diff --git a/lib/config/figgy-config.js b/lib/config/figgy-config.js
index 9e9ca0ba561ef..8ca1fd963756d 100644
--- a/lib/config/figgy-config.js
+++ b/lib/config/figgy-config.js
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ let baseConfig
 module.exports = mkConfig
 function mkConfig (...providers) {
   if (!baseConfig) {
-    baseConfig = NpmConfig(npm.config, {
+    const allOpts = {}
+    npm.config.forEach(k => {
+      allOpts[k] = npm.config.get(k)
+    })
+    baseConfig = NpmConfig(allOpts, {
       // Add some non-npm-config opts by hand.
       cache: path.join(npm.config.get('cache'), '_cacache'),
       // NOTE: npm has some magic logic around color distinct from the config