diff --git a/pkg/odo/cli/component/create.go b/pkg/odo/cli/component/create.go
index 6809afcd06b..eb32826ef57 100644
--- a/pkg/odo/cli/component/create.go
+++ b/pkg/odo/cli/component/create.go
@@ -1059,11 +1059,6 @@ func (co *CreateOptions) s2iRun() (err error) {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to persist the component settings to config file")
 	}
 	if co.now {
-		co.Context, co.LocalConfigInfo, err = genericclioptions.UpdatedContext(co.Context)
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "unable to retrieve updated local config")
-		}
 		err = co.SetSourceInfo()
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "unable to set source information")
@@ -1205,10 +1200,6 @@ func (co *CreateOptions) Run() (err error) {
 
 	if log.IsJSON() {
 		var componentDesc component.Component
-		co.Context, co.LocalConfigInfo, err = genericclioptions.UpdatedContext(co.Context)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 		state := component.GetComponentState(co.Client, *co.componentSettings.Name, co.Context.Application)
 
 		if state == component.StateTypeNotPushed || state == component.StateTypeUnknown {
diff --git a/pkg/odo/genericclioptions/context.go b/pkg/odo/genericclioptions/context.go
index d26e5a23c4a..848b1ad6ec9 100644
--- a/pkg/odo/genericclioptions/context.go
+++ b/pkg/odo/genericclioptions/context.go
@@ -92,12 +92,6 @@ func NewContextCompletion(command *cobra.Command) *Context {
 	return newContext(command, false, true)
 }
 
-// UpdatedContext returns a new context updated from config file
-func UpdatedContext(context *Context) (*Context, *config.LocalConfigInfo, error) {
-	localConfiguration, err := getValidConfig(context.command, false)
-	return newContext(context.command, true, false), localConfiguration, err
-}
-
 // newContext creates a new context based on the command flags, creating missing app when requested
 func newContext(command *cobra.Command, createAppIfNeeded bool, ignoreMissingConfiguration bool) *Context {
 	// Create a new occlient