diff --git a/invokeai/backend/image_util/invisible_watermark.py b/invokeai/backend/image_util/invisible_watermark.py
index b21cc2e124..84342e442f 100644
--- a/invokeai/backend/image_util/invisible_watermark.py
+++ b/invokeai/backend/image_util/invisible_watermark.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ from imwatermark import WatermarkEncoder
 from PIL import Image
 
 import invokeai.backend.util.logging as logger
-from invokeai.app.services.config import InvokeAIAppConfig
+from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import get_config
 
-config = InvokeAIAppConfig.get_config()
+config = get_config()
 
 
 class InvisibleWatermark:
@@ -20,14 +20,8 @@ class InvisibleWatermark:
     Wrapper around InvisibleWatermark module.
     """
 
-    @classmethod
-    def invisible_watermark_available(cls) -> bool:
-        return config.invisible_watermark
-
     @classmethod
     def add_watermark(cls, image: Image.Image, watermark_text: str) -> Image.Image:
-        if not cls.invisible_watermark_available():
-            return image
         logger.debug(f'Applying invisible watermark "{watermark_text}"')
         bgr = cv2.cvtColor(np.array(image.convert("RGB")), cv2.COLOR_RGB2BGR)
         encoder = WatermarkEncoder()