::string value = a.attribute ("value");
-      context.config.set (name, value);
-      context.footnote (format (STRING_PARSER_OVERRIDE_RC, name, value));
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Extract all the FILTER-tagged items.
 const std::string CLI2::getFilter (bool applyContext)
diff --git a/src/CLI2.h b/src/CLI2.h
index 9524a08b8..a76c955b0 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.h
+++ b/src/CLI2.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ public:
 /*
   void addContextFilter ();
   void addRawFilter (const std::string& arg);
-  void applyOverrides ();
   const std::string getFilter (bool applyContext = true);
 */
   void prepareFilter (bool applyContext = true);