@@ -1161,53 +1161,10 @@
              (json-write targets))
             (else
              (debug:print-error 0 *default-log-port* "dump output format " (args:get-arg "-dumpmode") " not supported for -list-targets")))
           (set! *didsomething* #t))))
 
-;; cache the runconfigs in $MT_LINKTREE/$MT_TARGET/$MT_RUNNAME/.runconfig
-;;
-(define (full-runconfigs-read)
-;; in the envprocessing branch the below code replaces the further below code
-;;  (if (eq? *configstatus* 'fulldata)
-;;      *runconfigdat*
-;;      (begin
-;;	(launch:setup)
-;;	*runconfigdat*)))
-
-  (let* ((rundir (if (and (getenv "MT_LINKTREE")(getenv "MT_TARGET")(getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))
-		     (conc (getenv "MT_LINKTREE") "/" (getenv "MT_TARGET") "/" (getenv "MT_RUNNAME"))
-		     #f))
-	 (cfgf   (if rundir (conc rundir "/.runconfig." megatest-version "-" megatest-fossil-hash) #f)))
-    (if (and cfgf
-	     (common:file-exists? cfgf)
-	     (file-write-access? cfgf)
-	     (common:use-cache?))
-	(configf:read-alist cfgf)
-	(let* ((keys   (rmt:get-keys))
-	       (target (common:args-get-target))
-	       (key-vals (if target (keys:target->keyval keys target) #f))
-	       (sections (if target (list "default" target) #f))
-	       (data     (begin
-			   (setenv "MT_RUN_AREA_HOME" *toppath*)
-			   (if key-vals
-			       (for-each (lambda (kt)
-					   (setenv (car kt) (cadr kt)))
-					 key-vals))
-			   ;; (read-config (conc *toppath* "/runconfigs.config") #f #t sections: sections))))
-                           (runconfig:read (conc *toppath* "/runconfigs.config") target #f))))
-	  (if (and rundir ;; have all needed variabless
-		   (directory-exists? rundir)
-		   (file-write-access? rundir))
-	      (begin
-                (if (not (common:in-running-test?))
-                    (configf:write-alist data cfgf))
-		;; force re-read of megatest.config - this resolves circular references between megatest.config
-		(launch:setup force-reread: #t)
-		;; (launch:cache-config) ;; there are two independent config cache locations, turning this one off for now. MRW.
-		)) ;; we can safely cache megatest.config since we have a valid runconfig
-	  data))))
-
 (if (args:get-arg "-show-runconfig")
     (let ((tl (launch:setup)))
       (push-directory *toppath*)
       (let ((data (full-runconfigs-read)))
 	;; keep this one local