diff --git a/swh/deposit/api/common.py b/swh/deposit/api/common.py
--- a/swh/deposit/api/common.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/api/common.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import hashlib
+import logging
 
 from typing import Sequence, Type
 
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@
 ACCEPT_ARCHIVE_CONTENT_TYPES = ["application/zip", "application/x-tar"]
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class AuthenticatedAPIView(APIView):
     """Mixin intended as a based API view to enforce the basic
        authentication check
diff --git a/swh/deposit/config.py b/swh/deposit/config.py
--- a/swh/deposit/config.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/config.py
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2018  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import os
-import logging
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
-from swh.core.config import SWHConfig
+from swh.core import config
 from swh.scheduler import get_scheduler
+from swh.scheduler.interface import SchedulerInterface
+
 
 # IRIs (Internationalized Resource identifier) sword 2.0 specified
 EDIT_SE_IRI = "edit_se_iri"
@@ -49,6 +50,13 @@
 }
 
 
+DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
+    "max_upload_size": 209715200,
+    "checks": True,
+    "scheduler": {"cls": "remote", "args": {"url": "http://localhost:5008/"}},
+}
+
+
 def setup_django_for(platform=None, config_file=None):
     """Setup function for command line tools (swh.deposit.create_user) to
        initialize the needed db access.
@@ -81,30 +89,20 @@
     django.setup()
 
 
-class APIConfig(SWHConfig):
-    """Mixin intended to enrich views with SWH configuration.
+class APIConfig:
+    """API Configuration centralized class
 
-    """
-
-    CONFIG_BASE_FILENAME = "deposit/server"
+    This loads explicitely the configuration file out of the SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME
+    environment variable.
 
-    DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
-        "max_upload_size": ("int", 209715200),
-        "checks": ("bool", True),
-        "scheduler": (
-            "dict",
-            {"cls": "remote", "args": {"url": "http://localhost:5008/"}},
-        ),
-    }
+    """
 
-    ADDITIONAL_CONFIG = {}  # type: Dict[str, Tuple[str, Any]]
+    config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+    scheduler: Optional[SchedulerInterface] = None
 
-    def __init__(self, **config):
+    def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
-        self.config = self.parse_config_file(
-            additional_configs=[self.ADDITIONAL_CONFIG]
-        )
-        self.config.update(config)
-        self.log = logging.getLogger("swh.deposit")
-        if self.config.get("scheduler"):
-            self.scheduler = get_scheduler(**self.config["scheduler"])
+        config_file = os.environ["SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME"]
+        conf = config.read_raw_config(config.config_basepath(config_file))
+        self.config = config.merge_configs(DEFAULT_CONFIG, conf)
+        self.scheduler = get_scheduler(**self.config["scheduler"])
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py b/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/conftest.py
@@ -78,15 +78,12 @@
 def deposit_autoconfig(monkeypatch, deposit_config, swh_scheduler_config):
     """Enforce config for deposit classes inherited from APIConfig."""
 
-    def mock_parse_config(*args, **kw):
-        config = deposit_config.copy()
-        config["scheduler"] = {
-            "cls": "local",
-            "args": swh_scheduler_config,
-        }
-        return config
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(APIConfig, "parse_config_file", mock_parse_config)
+    # add the scheduler to configuration
+    config = deposit_config.copy()
+    config["scheduler"] = {
+        "cls": "local",
+        "args": swh_scheduler_config,
+    }
 
     scheduler = get_scheduler("local", swh_scheduler_config)
     task_type = {
@@ -96,6 +93,13 @@
     }
     scheduler.create_task_type(task_type)
 
+    def noop(self):
+        pass
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(APIConfig, "__init__", noop)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(APIConfig, "config", config)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(APIConfig, "scheduler", scheduler)
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def django_db_setup(request, django_db_blocker, postgresql_proc):