diff --git a/src/Core/Console/Config.php b/src/Core/Console/Config.php
index 3b77d54009..a199fb3afb 100644
--- a/src/Core/Console/Config.php
+++ b/src/Core/Console/Config.php
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ Description
 		Shows the value of the provided key in the category
 
 	bin/console config <category> <key> <value>
-		Set the value of the provided key in the category
+		Sets the value of the provided key in the category
+
+Notes:
+	Setting config entries which are manually set in .htconfig.php may result in
+	conflict between database settings and the manual startup settings.
 
 Options
     -h|--help|-? Show help information
diff --git a/util/config b/util/config
deleted file mode 100755
index 7774fb6023..0000000000
--- a/util/config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env php
-<?php
-
-/**
- * @brief tool to access the system config from the CLI
- *
- * With this script you can access the system configuration of your node from
- * the CLI. You can do both, reading current values stored in the database and
- * set new values to config variables.
- *
- * Usage:
- *   If you specify no parameters at the CLI, the script will list all config
- *   variables defined.
- *
- *   If you specify one parameter, the scipt will list all config variables
- *   defined in this section of the configuration (e.g. "system").
- *
- *   If you specify two parameters, the scipt will show you the current value
- *   of the named configuration setting. (e.g. "system loglevel")
- *
- *   If you specify three parameters, the named configuration setting will be
- *   set to the value of the last parameter. (e.g. "system loglevel 0" will
- *   disable logging)
- **/
-
-use Friendica\Core\Config;
-
-require_once 'boot.php';
-require_once 'include/dba.php';
-require_once 'include/text.php';
-$a = get_app();
-require_once '.htconfig.php';
-
-dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
-
-if($argc > 3) {
-	Config::set($argv[1],$argv[2],$argv[3]);
-	echo "config[{$argv[1]}][{$argv[2]}] = " . Config::get($argv[1],$argv[2]) . "\n";
-}
-
-if($argc == 3) {
-	echo "config[{$argv[1]}][{$argv[2]}] = " . Config::get($argv[1],$argv[2]) . "\n";
-}
-
-if($argc == 2) {
-	Config::load($argv[1]);
-	if (!is_null($a->config[$argv[1]])) {
-		foreach($a->config[$argv[1]] as $k => $x) {
-			echo "config[{$argv[1]}][{$k}] = " . $x . "\n";
-		}
-	} else {
-		echo "config section '$argv[1]' returned nothing.\n";
-	}
-}
-
-if($argc == 1) {
-	$r = q("select * from config where 1");
-	if($r) {
-		foreach($r as $rr) {
-			echo "config[{$rr['cat']}][{$rr['k']}] = " . $rr['v'] . "\n";
-		}
-	}
-}
-
diff --git a/util/config.md b/util/config.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b834fe01a..0000000000
--- a/util/config.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-CLI config utility
-==================
-
-Usage:
-
-
-config
-	displays all config entries
-
-
-config family
-	displays all config entries for family (system, database, etc)
-
-
-config family key
-	displays single config entry for specified family and key
-
-config family key value
-	set config entry for specified family and key to value and display result
-
-
-
-Notes:
-	Setting config entries which are manually set in .htconfig.php may result in 
-conflict between database settings and the manual startup settings. 
-