diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/GerritConfigProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/GerritConfigProvider.java
index 7f23b4bd01..03645fdc3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/GerritConfigProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/GerritConfigProvider.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.google.gerrit.client.data.GitwebLink;
 import com.google.gerrit.client.reviewdb.ApprovalCategory;
 import com.google.gerrit.client.reviewdb.ReviewDb;
 import com.google.gerrit.client.rpc.Common;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.mail.EmailSender;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.ssh.GerritSshDaemon;
 import com.google.gwtorm.client.OrmException;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ class GerritConfigProvider implements Provider<GerritConfig> {
         && ip.getHostName().equals(ip.getHostAddress());
   }
 
+  private final Config cfg;
   private final GerritServer server;
   private final SchemaFactory<ReviewDb> schema;
 
@@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ class GerritConfigProvider implements Provider<GerritConfig> {
   private ContactStore contactStore;
 
   @Inject
-  GerritConfigProvider(final GerritServer gs, final SchemaFactory<ReviewDb> sf) {
+  GerritConfigProvider(@GerritServerConfig final Config gsc,
+      final GerritServer gs, final SchemaFactory<ReviewDb> sf) {
+    cfg = gsc;
     server = gs;
     schema = sf;
   }
@@ -69,7 +73,6 @@ class GerritConfigProvider implements Provider<GerritConfig> {
   }
 
   private GerritConfig create() throws OrmException {
-    final Config cfg = server.getGerritConfig();
     final GerritConfig config = new GerritConfig();
     config.setCanonicalUrl(server.getCanonicalURL());
     config.setUseContributorAgreements(cfg.getBoolean("auth",
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/GerritServer.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/GerritServer.java
index dcdefe1dc0..99fd94925c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/GerritServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/GerritServer.java
@@ -316,14 +316,13 @@ public class GerritServer {
     return u;
   }
 
-  /** Get the parsed <code>$site_path/gerrit.config</code> file. */
-  public Config getGerritConfig() {
+  private Config getGerritConfig() {
     return gerritConfigFile;
   }
 
   /**
    * Get (or open) a repository by name.
-   * 
+   *
    * @param name the repository name, relative to the base directory.
    * @return the cached Repository instance. Caller must call {@code close()}
    *         when done to decrement the resource handle.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry.java
index b73722bed4..a4bda5cbe4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.server;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 
@@ -42,12 +43,12 @@ class MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry implements FileTypeRegistry {
   private static final Logger log =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry.class);
 
-  private final GerritServer server;
+  private final Config cfg;
   private MimeUtil2 mimeUtil;
 
   @Inject
-  MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry(final GerritServer gs) {
-    server = gs;
+  MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry(@GerritServerConfig final Config gsc) {
+    cfg = gsc;
     mimeUtil = new MimeUtil2();
     register("eu.medsea.mimeutil.detector.ExtensionMimeDetector");
     register("eu.medsea.mimeutil.detector.MagicMimeMimeDetector");
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ class MimeUtilFileTypeRegistry implements FileTypeRegistry {
       return false;
     }
 
-    final Config cfg = server.getGerritConfig();
     final boolean any = isSafe(cfg, "*/*", false);
     final boolean genericMedia = isSafe(cfg, type.getMediaType() + "/*", any);
     return isSafe(cfg, type.toString(), genericMedia);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ssh/GerritSshDaemon.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ssh/GerritSshDaemon.java
index e2dc74c110..64ee3018d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ssh/GerritSshDaemon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/ssh/GerritSshDaemon.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package com.google.gerrit.server.ssh;
 
 import com.google.gerrit.server.GerritServer;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.config.GerritServerConfig;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.config.SitePath;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
@@ -129,10 +130,10 @@ public class GerritSshDaemon extends SshServer {
   @Inject
   public GerritSshDaemon(final GerritServer srv,
       final CommandFactory commandFactory,
-      final PublickeyAuthenticator userAuth, @SitePath final File sitePath) {
+      final PublickeyAuthenticator userAuth, @SitePath final File sitePath,
+      @GerritServerConfig final Config cfg) {
     setPort(22/* never used */);
 
-    final Config cfg = srv.getGerritConfig();
     listen = parseListen(cfg);
     reuseAddress = cfg.getBoolean("sshd", "reuseaddress", true);
     keepAlive = cfg.getBoolean("sshd", "tcpkeepalive", true);