3 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/chef/application.rb b/lib/chef/application.rb
index 164afd5510..c1fc3a78a4 100644
--- a/lib/chef/application.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/application.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ require 'chef/platform'
 require 'mixlib/cli'
 require 'tmpdir'
 require 'rbconfig'
-require 'pathname'
-require 'chef/chef_fs/path_utils'
 
 class Chef::Application
   include Mixlib::CLI
diff --git a/lib/chef/config_fetcher.rb b/lib/chef/config_fetcher.rb
index 2400dc6897..80a313590b 100644
--- a/lib/chef/config_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/config_fetcher.rb
@@ -46,26 +46,26 @@ class Chef
     end
 
     def config_missing?
-      return true if remote_config?
+      return false if remote_config?
 
       # Check if the config file exists, and check if it is underneath the config file jail
       begin
-        real_config_file = Pathname.new(config_file).realpath.to_s
+        real_config_file = Pathname.new(config_location).realpath.to_s
       rescue Errno::ENOENT
-        return false
+        return true
       end
 
       # If realpath succeeded, the file exists
-      return true if !config_file_jail
+      return false if !config_file_jail
 
       begin
         real_jail = Pathname.new(config_file_jail).realpath.to_s
       rescue Errno::ENOENT
         Chef::Log.warn("Config file jail #{config_file_jail} does not exist: will not load any config file.")
-        return false
+        return true
       end
 
-      Chef::ChefFS::PathUtils.descendant_of?(real_config_file, real_jail)
+      !Chef::ChefFS::PathUtils.descendant_of?(real_config_file, real_jail)
     end
 
     def http
diff --git a/lib/chef/knife.rb b/lib/chef/knife.rb
index 5d455f9b24..a7b2b27985 100644
--- a/lib/chef/knife.rb
+++ b/lib/chef/knife.rb
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ class Chef
       # Don't try to load a knife.rb if it wasn't specified.
       if config[:config_file]
         fetcher = Chef::ConfigFetcher.new(config[:config_file], Chef::Config.config_file_jail)
-        if fetcher.config_missing?(config[:config_file])
+        if fetcher.config_missing?
           ui.error("Specified config file #{config[:config_file]} does not exist#{Chef::Config.config_file_jail ? " or is not under config file jail #{Chef::Config.config_file_jail}" : ""}!")
           exit 1
         end