diff --git a/co-noir/co-noir/src/bin/plaindriver.rs b/co-noir/co-noir/src/bin/plaindriver.rs
index 4c1d771e4..65b89cf76 100644
--- a/co-noir/co-noir/src/bin/plaindriver.rs
+++ b/co-noir/co-noir/src/bin/plaindriver.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ use std::{
     process::ExitCode,
 };
 
-/// Error type for config parsing and merging
-#[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
-#[error(transparent)]
-pub struct ConfigError(#[from] figment::error::Error);
-
 /// An enum representing the transcript hasher to use.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize, ValueEnum)]
 #[clap(rename_all = "lower")]