--- a/helix-term/src/config.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/config.rs
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
 impl Config {
     pub fn load(
         global: Result<String, ConfigLoadError>,
-        local: Result<String, ConfigLoadError>,
+        _local: Result<String, ConfigLoadError>,
     ) -> Result<Config, ConfigLoadError> {
         let global_config: Result<ConfigRaw, ConfigLoadError> =
             global.and_then(|file| toml::from_str(&file).map_err(ConfigLoadError::BadConfig));
-        let local_config: Result<ConfigRaw, ConfigLoadError> =
-            local.and_then(|file| toml::from_str(&file).map_err(ConfigLoadError::BadConfig));
+        let local_config: Result<ConfigRaw, ConfigLoadError> = Err(ConfigLoadError::default());
         let res = match (global_config, local_config) {
             (Ok(global), Ok(local)) => {
                 let mut keys = keymap::default();