diff --git a/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js b/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js
index 69ae78e51e3f2..78eed42bdf000 100644
--- a/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js
+++ b/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const rimraf = require('rimraf')
 const validate = require('aproba')
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg')
 const npm = require('./npm')
-const npmConfig = require('./config/figgy-config.js')
+let npmConfig
 const npmlog = require('npmlog')
 const limit = require('call-limit')
 const tempFilename = require('./utils/temp-filename')
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ function fetchPackageMetadata (spec, where, opts, done) {
     err.code = 'EWINDOWSPATH'
     return logAndFinish(err)
   }
+  if (!npmConfig) {
+    npmConfig = require('./config/figgy-config.js')
+  }
   pacote.manifest(dep, npmConfig({
     annotate: true,
     fullMetadata: opts.fullMetadata,
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ function addBundled (pkg, next) {
   }
   pkg._bundled = null
   const target = tempFilename('unpack')
+  if (!npmConfig) {
+    npmConfig = require('./config/figgy-config.js')
+  }
   const opts = npmConfig({integrity: pkg._integrity})
   pacote.extract(pkg._resolved || pkg._requested || npa.resolve(pkg.name, pkg.version), target, opts).then(() => {
     log.silly('addBundled', 'read tarball')
diff --git a/lib/install/action/extract.js b/lib/install/action/extract.js
index 0e84e157670cf..c1c17cdf6c4f3 100644
--- a/lib/install/action/extract.js
+++ b/lib/install/action/extract.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const moduleStagingPath = require('../module-staging-path.js')
 const move = require('../../utils/move.js')
 const npa = require('npm-package-arg')
 const npm = require('../../npm.js')
-const npmConfig = require('../../config/figgy-config.js')
+let npmConfig
 const packageId = require('../../utils/package-id.js')
 const path = require('path')
 const localWorker = require('./extract-worker.js')
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ module.exports = extract
 function extract (staging, pkg, log) {
   log.silly('extract', packageId(pkg))
   const extractTo = moduleStagingPath(staging, pkg)
+  if (!npmConfig) {
+    npmConfig = require('../../config/figgy-config.js')
+  }
   let opts = ExtractOpts(npmConfig()).concat({
     integrity: pkg.package._integrity,
     resolved: pkg.package._resolved