diff --git a/cmd/sops/common/common.go b/cmd/sops/common/common.go
index 03d6f340a..4960e6e47 100644
--- a/cmd/sops/common/common.go
+++ b/cmd/sops/common/common.go
@@ -30,15 +30,10 @@ type ExampleFileEmitter interface {
 	EmitExample() []byte
 }
 
-type Configurable interface {
-	Configure(*config.Config)
-}
-
 // Store handles marshaling and unmarshaling from SOPS files
 type Store interface {
 	sops.Store
 	ExampleFileEmitter
-	Configurable
 }
 
 type storeConstructor = func(*config.StoresConfig) Store
diff --git a/cmd/sops/main.go b/cmd/sops/main.go
index 3cdc7e933..96ae2477a 100644
--- a/cmd/sops/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sops/main.go
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ func main() {
 		},
 		cli.IntFlag{
 			Name:  "indent",
-			Usage: "the number of space to indent yaml encoded file for encryption",
+			Usage: "the number of space to indent YAML encoded file for encryption",
 		},
 		cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:  "verbose",
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ func keyservices(c *cli.Context) (svcs []keyservice.KeyServiceClient) {
 	return
 }
 
-func inputStore(context *cli.Context, path string) common.Store {
+func loadStoresConfig(context *cli.Context, path string) (*config.StoresConfig, error) {
 	var configPath string
 	if context.String("config") != "" {
 		configPath = context.String("config")
@@ -1077,20 +1077,16 @@ func inputStore(context *cli.Context, path string) common.Store {
 		// Ignore config not found errors returned from FindConfigFile since the config file is not mandatory
 		configPath, _ = config.FindConfigFile(".")
 	}
-	storesConf, _ := config.LoadStoresConfig(configPath)
+	return config.LoadStoresConfig(configPath)
+}
 
+func inputStore(context *cli.Context, path string) common.Store {
+	storesConf, _ := loadStoresConfig(context, path)
 	return common.DefaultStoreForPathOrFormat(storesConf, path, context.String("input-type"))
 }
 
 func outputStore(context *cli.Context, path string) common.Store {
-	var configPath string
-	if context.String("config") != "" {
-		configPath = context.String("config")
-	} else {
-		// Ignore config not found errors returned from FindConfigFile since the config file is not mandatory
-		configPath, _ = config.FindConfigFile(".")
-	}
-	storesConf, _ := config.LoadStoresConfig(configPath)
+	storesConf, _ := loadStoresConfig(context, path)
 	if context.Int("indent") != 0 {
 		storesConf.YAML.Indent = context.Int("indent")
 	}
diff --git a/stores/dotenv/store.go b/stores/dotenv/store.go
index e930d3960..db895fcd9 100644
--- a/stores/dotenv/store.go
+++ b/stores/dotenv/store.go
@@ -202,6 +202,3 @@ func isComplexValue(v interface{}) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
-
-func (store *Store) Configure(c *config.Config) {
-}
diff --git a/stores/ini/store.go b/stores/ini/store.go
index b74705e11..d703d87cf 100644
--- a/stores/ini/store.go
+++ b/stores/ini/store.go
@@ -288,6 +288,3 @@ func (store *Store) EmitExample() []byte {
 	}
 	return bytes
 }
-
-func (store *Store) Configure(c *config.Config) {
-}
diff --git a/stores/json/store.go b/stores/json/store.go
index bcd8bdba9..5b56236ed 100644
--- a/stores/json/store.go
+++ b/stores/json/store.go
@@ -348,9 +348,3 @@ func (store *Store) EmitExample() []byte {
 	}
 	return bytes
 }
-
-func (store *Store) Configure(c *config.Config) {
-}
-
-func (store *BinaryStore) Configure(c *config.Config) {
-}
diff --git a/stores/yaml/store.go b/stores/yaml/store.go
index 50850bb10..701f7edc5 100644
--- a/stores/yaml/store.go
+++ b/stores/yaml/store.go
@@ -407,6 +407,3 @@ func (store *Store) EmitExample() []byte {
 	}
 	return bytes
 }
-
-func (store *Store) Configure(c *config.Config) {
-}