diff --git a/module/VuFind/config/module.config.php b/module/VuFind/config/module.config.php
index 51d656e6fb73..b848b2b677d4 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/config/module.config.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/config/module.config.php
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@
         'factories' => [
             \League\CommonMark\MarkdownConverter::class => \VuFind\Service\MarkdownFactory::class,
             \VuFind\Date\Converter::class => \VuFind\Service\DateConverterFactory::class,
-            \VuFind\I18n\Locale\LocaleSettings::class => \VuFind\Service\ServiceWithConfigIniFactory::class,
             \VuFind\ILS\Logic\Holds::class => \VuFind\ILS\Logic\LogicFactory::class,
             \VuFind\ILS\Logic\TitleHolds::class => \VuFind\ILS\Logic\LogicFactory::class,
             \VuFind\Record\Router::class => \VuFind\Service\ServiceWithConfigIniFactory::class,
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/I18n/Locale/LocaleSettings.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/I18n/Locale/LocaleSettings.php
index 5c44af3abe1e..4b2bfda070e2 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/I18n/Locale/LocaleSettings.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/I18n/Locale/LocaleSettings.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 namespace VuFind\I18n\Locale;
 
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
-use VuFind\Config\Config;
+use VuFind\ServiceManager\Factory\Autowire;
 
 use function array_key_exists;
 use function floatval;
@@ -106,12 +106,14 @@ class LocaleSettings
     /**
      * Constructor.
      *
-     * @param Config $config Configuration object
+     * @param array $config Configuration object
      */
-    public function __construct(Config $config)
-    {
-        $this->enabledLocales = $config->Languages ? $config->Languages->toArray() : [];
-        $this->browserDetectLanguage = (bool)($config->Site->browserDetectLanguage ?? true);
+    public function __construct(
+        #[Autowire(config: 'config')]
+        array $config
+    ) {
+        $this->enabledLocales = $config['Languages'] ?? [];
+        $this->browserDetectLanguage = (bool)($config['Site']['browserDetectLanguage'] ?? true);
         $this->defaultLocale = $this->parseDefaultLocale($config);
         $this->fallbackLocales = $this->parseFallbackLocales($config);
         $this->rightToLeftLocales = $this->parseRightToLeftLocales($config);
@@ -197,14 +199,14 @@ public function getRightToLeftLocales(): array
     /**
      * Extract and validate default locale from configuration.
      *
-     * @param Config $config Configuration
+     * @param array $config Configuration
      *
      * @return string
      * @throws \Exception
      */
-    protected function parseDefaultLocale(Config $config): string
+    protected function parseDefaultLocale(array $config): string
     {
-        $locale = $config->Site->language ?? null;
+        $locale = $config['Site']['language'] ?? null;
         if (empty($locale)) {
             throw new \Exception('Default locale not configured!');
         }
@@ -217,18 +219,18 @@ protected function parseDefaultLocale(Config $config): string
     /**
      * Parses the configured language fallbacks.
      *
-     * @param Config $config Configuration
+     * @param array $config Configuration
      *
      * @return string[]
      */
-    protected function parseFallbackLocales(Config $config): array
+    protected function parseFallbackLocales(array $config): array
     {
-        $value = trim($config->Site->fallback_languages ?? '', ',');
+        $value = trim($config['Site']['fallback_languages'] ?? '', ',');
         $languages = $value ? array_map('trim', explode(',', $value)) : [];
         return array_unique(
             [
                 ...$languages,
-                $config->Site->language,
+                $config['Site']['language'],
                 'en',
             ]
         );
@@ -237,13 +239,13 @@ protected function parseFallbackLocales(Config $config): array
     /**
      * Parses the right-to-left language configuration.
      *
-     * @param Config $config Configuration
+     * @param array $config Configuration
      *
      * @return string[]
      */
-    protected function parseRightToLeftLocales(Config $config): array
+    protected function parseRightToLeftLocales(array $config): array
     {
-        $value = trim($config->LanguageSettings->rtl_langs ?? '', ',');
+        $value = trim($config['LanguageSettings']['rtl_langs'] ?? '', ',');
         return $value ? array_map('trim', explode(',', $value)) : [];
     }
 
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/I18n/Locale/LocaleSettingsTest.php b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/I18n/Locale/LocaleSettingsTest.php
index f747014c04e4..6cf9576c10a2 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/I18n/Locale/LocaleSettingsTest.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/VuFindTest/I18n/Locale/LocaleSettingsTest.php
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\ServerRequest;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
-use VuFind\Config\Config;
 use VuFind\I18n\Locale\LocaleSettings;
 
 /**
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ class LocaleSettingsTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
     public function testDefaultLocaleRequired(): void
     {
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('Default locale not configured!');
-        new LocaleSettings(new Config([]));
+        new LocaleSettings([]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ public function testDefaultLocaleRequired(): void
     public function testDefaultMustBeEnabled(): void
     {
         $this->expectExceptionMessage("Configured default locale 'en' not enabled!");
-        new LocaleSettings(new Config(['Site' => ['language' => 'en']]));
+        new LocaleSettings(['Site' => ['language' => 'en']]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -79,12 +78,10 @@ public function testDefaultMustBeEnabled(): void
     public function testDefaultConfigs(): void
     {
         $settings = new LocaleSettings(
-            new Config(
-                [
-                    'Site' => ['language' => 'en'],
-                    'Languages' => ['en' => 'English'],
-                ]
-            )
+            [
+                'Site' => ['language' => 'en'],
+                'Languages' => ['en' => 'English'],
+            ]
         );
         $this->assertTrue($settings->browserLanguageDetectionEnabled());
         $this->assertSame(['en'], $settings->getFallbackLocales());
@@ -98,12 +95,10 @@ public function testDefaultConfigs(): void
     public function testDisablingBrowserLanguageDetection(): void
     {
         $settings = new LocaleSettings(
-            new Config(
-                [
-                    'Site' => ['language' => 'en', 'browserDetectLanguage' => 0],
-                    'Languages' => ['en' => 'English'],
-                ]
-            )
+            [
+                'Site' => ['language' => 'en', 'browserDetectLanguage' => 0],
+                'Languages' => ['en' => 'English'],
+            ]
         );
         $this->assertFalse($settings->browserLanguageDetectionEnabled());
     }
@@ -116,13 +111,11 @@ public function testDisablingBrowserLanguageDetection(): void
     public function testRightToLeft(): void
     {
         $settings = new LocaleSettings(
-            new Config(
-                [
-                    'Site' => ['language' => 'en'],
-                    'Languages' => ['en' => 'English', 'ar' => 'Arabic'],
-                    'LanguageSettings' => ['rtl_langs' => 'ar'],
-                ]
-            )
+            [
+                'Site' => ['language' => 'en'],
+                'Languages' => ['en' => 'English', 'ar' => 'Arabic'],
+                'LanguageSettings' => ['rtl_langs' => 'ar'],
+            ]
         );
         $this->assertFalse($settings->isRightToLeftLocale('en'));
         $this->assertTrue($settings->isRightToLeftLocale('ar'));
@@ -136,12 +129,10 @@ public function testRightToLeft(): void
     public function testInitializationStatusFlagging(): void
     {
         $settings = new LocaleSettings(
-            new Config(
-                [
-                    'Site' => ['language' => 'en'],
-                    'Languages' => ['en' => 'English'],
-                ]
-            )
+            [
+                'Site' => ['language' => 'en'],
+                'Languages' => ['en' => 'English'],
+            ]
         );
         $this->assertFalse($settings->isLocaleInitialized('en'));
         $settings->markLocaleInitialized('en');
@@ -212,7 +203,7 @@ public function testFallbackLocaleConfigs(array $expected, string $language, ?st
             $config['Site']['fallback_languages'] = $fallbackLanguages;
         }
 
-        $settings = new LocaleSettings(new Config($config));
+        $settings = new LocaleSettings($config);
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $settings->getFallbackLocales());
     }
 
@@ -364,12 +355,10 @@ public function testDetectLocale(
         string $expected
     ): void {
         $settings = new LocaleSettings(
-            new Config(
-                [
-                    'Site' => ['language' => $default],
-                    'Languages' => $enabled,
-                ]
-            )
+            [
+                'Site' => ['language' => $default],
+                'Languages' => $enabled,
+            ]
         );
 
         $this->assertSame(