diff --git a/test/compiler.test.js b/test/compiler.test.js
index 41c4834..85d9a04 100644
--- a/test/compiler.test.js
+++ b/test/compiler.test.js
@@ -509,6 +509,40 @@ describe('compiler', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('does not cache loaded values', function(done) {
+      appdir.createConfigFilesSync();
+      appdir.writeConfigFileSync('middleware.json', {
+        'strong-error-handler': { params: { debug: false }},
+      });
+      appdir.writeConfigFileSync('middleware.development.json', {
+        'strong-error-handler': { params: { debug: true }},
+      });
+
+      // Here we load main config and merge it with DEV overrides
+      var bootOptions = {
+        appRootDir: appdir.PATH,
+        env: 'development',
+        phases: ['load'],
+      };
+      var productionBootOptions = {
+        appRootDir: appdir.PATH,
+        env: 'production',
+        phases: ['load'],
+      };
+      boot.compile(bootOptions, function(err, context) {
+        var config = context.configurations.middleware;
+        expect(config['strong-error-handler'].params.debug,
+          'debug in development').to.equal(true);
+
+        boot.compile(productionBootOptions, function(err, context2) {
+          var config = context2.configurations.middleware;
+          expect(config['strong-error-handler'].params.debug,
+            'debug in production').to.equal(false);
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     it('allows env specific model-config json', function(done) {
       appdir.createConfigFilesSync();
       appdir.writeConfigFileSync('model-config.local.json', {
diff --git a/test/config-loader.test.js b/test/config-loader.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2faade0..0000000
--- a/test/config-loader.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright IBM Corp. 2014,2016. All Rights Reserved.
-// Node module: loopback-boot
-// This file is licensed under the MIT License.
-// License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
-
-var configLoader = require('../lib/config-loader');
-var fs = require('fs-extra');
-var path = require('path');
-var expect = require('chai').expect;
-var sandbox = require('./helpers/sandbox');
-var appdir = require('./helpers/appdir');
-
-describe('config-loader', function() {
-  beforeEach(sandbox.reset);
-  beforeEach(appdir.init);
-
-  it('does not cache loaded values', function() {
-    appdir.createConfigFilesSync();
-    appdir.writeConfigFileSync('middleware.json', {
-      'strong-error-handler': { params: { debug: false }},
-    });
-    appdir.writeConfigFileSync('middleware.development.json', {
-      'strong-error-handler': { params: { debug: true }},
-    });
-
-    // Here we load main config and merge it with DEV overrides
-    var config = configLoader.loadMiddleware(appdir.PATH, 'development');
-    expect(config['strong-error-handler'].params.debug, 'debug in development')
-      .to.equal(true);
-
-    // When we load the config file again in different environment,
-    // only the main file is loaded and no overrides are applied.
-    config = configLoader.loadMiddleware(appdir.PATH, 'production');
-    expect(config['strong-error-handler'].params.debug, 'debug in production')
-      .to.equal(false);
-  });
-});