diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/init.jsdom.test.mjs b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/init.jsdom.test.mjs
index 7223f5f942..b7206342f4 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/init.jsdom.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/init.jsdom.test.mjs
@@ -368,23 +368,17 @@ describe('createAll', () => {
     expect(result[1].args).toStrictEqual([document.getElementById('b')])
   })
 
-  describe('when a component accepts config', () => {
-    class MockComponentWithConfig extends MockComponent {
-      static defaults = {
-        __test: false
-      }
-    }
-
+  describe('when a configuration is passed', () => {
     it('initialises a component, passing the component root and config', () => {
       const componentRoot = document.createElement('div')
       componentRoot.setAttribute('data-module', 'mock-component')
       document.body.appendChild(componentRoot)
 
-      const result = createAll(MockComponentWithConfig, {
+      const result = createAll(MockComponent, {
         __test: true
       })
 
-      expect(result).toStrictEqual([expect.any(MockComponentWithConfig)])
+      expect(result).toStrictEqual([expect.any(MockComponent)])
 
       expect(result[0].args).toStrictEqual([
         componentRoot,
@@ -393,46 +387,6 @@ describe('createAll', () => {
         }
       ])
     })
-
-    it('initialises a component, passing the component root even when no config is passed', () => {
-      const componentRoot = document.createElement('div')
-      componentRoot.setAttribute('data-module', 'mock-component')
-      document.body.appendChild(componentRoot)
-
-      const result = createAll(MockComponentWithConfig)
-
-      expect(result).toStrictEqual([expect.any(MockComponentWithConfig)])
-
-      console.log(result[0].args)
-
-      expect(result[0].args).toStrictEqual([componentRoot])
-    })
-
-    it('passes the config to all component objects', () => {
-      document.body.innerHTML = `
-      <div data-module="mock-component" id="a"></div>
-      <div data-module="mock-component" id="b"></div>`
-
-      const config = {
-        __test: true
-      }
-
-      const result = createAll(MockComponentWithConfig, config)
-
-      expect(result).toStrictEqual([
-        expect.any(MockComponentWithConfig),
-        expect.any(MockComponentWithConfig)
-      ])
-
-      expect(result[0].args).toStrictEqual([
-        document.getElementById('a'),
-        config
-      ])
-      expect(result[1].args).toStrictEqual([
-        document.getElementById('b'),
-        config
-      ])
-    })
   })
 
   describe('when a $scope is passed as third parameter', () => {
diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/init.mjs b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/init.mjs
index 28a20127a5..7dee9f9a6c 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/init.mjs
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/init.mjs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ function createAll(Component, config, createAllOptions) {
       try {
         // Only pass config to components that accept it
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return
-        return 'defaults' in Component && typeof config !== 'undefined'
+        return typeof config !== 'undefined'
           ? new Component($element, config)
           : new Component($element)
       } catch (error) {