diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18966b1..0f3c3de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Removed
+
+* Config file reader code that can be reused if it's not tied to the multitude
+  of dependencies in this package
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2024-07-24
 
 ### Added
 
-# Initial project scaffold, code and tests
+* Initial project scaffold, code and tests
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 774e780..7206402 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SQLAlchemy = { version="^2.0.1", extras=["pymysql"] }
 SQLAlchemy-Utils = "^0.41.2"
 cryptography = "^44.0.0"
 PyYAML = "^6.0.0"
-npg_porch_cli = { git="https://github.com/wtsi-npg/npg_porch_cli.git", tag="0.1.0" }
+npg_porch_cli = { git="https://github.com/wtsi-npg/npg_porch_cli.git", tag="0.2.0" }
 partisan = { url = "https://github.com/wtsi-npg/partisan/releases/download/2.13.0/partisan-2.13.0.tar.gz" }
 npg-python-lib = { url = "https://github.com/wtsi-npg/npg-python-lib/releases/download/0.3.4/npg_python_lib-0.3.4.tar.gz" }
 requests = "^2.32.0"
diff --git a/src/npg_notify/config.py b/src/npg_notify/config.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b079e30..0000000
--- a/src/npg_notify/config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import configparser
-import json
-import pathlib
-
-"""Common utility functions for the package."""
-
-DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_TYPE = "ini"
-
-
-def get_config_data(conf_file_path: str, conf_file_section: str = None):
-    """
-    Parses a configuration file and returns its content.
-
-    Allows for two types of configuration files, 'ini' and 'json'. The type of
-    the file is determined from the extension of the file name. In case of no
-    extension an 'ini' type is assumed.
-
-    The content of the file is not cached, so subsequent calls to get data from
-    the same configuration file result in re-reading and re-parsing of the file.
-
-    Args:
-
-      conf_file_path:
-        A configuration file with database connection details.
-      conf_file_section:
-        The section of the configuration file. Optional. Should be defined
-        for 'ini' files.
-
-    Returns:
-      For an 'ini' file returns the content of the given section of the file as
-      a dictionary.
-      For a 'json' file, if the conf_file_section argument is not defined, the
-      content of a file as a Python object is returned. If the conf_file_section
-      argument is defined, the object returned by the parser is assumed to be
-      a dictionary that has the value of the 'conf_file_section' argument as a key.
-      The value corresponding to this key is returned.
-    """
-
-    conf_file_extension = pathlib.Path(conf_file_path).suffix
-    if conf_file_extension:
-        conf_file_extension = conf_file_extension[1:]
-    else:
-        conf_file_extension = DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_TYPE
-
-    if conf_file_extension == DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_TYPE:
-        if not conf_file_section:
-            raise Exception(
-                "'conf_file_section' argument is not given, "
-                "it should be defined for '{DEFAULT_CONF_FILE_TYPE}' "
-                "configuration file."
-            )
-
-        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-        config.read(conf_file_path)
-
-        return {i[0]: i[1] for i in config[conf_file_section].items()}
-
-    elif conf_file_extension == "json":
-        conf: dict = json.load(conf_file_path)
-        if conf_file_section:
-            if isinstance(conf, dict) is False:
-                raise Exception(f"{conf_file_path} does not have sections.")
-            if conf_file_section in conf.keys:
-                conf = conf[conf_file_section]
-            else:
-                raise Exception(
-                    f"{conf_file_path} does not contain {conf_file_section} key"
-                )
-
-        return conf
-
-    else:
-        raise Exception(
-            f"Parsing for '{conf_file_extension}' files is not implemented"
-        )
diff --git a/src/npg_notify/db/utils.py b/src/npg_notify/db/utils.py
index a87d8d8..7a76ddb 100644
--- a/src/npg_notify/db/utils.py
+++ b/src/npg_notify/db/utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import DeclarativeBase, Session
 from sqlalchemy_utils import create_database, database_exists, drop_database
 
-from npg_notify.config import get_config_data
+from npg_porch_cli.config import get_config_data
 
 
 def get_db_connection_string(
diff --git a/src/npg_notify/porch_wrapper/qc_state.py b/src/npg_notify/porch_wrapper/qc_state.py
index 041e4b2..3db795d 100644
--- a/src/npg_notify/porch_wrapper/qc_state.py
+++ b/src/npg_notify/porch_wrapper/qc_state.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 from pathlib import PurePath
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 
-from npg_notify.config import get_config_data
 from npg_notify.db.mlwh import get_study_contacts
 from npg_notify.db.utils import get_connection, get_db_connection_string
 from npg_notify.mail import generate_email_pac_bio, send_notification
 from npg_porch_cli import send_request
+from npg_porch_cli.config import get_config_data
 from npg_porch_cli.api import Pipeline, PorchAction
 from npg_porch_cli.api import send as send_porch_request