diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/runJest.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/runJest.js
index ae7257900460..9eb7007a2518 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/runJest.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/runJest.js
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ import FailedTestsCache from './FailedTestsCache';
 import {JestHook} from 'jest-watcher';
 import collectNodeHandles from './collectHandles';
 
-const setConfig = (contexts, newConfig) =>
-  contexts.forEach(
-    context =>
-      (context.config = Object.freeze(
-        Object.assign({}, context.config, newConfig),
-      )),
-  );
-
 const getTestPaths = async (
   globalConfig,
   context,
@@ -256,15 +248,6 @@ export default (async function runJest({
     globalConfig = Object.freeze(newConfig);
   }
 
-  // When using more than one context, make all printed paths relative to the
-  // current cwd. Do not modify rootDir, since will be used by custom resolvers.
-  // If --runInBand is true, the resolver saved a copy during initialization,
-  // however, if it is running on spawned processes, the initiation of the
-  // custom resolvers is done within each spawned process and it needs the
-  // original value of rootDir. Instead, use the {cwd: Path} property to resolve
-  // paths when printing.
-  setConfig(contexts, {cwd: process.cwd()});
-
   let collectHandles;
 
   if (globalConfig.detectOpenHandles) {
diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/Defaults.js b/packages/jest-config/src/Defaults.js
index fd2c040015d0..fefe239a189a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/Defaults.js
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/Defaults.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export default ({
   coveragePathIgnorePatterns: [NODE_MODULES_REGEXP],
   coverageReporters: ['json', 'text', 'lcov', 'clover'],
   coverageThreshold: null,
+  cwd: process.cwd(),
   detectLeaks: false,
   detectOpenHandles: false,
   errorOnDeprecated: false,
diff --git a/types/Config.js b/types/Config.js
index d13f38827d4a..b08323e950bb 100644
--- a/types/Config.js
+++ b/types/Config.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export type DefaultOptions = {|
   coveragePathIgnorePatterns: Array<string>,
   coverageReporters: Array<string>,
   coverageThreshold: ?{global: {[key: string]: number}},
+  cwd: Path,
   errorOnDeprecated: boolean,
   expand: boolean,
   filter: ?Path,