diff --git a/kotlin/build.gradle b/kotlin/build.gradle
index 6d691df71..88e758f91 100644
--- a/kotlin/build.gradle
+++ b/kotlin/build.gradle
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlinVersion"
 
     implementation "io.github.cdimascio:dotenv-kotlin:6.2.2"
-    implementation "org.ini4j:ini4j:0.5.4"
+
+    implementation "commons-configuration:commons-configuration:1.10"
 
     implementation "com.google.http-client:google-http-client:$googleHttpVersion"
     implementation "com.google.http-client:google-http-client-apache-v2:$googleHttpVersion"
diff --git a/kotlin/src/main/com/looker/sdk/ApiSettings.kt b/kotlin/src/main/com/looker/sdk/ApiSettings.kt
index 36fe8b376..a9ffaba68 100644
--- a/kotlin/src/main/com/looker/sdk/ApiSettings.kt
+++ b/kotlin/src/main/com/looker/sdk/ApiSettings.kt
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ import com.looker.rtl.DEFAULT_HTTP_TRANSPORT
 import com.looker.rtl.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 import com.looker.rtl.asBoolean
 import com.looker.rtl.unQuote
-import org.ini4j.Ini
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalINIConfiguration
 import java.io.File
+import java.io.StringReader
 
 /** Structure read from an .INI file */
 typealias ApiSections = Map<String, Map<String, String>>
@@ -40,14 +40,20 @@ typealias ApiSections = Map<String, Map<String, String>>
  * Parse and cleanup something that looks like an .INI file, stripping outermost quotes for values
  */
 fun apiConfig(contents: String): ApiSections {
-    val iniParser = Ini(ByteArrayInputStream(contents.toByteArray()))
-
-    val ret = mutableMapOf<String, Map<String, String>>()
-    iniParser.forEach { (section, values) ->
-        ret[section] = values.map { it.key to unQuote(it.value) }.toMap()
+    val iniParser = HierarchicalINIConfiguration()
+    iniParser.load(StringReader(contents))
+
+    return mutableMapOf<String, Map<String, String>>().also { mapToReturn ->
+        iniParser.sections.forEach { section ->
+            mapToReturn[section] = mutableMapOf<String, String>().also { sectionMap ->
+                iniParser.getKeys(section).forEach { key ->
+                    // `key` is fully scoped (e.g. `Looker.<key>`) but we just want the key so
+                    // remove the section prefix before adding to the map.
+                    sectionMap[key.removePrefix("$section.")] = unQuote(iniParser.getString(key))
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
-
-    return ret
 }
 
 // TODO why no @JvmOverloads here?