diff --git a/workspaces/config/lib/index.js b/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
index c3e73dc761c57..49c4f0a18115c 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
+++ b/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
@@ -233,27 +233,24 @@ class Config {
       throw new Error('attempting to load npm config multiple times')
     }
 
-    const timeEnd = time.start('config:load')
-
     // first load the defaults, which sets the global prefix
-    time.start('config:load:defaults', () => this.loadDefaults())
+    this.loadDefaults()
 
     // next load the builtin config, as this sets new effective defaults
-    await time.start('config:load:builtin', () => this.loadBuiltinConfig())
+    await this.loadBuiltinConfig()
 
     // cli and env are not async, and can set the prefix, relevant to project
-    time.start('config:load:cli', () => this.loadCLI())
-
-    time.start('config:load:env', () => this.loadEnv())
+    this.loadCLI()
+    this.loadEnv()
 
     // next project config, which can affect userconfig location
-    await time.start('config:load:project', () => this.loadProjectConfig())
+    await this.loadProjectConfig()
 
     // then user config, which can affect globalconfig location
-    await time.start('config:load:user', () => this.loadUserConfig())
+    await this.loadUserConfig()
 
     // last but not least, global config file
-    await time.start('config:load:global', () => this.loadGlobalConfig())
+    await this.loadGlobalConfig()
 
     // set this before calling setEnvs, so that we don't have to share
     // private attributes, as that module also does a bunch of get operations
@@ -262,9 +259,7 @@ class Config {
     // set proper globalPrefix now that everything is loaded
     this.globalPrefix = this.get('prefix')
 
-    time.start('config:load:setEnvs', () => this.setEnvs())
-
-    timeEnd()
+    this.setEnvs()
   }
 
   loadDefaults () {
@@ -590,7 +585,8 @@ class Config {
 
   async #loadFile (file, type) {
     // only catch the error from readFile, not from the loadObject call
-    await time.start(`config:load:file:${file}`, () => readFile(file, 'utf8').then(
+    log.silly(`config:load:file:${file}`)
+    await readFile(file, 'utf8').then(
       data => {
         const parsedConfig = ini.parse(data)
         if (type === 'project' && parsedConfig.prefix) {
@@ -601,7 +597,7 @@ class Config {
         return this.#loadObject(parsedConfig, type, file)
       },
       er => this.#loadObject(null, type, file, er)
-    ))
+    )
   }
 
   loadBuiltinConfig () {
diff --git a/workspaces/config/test/index.js b/workspaces/config/test/index.js
index 9e9fac4f6dc34..e1c976e2e52d0 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/test/index.js
+++ b/workspaces/config/test/index.js
@@ -237,9 +237,10 @@ loglevel = yolo
     })
     logs.length = 0
     await config.load()
-    t.match(logs, [['verbose', 'config', 'error loading user config', {
-      message: 'weird error',
-    }]])
+    t.match(logs.find(l => l[0] === 'verbose'),
+      ['verbose', 'config', 'error loading user config', {
+        message: 'weird error',
+      }])
     logs.length = 0
   })
 
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ loglevel = yolo
 
     // warn logs are emitted as a side effect of validate
     config.validate()
-    t.strictSame(logs, [
+    t.strictSame(logs.filter(l => l[0] === 'warn'), [
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'registry="hello"', 'set in command line options'],
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'Must be', 'full url with "http://"'],
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'proxy="hello"', 'set in command line options'],
@@ -392,8 +393,7 @@ loglevel = yolo
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'prefix=true', 'set in command line options'],
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'Must be', 'valid filesystem path'],
       ['warn', 'config', 'also', 'Please use --include=dev instead.'],
-      ['warn', 'invalid config', 'loglevel="yolo"',
-        `set in ${resolve(path, 'project/.npmrc')}`],
+      ['warn', 'invalid config', 'loglevel="yolo"', `set in ${resolve(path, 'project/.npmrc')}`],
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'Must be one of:',
         ['silent', 'error', 'warn', 'notice', 'http', 'info', 'verbose', 'silly'].join(', '),
       ],
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ loglevel = yolo
       all: config.get('all'),
     })
 
-    t.strictSame(logs, [
+    t.strictSame(logs.filter(l => l[0] === 'warn'), [
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'registry="hello"', 'set in command line options'],
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'Must be', 'full url with "http://"'],
       ['warn', 'invalid config', 'proxy="hello"', 'set in command line options'],
@@ -1183,8 +1183,9 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, path, 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), [join(path, 'workspaces', 'one')], 'set the workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 1, 'got one log message')
-    t.match(logs[0], ['info', /^found workspace root at/], 'logged info about workspace root')
+    const info = logs.filter(l => l[0] === 'info')
+    t.equal(info.length, 1, 'got one log message')
+    t.match(info[0], ['info', /^found workspace root at/], 'logged info about workspace root')
   })
 
   t.test('finds other workspace parent', async (t) => {
@@ -1204,8 +1205,9 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, path, 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), ['../two'], 'kept the specified workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 1, 'got one log message')
-    t.match(logs[0], ['info', /^found workspace root at/], 'logged info about workspace root')
+    const info = logs.filter(l => l[0] === 'info')
+    t.equal(info.length, 1, 'got one log message')
+    t.match(info[0], ['info', /^found workspace root at/], 'logged info about workspace root')
   })
 
   t.test('warns when workspace has .npmrc', async (t) => {
@@ -1225,9 +1227,10 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, path, 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), [join(path, 'workspaces', 'three')], 'kept the workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 2, 'got two log messages')
-    t.match(logs[0], ['warn', /^ignoring workspace config/], 'warned about ignored config')
-    t.match(logs[1], ['info', /^found workspace root at/], 'logged info about workspace root')
+    const filtered = logs.filter(l => l[0] === 'info' || l[0] === 'warn')
+    t.equal(filtered.length, 2, 'got two log messages')
+    t.match(filtered[0], ['warn', /^ignoring workspace config/], 'warned about ignored config')
+    t.match(filtered[1], ['info', /^found workspace root at/], 'logged info about workspace root')
   })
 
   t.test('prefix skips auto detect', async (t) => {
@@ -1247,7 +1250,8 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, join(path, 'workspaces', 'one'), 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), [], 'did not set workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
+    const filtered = logs.filter(l => l[0] !== 'silly')
+    t.equal(filtered.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
   })
 
   t.test('no-workspaces skips auto detect', async (t) => {
@@ -1267,7 +1271,8 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, join(path, 'workspaces', 'one'), 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), [], 'did not set workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
+    const filtered = logs.filter(l => l[0] !== 'silly')
+    t.equal(filtered.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
   })
 
   t.test('global skips auto detect', async (t) => {
@@ -1287,7 +1292,8 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, join(path, 'workspaces', 'one'), 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), [], 'did not set workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
+    const filtered = logs.filter(l => l[0] !== 'silly')
+    t.equal(filtered.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
   })
 
   t.test('location=global skips auto detect', async (t) => {
@@ -1307,7 +1313,8 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, join(path, 'workspaces', 'one'), 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), [], 'did not set workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
+    const filtered = logs.filter(l => l[0] !== 'silly')
+    t.equal(filtered.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
   })
 
   t.test('excludeNpmCwd skips auto detect', async (t) => {
@@ -1328,7 +1335,8 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, join(path, 'workspaces', 'one'), 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), [], 'did not set workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
+    const filtered = logs.filter(l => l[0] !== 'silly')
+    t.equal(filtered.length, 0, 'got no log messages')
   })
 
   t.test('does not error for invalid package.json', async (t) => {
@@ -1354,8 +1362,9 @@ t.test('workspaces', async (t) => {
     await config.load()
     t.equal(config.localPrefix, path, 'localPrefix is the root')
     t.same(config.get('workspace'), [join(path, 'workspaces', 'one')], 'set the workspace')
-    t.equal(logs.length, 1, 'got one log message')
-    t.match(logs[0], ['info', /^found workspace root at/], 'logged info about workspace root')
+    const filtered = logs.filter(l => l[0] !== 'silly')
+    t.equal(filtered.length, 1, 'got one log message')
+    t.match(filtered[0], ['info', /^found workspace root at/], 'logged info about workspace root')
   })
 })
 
@@ -1474,7 +1483,8 @@ t.test('catch project config prefix error', async t => {
   logs.length = 0
   // config.load() triggers the error to be logged
   await config.load()
-  t.match(logs, [[
+  const filtered = logs.filter(l => l[0] !== 'silly')
+  t.match(filtered, [[
     'error', 'config', `prefix cannot be changed from project config: ${path}`,
   ]], 'Expected error logged')
 })