diff --git a/accounts/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/accounts/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index b26d18fbfd..bf62637ece 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 	}
 }
 
-func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) error {
+func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	// provide with defaults for shared logging, since we need a valid destination address for BindEnv.
 	if cfg.Log == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Log != nil {
 		cfg.Log = &config.Log{
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) error {
 	} else if cfg.Tracing == nil {
 		cfg.Tracing = &config.Tracing{}
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 func Sanitize(cfg *config.Config) {
diff --git a/accounts/pkg/config/parser/parse.go b/accounts/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
index c252765a58..f689ee528c 100644
--- a/accounts/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
+++ b/accounts/pkg/config/parser/parse.go
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ func ParseConfig(cfg *config.Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = defaults.EnsureDefaults(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	defaults.EnsureDefaults(cfg)
 
 	// load all env variables relevant to the config in the current context.
 	if err := envdecode.Decode(cfg); err != nil {