diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c7ce4a120..361c053b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3593,7 +3593,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "tor-config"
 version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "config",
  "derive_builder_fork_arti",
  "directories",
diff --git a/crates/tor-config/Cargo.toml b/crates/tor-config/Cargo.toml
index 86294b84c..423645511 100644
--- a/crates/tor-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tor-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ default = ["expand-paths"]
 expand-paths = ["shellexpand", "directories"]
 
 [dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0.23"
 config = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = ["toml"] }
 derive_builder = { version = "0.11.2", package = "derive_builder_fork_arti" }
 directories = { version = "4", optional = true }
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ tor-error = { path = "../tor-error", version = "0.3.2" }
 tracing = "0.1.18"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0.23"
 config = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = ["toml"] }
 dirs = "4.0.0"
 rmp-serde = "1"
diff --git a/crates/tor-config/src/load.rs b/crates/tor-config/src/load.rs
index 16cb47f65..4c8cacac5 100644
--- a/crates/tor-config/src/load.rs
+++ b/crates/tor-config/src/load.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 //!    but not recognized by *any* of the three config consumers,
 //!
 //! ```
-//! # fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
+//! # fn main() -> Result<(), tor_config::load::ConfigResolveError> {
 //! use derive_builder::Builder;
 //! use tor_config::{impl_standard_builder, resolve, ConfigBuildError, ConfigurationSources};
 //! use tor_config::load::TopLevel;
diff --git a/crates/tor-config/src/sources.rs b/crates/tor-config/src/sources.rs
index 6b9674f37..edcf6f054 100644
--- a/crates/tor-config/src/sources.rs
+++ b/crates/tor-config/src/sources.rs
@@ -243,11 +243,12 @@ impl ConfigurationSources {
                 if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::NotFound && !required {
                     Result::<_, crate::ConfigError>::Ok(())
                 } else {
-                    Err(foreign_err(anyhow::anyhow!(format!(
+                    Err(config::ConfigError::Message(format!(
                         "unable to access config path: {:?}: {}",
                         &source.as_path(),
                         e
-                    ))))
+                    ))
+                    .into())
                 }
             };