diff --git a/spec/cli.spec.js b/spec/cli.spec.js
index 7e7b62604..abf10e76e 100644
--- a/spec/cli.spec.js
+++ b/spec/cli.spec.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     under the License.
 */
 
-const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const rewire = require('rewire');
 /*
@@ -438,6 +437,7 @@ describe('cordova cli', () => {
         const cordovaConfig = {};
 
         const confMock = {
+            all: cordovaConfig,
             set (key, value) {
                 cordovaConfig[key] = value;
             },
@@ -503,12 +503,10 @@ describe('cordova cli', () => {
         });
 
         it('Test #047 : config ls is called', () => {
-            spyOn(fs, 'readFile').and.callFake((confPath, cb) => {
-                confHolder = confPath();
-            });
+            const expectedOutput = JSON.stringify(cordovaConfig, null, 4);
 
             return cli(['node', 'cordova', 'config', 'ls']).then(() => {
-                expect(path.basename(confHolder)).toEqual('cordova-config.json');
+                expect(logger.results).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expectedOutput);
             });
         });
 
diff --git a/src/cli.js b/src/cli.js
index 8e07df73e..0d5089d69 100644
--- a/src/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli.js
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ var logger = require('cordova-common').CordovaLogger.get();
 var Configstore = require('configstore');
 var conf = new Configstore(pkg.name + '-config');
 var editor = require('editor');
-var fs = require('fs');
 
 var knownOpts = {
     'verbose': Boolean,
@@ -149,13 +148,7 @@ module.exports = function (inputArgs) {
 
     // If "ls" is called
     if (isConfigCmd && (inputArgs[3] === 'ls' || inputArgs[3] === 'list')) {
-        fs.readFile(conf.path, 'utf8', function (err, data) {
-            if (err) {
-                logger.error(err);
-            } else {
-                logger.log(data);
-            }
-        });
+        logger.results(JSON.stringify(conf.all, null, 4));
     }
 
     return Promise.resolve().then(function () {