diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 7309c20bf19..ead8bb0b1ba 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@ This serves two purposes:
 
 ### Security
 - in case of vulnerabilities.
+
+### Internal
+
+- Internal: Only inject custom app config location when missing from parent in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1485
+- Internal: Remove experimental Phar support from internal configuration loader in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1485
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Foundation/Internal/LoadConfiguration.php b/packages/framework/src/Foundation/Internal/LoadConfiguration.php
index 10bf1418286..db1b31e4090 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Foundation/Internal/LoadConfiguration.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Foundation/Internal/LoadConfiguration.php
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@
 
 namespace Hyde\Foundation\Internal;
 
-use Phar;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Foundation\Application;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\LoadConfiguration as BaseLoadConfiguration;
 
 use function getenv;
 use function array_merge;
-use function dirname;
 use function in_array;
-use function is_dir;
 use function tap;
 
 /** @internal */
@@ -24,9 +21,7 @@ protected function getConfigurationFiles(Application $app): array
     {
         return (array) tap(parent::getConfigurationFiles($app), function (array &$files) use ($app): void {
             // Inject our custom config file which is stored in `app/config.php`.
-            $files['app'] = $app->basePath().DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'app'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'config.php';
-
-            $this->providePharSupportIfNeeded($files);
+            $files['app'] ??= $app->basePath().DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'app'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'config.php';
         });
     }
 
@@ -61,24 +56,6 @@ private function mergeConfigurationFile(Repository $repository, string $file): v
         ));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Provide support for running Hyde in a Phar archive.
-     *
-     * @experimental
-     *
-     * @codeCoverageIgnore
-     */
-    private static function providePharSupportIfNeeded(array &$files): void
-    {
-        // If we're running in a Phar and no project config directory exists,
-        // we need to adjust the path to use the bundled static Phar config file.
-
-        /** @var array{app: string} $files */
-        if (Phar::running() && (! is_dir($files['app']))) {
-            $files['app'] = dirname(__DIR__, 6).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'config'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'app.php';
-        }
-    }
-
     private function loadRuntimeConfiguration(Application $app, Repository $repository): void
     {
         if ($app->runningInConsole()) {