diff --git a/cmd/edenSetup.go b/cmd/edenSetup.go
index 7406d2b5d..acb13fb2f 100644
--- a/cmd/edenSetup.go
+++ b/cmd/edenSetup.go
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ func newSetupCmd(configName, verbosity *string) *cobra.Command {
 		Long:              `Setup harness.`,
 		PersistentPreRunE: preRunViperLoadFunction(cfg, configName, verbosity),
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if err := openevec.ConfigCheck(*configName); err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("Config check failed %s", err)
+			}
 			if err := openEVEC.SetupEden(*configName, configDir, softSerial, zedControlURL, ipxeOverride, grubOptions, netboot, installer); err != nil {
 
 				log.Fatalf("Setup eden failed: %s", err)
diff --git a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
index 8403548da..ba3fba726 100644
--- a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -205,94 +205,4 @@ const (
 var (
 	//DefaultQemuHostFwd represents port forward for ssh
 	DefaultQemuHostFwd = map[string]string{strconv.Itoa(DefaultSSHPort): "22"}
-	//DefaultCobraToViper represents mapping values between cobra (cli) and viper (yml)
-	DefaultCobraToViper = map[string]string{
-		"redis.dist":  "redis-dist",
-		"redis.tag":   "redis-tag",
-		"redis.port":  "redis-port",
-		"redis.force": "redis-force",
-
-		"adam.dist":         "adam-dist",
-		"adam.tag":          "adam-tag",
-		"adam.port":         "adam-port",
-		"adam.domain":       "domain",
-		"adam.ip":           "ip",
-		"adam.eve-ip":       "eve-ip",
-		"adam.force":        "adam-force",
-		"adam.v1":           "api-v1",
-		"adam.redis.adam":   "adam-redis-url",
-		"adam.remote.redis": "adam-redis",
-
-		"registry.tag":  "registry-tag",
-		"registry.port": "registry-port",
-		"registry.dist": "registry-dist",
-
-		"eve.arch":         "eve-arch",
-		"eve.platform":     "eve-platform",
-		"eve.os":           "eve-os",
-		"eve.accel":        "eve-accel",
-		"eve.hv":           "eve-hv",
-		"eve.serial":       "eve-serial",
-		"eve.pid":          "eve-pid",
-		"eve.log":          "eve-log",
-		"eve.firmware":     "eve-firmware",
-		"eve.repo":         "eve-repo",
-		"eve.registry":     "eve-registry",
-		"eve.tag":          "eve-tag",
-		"eve.hostfwd":      "eve-hostfwd",
-		"eve.dist":         "eve-dist",
-		"eve.base-dist":    "eve-base-dist",
-		"eve.qemu-config":  "qemu-config",
-		"eve.uuid":         "uuid",
-		"eve.image-file":   "image-file",
-		"eve.dtb-part":     "dtb-part",
-		"eve.config-part":  "config-part",
-		"eve.base-version": "os-version",
-		"eve.devmodel":     "devmodel",
-		"eve.devmodelfile": "devmodel-file",
-		"eve.telnet-port":  "eve-telnet-port",
-		"eve.cpu":          "cpus",
-		"eve.ram":          "memory",
-		"eve.tpm":          "tpm",
-		"eve.disks":        "eve-disks",
-
-		"eve.custom-installer.path":   "custom-installer-path",
-		"eve.custom-installer.format": "custom-installer-format",
-
-		"eve.bootstrap-file":  "eve-bootstrap-file",
-		"eve.usbnetconf-file": "eve-usbnetconf-file",
-
-		"eve.qemu.monitor-port":       "qemu-monitor-port",
-		"eve.qemu.netdev-socket-port": "qemu-netdev-socket-port",
-
-		"eden.images.dist":   "image-dist",
-		"eden.images.docker": "docker-yml",
-		"eden.images.vm":     "vm-yml",
-		"eden.download":      "download",
-		"eden.eserver.ip":    "eserver-ip",
-		"eden.eserver.port":  "eserver-port",
-		"eden.eserver.tag":   "eserver-tag",
-		"eden.eserver.force": "eserver-force",
-		"eden.certs-dist":    "certs-dist",
-		"eden.bin-dist":      "bin-dist",
-		"eden.ssh-key":       "ssh-key",
-		"eden.test-bin":      "prog",
-		"eden.test-scenario": "scenario",
-
-		"config": "config",
-
-		"sdn.disable":       "sdn-disable",
-		"sdn.source-dir":    "sdn-source-dir",
-		"sdn.config-dir":    "sdn-config-dir",
-		"sdn.image-file":    "sdn-image-file",
-		"sdn.linuxkit-bin":  "sdn-linuxkit-bin",
-		"sdn.cpu":           "sdn-cpu",
-		"sdn.ram":           "sdn-ram",
-		"sdn.pid":           "sdn-pid",
-		"sdn.console-log":   "sdn-console-log",
-		"sdn.telnet-port":   "sdn-telnet-port",
-		"sdn.ssh-port":      "sdn-ssh-port",
-		"sdn.mgmt-port":     "sdn-mgmt-port",
-		"sdn.network-model": "sdn-network-model",
-	}
 )
diff --git a/pkg/openevec/config.go b/pkg/openevec/config.go
index 39a0b8162..5a8f0194b 100644
--- a/pkg/openevec/config.go
+++ b/pkg/openevec/config.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func resolvePath(v reflect.Value) {
 	}
 }
 
-func configCheck(configName string) error {
+func ConfigCheck(configName string) error {
 	configFile := utils.GetConfig(configName)
 	configSaved := utils.ResolveAbsPath(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", configName, defaults.DefaultConfigSaved))
 
diff --git a/pkg/openevec/eden.go b/pkg/openevec/eden.go
index b0bfabad7..0f41b64e4 100644
--- a/pkg/openevec/eden.go
+++ b/pkg/openevec/eden.go
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ func (openEVEC *OpenEVEC) SetupEden(configName, configDir, softSerial, zedContro
 
 	cfg := *openEVEC.cfg
 
-	if err := configCheck(configName); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	if netboot && installer {
 		return fmt.Errorf("please use netboot or installer flag, not both")
 	}