diff --git a/IPython/testing/iptest.py b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
index d84fab5..b064d80 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/iptest.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/iptest.py
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ shims = {
     'parallel': 'ipython_parallel',
     'kernel': 'ipython_kernel',
     'kernel.inprocess': 'ipython_kernel.inprocess',
+    'config': 'traitlets',
 }
 
 # Name -> (include, exclude, dependencies_met)
@@ -270,10 +271,6 @@ if not have['pygments'] or not have['jinja2']:
 if not have['terminado']:
     sec.exclude('terminal')
 
-# config:
-# Config files aren't really importable stand-alone
-test_sections['config'].exclude('profile')
-
 # nbconvert:
 sec = test_sections['nbconvert']
 sec.requires('pygments', 'jinja2', 'jsonschema', 'mistune')