diff --git a/dvc/analytics.py b/dvc/analytics.py
index 6e0e636947..8b39fc31b8 100644
--- a/dvc/analytics.py
+++ b/dvc/analytics.py
@@ -204,28 +204,9 @@ def dump(self):
             json.dump(self.info, fobj)
             return fobj.name
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _is_enabled_config(config):
-        from dvc.config import Config
-
-        core = config.config.get(Config.SECTION_CORE, {})
-        return core.get(Config.SECTION_CORE_ANALYTICS, True)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _get_current_config():
-        from dvc.config import Config
-        from dvc.repo import Repo
-        from dvc.exceptions import NotDvcRepoError
-
-        try:
-            dvc_dir = Repo.find_dvc_dir()
-            config = Config(dvc_dir)
-        except NotDvcRepoError:
-            config = Config(validate=False)
-        return config
-
     @staticmethod
     def is_enabled(cmd=None):
+        from dvc.config import Config, to_bool
         from dvc.command.daemon import CmdDaemonBase
 
         if env2bool("DVC_TEST"):
@@ -234,15 +215,8 @@ def is_enabled(cmd=None):
         if isinstance(cmd, CmdDaemonBase):
             return False
 
-        config = (
-            Analytics._get_current_config()
-            if cmd is None or not hasattr(cmd, "config")
-            else cmd.config
-        )
-
-        assert config is not None
-
-        enabled = Analytics._is_enabled_config(config)
+        core = Config(validate=False).config.get(Config.SECTION_CORE, {})
+        enabled = to_bool(core.get(Config.SECTION_CORE_ANALYTICS, "true"))
         logger.debug(
             "Analytics is {}.".format("enabled" if enabled else "disabled")
         )
diff --git a/tests/func/test_analytics.py b/tests/func/test_analytics.py
index b8af2367bc..b42a117270 100644
--- a/tests/func/test_analytics.py
+++ b/tests/func/test_analytics.py
@@ -30,24 +30,18 @@ def test(self):
         self.assertNotEqual(a.info[a.PARAM_SYSTEM_INFO], {})
 
     @mock.patch.object(os, "getenv", new=_clean_getenv)
-    @mock.patch(
-        "dvc.analytics.Analytics._is_enabled_config", return_value=True
-    )
     @mock.patch("requests.post")
-    def test_send(self, mockpost, _):
+    def test_send(self, mockpost):
         ret = main(["daemon", "analytics", Analytics().dump(), "-v"])
         self.assertEqual(ret, 0)
 
         self.assertTrue(mockpost.called)
 
     @mock.patch.object(os, "getenv", new=_clean_getenv)
-    @mock.patch(
-        "dvc.analytics.Analytics._is_enabled_config", return_value=True
-    )
     @mock.patch.object(
         requests, "post", side_effect=requests.exceptions.RequestException()
     )
-    def test_send_failed(self, mockpost, _):
+    def test_send_failed(self, mockpost):
         ret = main(["daemon", "analytics", Analytics().dump(), "-v"])
         self.assertEqual(ret, 0)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_analytics.py b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e7e2dab14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_analytics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dvc.analytics import Analytics
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config, result",
+    [
+        ({}, True),
+        ({"analytics": "false"}, False),
+        ({"analytics": "true"}, True),
+        ({"unknown": "broken"}, True),
+        ({"analytics": "false", "unknown": "broken"}, False),
+    ],
+)
+def test_is_enabled(dvc_repo, config, result, monkeypatch):
+    configobj = dvc_repo.config._repo_config
+    configobj["core"] = config
+    configobj.write()
+
+    # reset DVC_TEST env var, which affects `is_enabled()`
+    monkeypatch.delenv("DVC_TEST")
+
+    assert result == Analytics.is_enabled()