diff --git a/local-cli/core/default.config.js b/local-cli/core/default.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ecfbed982..000000000
--- a/local-cli/core/default.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
- *
- * @flow
- */
-'use strict';
-
-const path = require('path');
-const flatten = require('lodash').flatten;
-const android = require('./android');
-const findAssets = require('./findAssets');
-const ios = require('./ios');
-const windows = require('./windows');
-const wrapCommands = require('./wrapCommands');
-const findPlugins = require('./findPlugins');
-const findSymlinksPaths = require('../util/findSymlinksPaths');
-
-function getProjectPath() {
-  if (__dirname.match(/node_modules[\/\\]react-native[\/\\]local-cli[\/\\]core$/)) {
-    // Packager is running from node_modules.
-    // This is the default case for all projects created using 'react-native init'.
-    return path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../..');
-  } else if (__dirname.match(/Pods[\/\\]React[\/\\]packager$/)) {
-    // React Native was installed using CocoaPods.
-    return path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../..');
-  }
-  return path.resolve(__dirname, '../..');
-}
-
-const getRNPMConfig = (folder) =>
-  // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
-  require(path.join(folder, './package.json')).rnpm || {};
-
-const attachPackage = (command, pkg) => Array.isArray(command)
-  ? command.map(cmd => attachPackage(cmd, pkg))
-  : { ...command, pkg };
-
-const resolveSymlink = (roots) =>
-  roots.concat(
-    findSymlinksPaths(
-      path.join(getProjectPath(), 'node_modules'),
-      roots
-    )
-  );
-
-/**
- * Default configuration for the CLI.
- *
- * If you need to override any of this functions do so by defining the file
- * `rn-cli.config.js` on the root of your project with the functions you need
- * to tweak.
- */
-const config = {
-  getProjectCommands() {
-    const appRoot = process.cwd();
-    const plugins = findPlugins([appRoot])
-      .map(pathToCommands => {
-        const name = pathToCommands.split(path.sep)[0];
-
-        return attachPackage(
-          // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
-          require(path.join(appRoot, 'node_modules', pathToCommands)),
-          // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
-          require(path.join(appRoot, 'node_modules', name, 'package.json'))
-        );
-      });
-
-    return flatten(plugins);
-  },
-  getProjectConfig() {
-    const folder = process.cwd();
-    const rnpm = getRNPMConfig(folder);
-
-    return Object.assign({}, rnpm, {
-      ios: ios.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.ios || {}),
-      android: android.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.android || {}),
-      windows: windows.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.windows || {}),
-      assets: findAssets(folder, rnpm.assets),
-    });
-  },
-  getDependencyConfig(packageName: string) {
-    const folder = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName);
-    const rnpm = getRNPMConfig(
-      path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName)
-    );
-
-    return Object.assign({}, rnpm, {
-      ios: ios.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.ios || {}),
-      android: android.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.android || {}),
-      windows: windows.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.windows || {}),
-      assets: findAssets(folder, rnpm.assets),
-      commands: wrapCommands(rnpm.commands),
-      params: rnpm.params || [],
-    });
-  },
-  getProjectRoots() {
-    const root = process.env.REACT_NATIVE_APP_ROOT;
-    if (root) {
-      return resolveSymlink([path.resolve(root)]);
-    }
-
-    return resolveSymlink([getProjectPath()]);
-  },
-};
-
-module.exports = config;
diff --git a/local-cli/core/index.js b/local-cli/core/index.js
index 4b05093e2..6fe4374af 100644
--- a/local-cli/core/index.js
+++ b/local-cli/core/index.js
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+const android = require('./android');
 const Config = require('../util/Config');
+const findPlugins = require('./findPlugins');
+const findAssets = require('./findAssets');
+const ios = require('./ios');
+const windows = require('./windows');
+const wrapCommands = require('./wrapCommands');
 
-const defaultConfig = require('./default.config');
+const flatten = require('lodash').flatten;
 const minimist = require('minimist');
 const path = require('path');
 
@@ -35,6 +41,61 @@ export type RNConfig = {
   getDependencyConfig(pkgName: string): Object,
 };
 
+const getRNPMConfig = (folder) =>
+  // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
+  require(path.join(folder, './package.json')).rnpm || {};
+
+const attachPackage = (command, pkg) => Array.isArray(command)
+  ? command.map(cmd => attachPackage(cmd, pkg))
+  : { ...command, pkg };
+
+const defaultRNConfig = {
+  getProjectCommands(): Array<CommandT> {
+    const appRoot = process.cwd();
+    const plugins = findPlugins([appRoot])
+      .map(pathToCommands => {
+        const name = pathToCommands.split(path.sep)[0];
+
+        return attachPackage(
+          // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
+          require(path.join(appRoot, 'node_modules', pathToCommands)),
+          // $FlowFixMe non-literal require
+          require(path.join(appRoot, 'node_modules', name, 'package.json'))
+        );
+      });
+
+    return flatten(plugins);
+  },
+
+  getProjectConfig(): Object {
+    const folder = process.cwd();
+    const rnpm = getRNPMConfig(folder);
+
+    return Object.assign({}, rnpm, {
+      ios: ios.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.ios || {}),
+      android: android.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.android || {}),
+      windows: windows.projectConfig(folder, rnpm.windows || {}),
+      assets: findAssets(folder, rnpm.assets),
+    });
+  },
+
+  getDependencyConfig(packageName: string) {
+    const folder = path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName);
+    const rnpm = getRNPMConfig(
+      path.join(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName)
+    );
+
+    return Object.assign({}, rnpm, {
+      ios: ios.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.ios || {}),
+      android: android.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.android || {}),
+      windows: windows.dependencyConfig(folder, rnpm.windows || {}),
+      assets: findAssets(folder, rnpm.assets),
+      commands: wrapCommands(rnpm.commands),
+      params: rnpm.params || [],
+    });
+  },
+};
+
 /**
  * Loads the CLI configuration
  */
@@ -44,7 +105,7 @@ function getCliConfig(): RNConfig {
     ? Config.loadFile(path.resolve(__dirname, cliArgs.config))
     : Config.findOptional(__dirname);
 
-  return {...defaultConfig, ...config};
+  return {...defaultRNConfig, ...config};
 }
 
 module.exports = getCliConfig();
diff --git a/local-cli/util/Config.js b/local-cli/util/Config.js
index 751ee957d..3ead4ff14 100644
--- a/local-cli/util/Config.js
+++ b/local-cli/util/Config.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+const findSymlinksPaths = require('./findSymlinksPaths');
+
 const blacklist = require('metro-bundler/build/blacklist');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const invariant = require('fbjs/lib/invariant');
@@ -111,6 +113,26 @@ export type ConfigT = {
   transformVariants: () => TransformVariants,
 };
 
+function getProjectPath() {
+  if (__dirname.match(/node_modules[\/\\]react-native[\/\\]local-cli[\/\\]util$/)) {
+    // Packager is running from node_modules.
+    // This is the default case for all projects created using 'react-native init'.
+    return path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../..');
+  } else if (__dirname.match(/Pods[\/\\]React[\/\\]packager$/)) {
+    // React Native was installed using CocoaPods.
+    return path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../..');
+  }
+  return path.resolve(__dirname, '../..');
+}
+
+const resolveSymlink = (roots) =>
+  roots.concat(
+    findSymlinksPaths(
+      path.join(getProjectPath(), 'node_modules'),
+      roots
+    )
+  );
+
 /**
  * Module capable of getting the configuration out of a given file.
  *
@@ -126,7 +148,13 @@ const Config = {
     getBlacklistRE: () => blacklist(),
     getPlatforms: () => [],
     getPolyfillModuleNames: () => [],
-    getProjectRoots: () => [process.cwd()],
+    getProjectRoots: () => {
+      const root = process.env.REACT_NATIVE_APP_ROOT;
+      if (root) {
+        return resolveSymlink([path.resolve(root)]);
+      }
+      return resolveSymlink([getProjectPath()]);
+    },
     getProvidesModuleNodeModules: () => providesModuleNodeModules.slice(),
     getSourceExts: () => [],
     getTransformModulePath: () => require.resolve('metro-bundler/build/transformer.js'),