diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aa37e381e..60c26dae8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ coverage_percent.txt
 linux-coverage-build
 linux-build
 win32-build
-test/functional/config.ini
+test/config.ini
 test/cache/*
 
 !src/leveldb*/Makefile
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 26a9d082c..13de01515 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ AC_SUBST(EVENT_PTHREADS_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(ZMQ_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(PROTOBUF_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(QR_LIBS)
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/man/Makefile share/setup.nsi share/qt/Info.plist test/functional/config.ini test/util/config.ini])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile doc/man/Makefile share/setup.nsi share/qt/Info.plist test/config.ini])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh],[chmod +x contrib/devtools/split-debug.sh])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([doc/Doxyfile])
 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([test/functional/test_runner.py:test/functional/test_runner.py])
@@ -1213,8 +1213,8 @@ esac
 dnl Replace the BUILDDIR path with the correct Windows path if compiling on Native Windows
 case ${OS} in
    *Windows*)
-     sed  's/BUILDDIR="\/\([[a-z]]\)/BUILDDIR="\1:/'  test/functional/config.ini > test/functional/config-2.ini
-     mv test/functional/config-2.ini test/functional/config.ini
+     sed  's/BUILDDIR="\/\([[a-z]]\)/BUILDDIR="\1:/'  test/config.ini > test/config-2.ini
+     mv test/config-2.ini test/config.ini
    ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/test/functional/config.ini.in b/test/config.ini.in
similarity index 90%
rename from test/functional/config.ini.in
rename to test/config.ini.in
index 29586c555..35ee092be 100644
--- a/test/functional/config.ini.in
+++ b/test/config.ini.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 # These environment variables are set by the build process and read by
-# test/functional/test_runner.py
+# test/functional/test_runner.py and test/util/bitcoin-util-test.py
 
 [environment]
 SRCDIR=@abs_top_srcdir@
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 467e1668d..a805f5055 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def main():
 
     # Read config generated by configure.
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    configfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + "/config.ini"
+    configfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) + "/../config.ini"
     config.read_file(open(configfile))
 
     passon_args.append("--configfile=%s" % configfile)
diff --git a/test/util/bitcoin-util-test.py b/test/util/bitcoin-util-test.py
index f85bd13f9..ce0b9ca93 100755
--- a/test/util/bitcoin-util-test.py
+++ b/test/util/bitcoin-util-test.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     import bctest
 
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    config.read_file(open(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/config.ini"))
+    config.read_file(open(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../config.ini"))
 
     buildenv = argparse.Namespace(exeext=config["environment"]["EXEEXT"],
                                   SRCDIR=config["environment"]["SRCDIR"],
diff --git a/test/util/config.ini.in b/test/util/config.ini.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a1f8f09ce..000000000
--- a/test/util/config.ini.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2017 The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-
-# These environment variables are set by the build process and read by
-# test/util/bitcoin-util-test.py
-
-[environment]
-SRCDIR=@abs_top_srcdir@
-BUILDDIR=@abs_top_builddir@
-EXEEXT=@EXEEXT@