diff --git a/.meta/mast/main.py b/.meta/mast/main.py
index f5b81e25d..513d96fc6 100644
--- a/.meta/mast/main.py
+++ b/.meta/mast/main.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import sys
 
 from apps.grpo.main import main as grpo_main
-from forge.cli.config import parse
 from forge.controller.launcher import (
     JOB_NAME_KEY,
     LAUNCHER_KEY,
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@
     ProvisionerConfig,
     ServiceConfig,
 )
+from forge.util.config import parse
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
 
 DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_FOLDER_KEY = "checkpoint_folder"
diff --git a/apps/grpo/main.py b/apps/grpo/main.py
index 1dbef0b76..0d49ef9ca 100644
--- a/apps/grpo/main.py
+++ b/apps/grpo/main.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 from forge.actors.reference_model import ReferenceModel
 from forge.actors.replay_buffer import ReplayBuffer
 from forge.actors.trainer import RLTrainer
-from forge.cli.config import parse
 from forge.controller.actor import ForgeActor
 from forge.controller.provisioner import init_provisioner, shutdown
 from forge.data.rewards import MathReward, ThinkingReward
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@
 from forge.observability.perf_tracker import Tracer
 
 from forge.types import LauncherConfig, ProvisionerConfig
+from forge.util.config import parse
 from forge.util.ops import compute_logprobs
 from monarch.actor import endpoint
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
diff --git a/apps/sft/main.py b/apps/sft/main.py
index 27a8036d4..aa484608e 100644
--- a/apps/sft/main.py
+++ b/apps/sft/main.py
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 import torch
 
 import torchtitan.experiments.forge.train_spec as forge_train_spec
-from forge.cli.config import parse
 from forge.controller import ForgeActor
 from forge.data.collate import collate_packed
 from forge.data.datasets.packed import PackedDataset, TextPacker
 from forge.data.datasets.sft_dataset import AlpacaToMessages, sft_iterable_dataset
 from forge.data.tokenizer import HuggingFaceModelTokenizer
+from forge.util.config import parse
 
 from monarch.actor import current_rank, current_size, endpoint
 from omegaconf import DictConfig, OmegaConf
diff --git a/src/forge/cli/__init__.py b/src/forge/cli/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e41cd717..000000000
--- a/src/forge/cli/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-# All rights reserved.
-#
-# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
-# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
diff --git a/src/forge/cli/config.py b/src/forge/util/config.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/forge/cli/config.py
rename to src/forge/util/config.py
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/test_policy_update.py b/tests/integration_tests/test_policy_update.py
index 0b99e75a2..01f01a390 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/test_policy_update.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/test_policy_update.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 from forge.actors.generator import Generator
 
 from forge.actors.trainer import RLTrainer
-from forge.cli.config import resolve_hf_hub_paths
 from forge.controller.provisioner import init_provisioner
 
 from forge.controller.service.service import uuid
 from forge.types import LauncherConfig, ProvisionerConfig
+from forge.util.config import resolve_hf_hub_paths
 from monarch.actor import endpoint
 
 from omegaconf import DictConfig, OmegaConf
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/test_titan_fwd_vs_hf_fwd.py b/tests/integration_tests/test_titan_fwd_vs_hf_fwd.py
index 4fcd850e7..83e8809a7 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/test_titan_fwd_vs_hf_fwd.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/test_titan_fwd_vs_hf_fwd.py
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 import torch
 
 from forge.actors.reference_model import ReferenceModel
-from forge.cli.config import _resolve_hf_model_path
 from forge.controller import ForgeActor
 from forge.controller.provisioner import shutdown
+from forge.util.config import _resolve_hf_model_path
 from monarch.actor import endpoint
 from torchtitan.config.job_config import Checkpoint, Compile, Model, Parallelism
 from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
diff --git a/tests/sandbox/rl_trainer/main.py b/tests/sandbox/rl_trainer/main.py
index e5ee6fddd..55714c49d 100644
--- a/tests/sandbox/rl_trainer/main.py
+++ b/tests/sandbox/rl_trainer/main.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import torch
 import torchstore as ts
 from forge.actors.trainer import RLTrainer
-from forge.cli.config import parse
 from forge.controller.launcher import JOB_NAME_KEY, LAUNCHER_KEY
 from forge.controller.provisioner import init_provisioner, shutdown
 from forge.observability.metric_actors import get_or_create_metric_logger
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@
     ProvisionerConfig,
     ServiceConfig,
 )
+from forge.util.config import parse
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
 from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer import get_tokenizer
 
diff --git a/tests/sandbox/toy_rl/sumdigits.py b/tests/sandbox/toy_rl/sumdigits.py
index 0668f8eca..01a0f3936 100644
--- a/tests/sandbox/toy_rl/sumdigits.py
+++ b/tests/sandbox/toy_rl/sumdigits.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 from forge.actors._torchstore_utils import get_param_key
 from forge.actors.generator import Generator
 from forge.actors.replay_buffer import ReplayBuffer
-from forge.cli.config import parse
 from forge.controller.actor import ForgeActor
 from forge.controller.provisioner import shutdown
 from forge.losses.grpo_loss import SimpleGRPOLoss
 from forge.observability.metric_actors import get_or_create_metric_logger
 
 from forge.observability.metrics import record_metric, Reduce
+from forge.util.config import parse
 from forge.util.ops import selective_log_softmax
 from monarch.actor import endpoint
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
diff --git a/tests/sandbox/vllm/main.py b/tests/sandbox/vllm/main.py
index 0d4652a6b..e9b001aa5 100644
--- a/tests/sandbox/vllm/main.py
+++ b/tests/sandbox/vllm/main.py
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 import os
 
 from forge.actors.generator import Generator
-from forge.cli.config import parse
 
 from forge.controller.provisioner import init_provisioner, shutdown
 
 from forge.data_models.completion import Completion
 from forge.observability.metric_actors import get_or_create_metric_logger
 from forge.types import LauncherConfig, ProvisionerConfig
+from forge.util.config import parse
 from omegaconf import DictConfig
 
 os.environ["HYPERACTOR_MESSAGE_DELIVERY_TIMEOUT_SECS"] = "600"
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_config.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_config.py
index 69cc7e2ed..64a00c759 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from forge.cli.config import resolve_hf_hub_paths
+from forge.util.config import resolve_hf_hub_paths
 from omegaconf import DictConfig, OmegaConf
 
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         ({"level1": {"level2": {"model": "hf://deep/model"}}}, [("deep/model",)]),
     ],
 )
-@patch("forge.cli.config.snapshot_download")
+@patch("forge.util.config.snapshot_download")
 def test_hf_path_resolution(mock_download, config_data, expected_calls):
     """Test hf:// path resolution in various data structures."""
     mock_download.return_value = "/fake/cache/model"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def test_non_hf_paths_unchanged(config_data):
 
 
 # Cache behavior tests
-@patch("forge.cli.config.snapshot_download")
+@patch("forge.util.config.snapshot_download")
 def test_cache_hit_scenario(mock_download):
     """Test behavior when model is already cached."""
     mock_download.return_value = "/fake/cache/model"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_cache_hit_scenario(mock_download):
     assert result.model == "/fake/cache/model"
 
 
-@patch("forge.cli.config.snapshot_download")
+@patch("forge.util.config.snapshot_download")
 def test_cache_miss_scenario(mock_download):
     """Test behavior when model is not cached."""
     from huggingface_hub.utils import LocalEntryNotFoundError
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def test_invalid_hf_urls(invalid_hf_url, expected_error):
     assert expected_error in str(exc_info.value)
 
 
-@patch("forge.cli.config.snapshot_download")
+@patch("forge.util.config.snapshot_download")
 def test_download_failure_handling(mock_download):
     """Test error handling when download fails."""
     mock_download.side_effect = Exception("Network error: Repository not found")
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ def test_download_failure_handling(mock_download):
 
 
 # Integration test with mixed data types
-@patch("forge.cli.config.snapshot_download")
+@patch("forge.util.config.snapshot_download")
 def test_complex_real_world_config(mock_download):
     """Test with a realistic complex configuration."""
     mock_download.return_value = "/fake/cache/model"