diff --git a/__tests__/configurePlugins.test.js b/__tests__/configurePlugins.test.js
index a06ea79d6..69c341a09 100644
--- a/__tests__/configurePlugins.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/configurePlugins.test.js
@@ -2,180 +2,17 @@ import configurePlugins from '../src/util/configurePlugins'
 
 test('setting a plugin to false removes it', () => {
   const plugins = {
-    fontSize: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'fontSize',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-    display: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'display',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-    backgroundPosition: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'backgroundPosition',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-  }
-
-  const configuredPlugins = configurePlugins(plugins, {
-    fontSize: {},
-    display: false,
-    backgroundPosition: {},
-  })
-
-  expect(configuredPlugins).toEqual([
-    { plugin: 'fontSize', options: {} },
-    { plugin: 'backgroundPosition', options: {} },
-  ])
-})
-
-test('setting a plugin to an object configures that plugin', () => {
-  const plugins = {
-    fontSize: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'fontSize',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-    display: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'display',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-    backgroundPosition: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'backgroundPosition',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-  }
-
-  const configuredPlugins = configurePlugins(plugins, {
-    fontSize: {
-      variants: ['responsive', 'hover'],
-      values: { '12': '12px', '14': '14px', '16': '16px' },
-    },
-    display: { variants: ['responsive'] },
-    backgroundPosition: {},
-  })
-
-  expect(configuredPlugins).toEqual([
-    {
-      plugin: 'fontSize',
-      options: {
-        variants: ['responsive', 'hover'],
-        values: { '12': '12px', '14': '14px', '16': '16px' },
-      },
-    },
-    { plugin: 'display', options: { variants: ['responsive'] } },
-    { plugin: 'backgroundPosition', options: {} },
-  ])
-})
-
-test('plugins are configured with their default configuration if no custom config is provided', () => {
-  const plugins = {
-    fontSize: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'fontSize',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-    display: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'display',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-    backgroundPosition: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'backgroundPosition',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
+    fontSize: () => 'fontSize',
+    display: () => 'display',
+    backgroundPosition: () => 'backgroundPosition',
   }
 
   const configuredPlugins = configurePlugins(
-    plugins,
     {
-      fontSize: {
-        variants: ['responsive', 'hover'],
-        values: { '12': '12px', '14': '14px', '16': '16px' },
-      },
-      backgroundPosition: {},
+      display: false,
     },
-    {
-      display: { variants: ['responsive'] },
-    }
+    plugins
   )
 
-  expect(configuredPlugins).toEqual([
-    {
-      plugin: 'fontSize',
-      options: {
-        variants: ['responsive', 'hover'],
-        values: { '12': '12px', '14': '14px', '16': '16px' },
-      },
-    },
-    { plugin: 'display', options: { variants: ['responsive'] } },
-    { plugin: 'backgroundPosition', options: {} },
-  ])
-})
-
-test('custom plugin configuration overrides default plugin configuration', () => {
-  const plugins = {
-    fontSize: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'fontSize',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-    display: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'display',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-    backgroundPosition: options => {
-      return {
-        plugin: 'backgroundPosition',
-        options,
-      }
-    },
-  }
-
-  const configuredPlugins = configurePlugins(
-    plugins,
-    {
-      fontSize: {
-        variants: ['responsive', 'hover'],
-        values: { '12': '12px', '14': '14px', '16': '16px' },
-      },
-      display: { variants: ['responsive'] },
-      backgroundPosition: {},
-    },
-    {
-      fontSize: {
-        variants: ['focus', 'active'],
-        values: { sm: '.75rem', md: '1rem', lg: '1.5rem' },
-      },
-    }
-  )
-
-  expect(configuredPlugins).toEqual([
-    {
-      plugin: 'fontSize',
-      options: {
-        variants: ['responsive', 'hover'],
-        values: { '12': '12px', '14': '14px', '16': '16px' },
-      },
-    },
-    { plugin: 'display', options: { variants: ['responsive'] } },
-    { plugin: 'backgroundPosition', options: {} },
-  ])
+  expect(configuredPlugins).toEqual(['fontSize', 'backgroundPosition'])
 })
diff --git a/src/corePlugins.js b/src/corePlugins.js
index a1a586194..7711076af 100644
--- a/src/corePlugins.js
+++ b/src/corePlugins.js
@@ -61,25 +61,10 @@ import whitespace from './plugins/whitespace'
 import width from './plugins/width'
 import zIndex from './plugins/zIndex'
 
-import _ from 'lodash'
 import configurePlugins from './util/configurePlugins'
 
-function loadPlugins({ theme, variants, corePlugins }, plugins) {
-  const defaultCorePluginConfig = _.fromPairs(
-    Object.keys(plugins).map(plugin => [
-      plugin,
-      {
-        values: theme[plugin],
-        variants: variants[plugin],
-      },
-    ])
-  )
-
-  return configurePlugins(plugins, corePlugins, defaultCorePluginConfig)
-}
-
-export default function(config) {
-  return loadPlugins(config, {
+export default function({ corePlugins: corePluginConfig }) {
+  return configurePlugins(corePluginConfig, {
     preflight,
     listStyle,
     appearance,
diff --git a/src/util/configurePlugins.js b/src/util/configurePlugins.js
index 0d9e1d225..8cda0a189 100644
--- a/src/util/configurePlugins.js
+++ b/src/util/configurePlugins.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import _ from 'lodash'
-
-export default function(plugins, pluginConfig, defaultPluginConfig = {}) {
+export default function(pluginConfig, plugins) {
   return Object.keys(plugins)
     .filter(pluginName => {
       return pluginConfig[pluginName] !== false
     })
     .map(pluginName => {
-      return plugins[pluginName](_.get(pluginConfig, pluginName, defaultPluginConfig[pluginName]))
+      return plugins[pluginName]()
     })
 }