diff --git a/packages/schema/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/schema/src/cli/index.ts
index d96ed1121..f4fee92b7 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ export function createProgram() {
         `schema file (with extension ${schemaExtensions}). Defaults to "schema.zmodel" unless specified in package.json.`
     );
 
-    const configOption = new Option('-c, --config [file]', 'config file').hideHelp();
     const pmOption = new Option('-p, --package-manager <pm>', 'package manager to use').choices([
         'npm',
         'yarn',
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ export function createProgram() {
     program
         .command('init')
         .description('Initialize an existing project for ZenStack.')
-        .addOption(configOption)
         .addOption(pmOption)
         .addOption(new Option('--prisma <file>', 'location of Prisma schema file to bootstrap from'))
         .addOption(new Option('--tag <tag>', 'the NPM package tag to use when installing dependencies'))
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/plugins/prisma/schema-generator.ts b/packages/schema/src/plugins/prisma/schema-generator.ts
index 01a8efc60..bfc0cf770 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/plugins/prisma/schema-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/plugins/prisma/schema-generator.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export class PrismaSchemaGenerator {
         if (options.format === true) {
             try {
                 // run 'prisma format'
-                await execSync(`npx prisma format --schema ${outFile}`);
+                await execSync(`npx prisma format --schema ${outFile}`, { stdio: 'ignore' });
             } catch {
                 warnings.push(`Failed to format Prisma schema file`);
             }
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/cli/config.test.ts b/tests/integration/tests/cli/config.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f047889fd..000000000
--- a/tests/integration/tests/cli/config.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
-/// <reference types="@types/jest" />
-
-import * as fs from 'fs';
-import * as tmp from 'tmp';
-import { createProgram } from '../../../../packages/schema/src/cli';
-
-describe('CLI Config Tests', () => {
-    let origDir: string;
-
-    beforeEach(() => {
-        origDir = process.cwd();
-        const r = tmp.dirSync({ unsafeCleanup: true });
-        console.log(`Project dir: ${r.name}`);
-        process.chdir(r.name);
-
-        fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify({ name: 'my app', version: '1.0.0' }));
-    });
-
-    afterEach(() => {
-        process.chdir(origDir);
-    });
-
-    // for ensuring backward compatibility only
-    it('valid default config empty', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync('zenstack.config.json', JSON.stringify({}));
-        const program = createProgram();
-        await program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest'], { from: 'user' });
-    });
-
-    // for ensuring backward compatibility only
-    it('valid default config non-empty', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync(
-            'zenstack.config.json',
-            JSON.stringify({ guardFieldName: 'myGuardField', transactionFieldName: 'myTransactionField' })
-        );
-
-        const program = createProgram();
-        await program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest'], { from: 'user' });
-    });
-
-    it('custom config file does not exist', async () => {
-        const program = createProgram();
-        const configFile = `my.config.json`;
-        await expect(
-            program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest', '--config', configFile], { from: 'user' })
-        ).rejects.toThrow(/Config file could not be found/i);
-    });
-
-    it('custom config file is not json', async () => {
-        const program = createProgram();
-        const configFile = `my.config.json`;
-        fs.writeFileSync(configFile, ` 😬 😬 😬`);
-        await expect(
-            program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest', '--config', configFile], { from: 'user' })
-        ).rejects.toThrow(/Config is not a valid JSON file/i);
-    });
-
-    // for ensuring backward compatibility only
-    it('valid custom config file', async () => {
-        fs.writeFileSync('my.config.json', JSON.stringify({ guardFieldName: 'myGuardField' }));
-        const program = createProgram();
-        await program.parseAsync(['init', '--tag', 'latest', '--config', 'my.config.json'], { from: 'user' });
-    });
-});