diff --git a/lib/cli-engine/cli-engine.js b/lib/cli-engine/cli-engine.js
index 92b8755783f..3ae8b685cf3 100644
--- a/lib/cli-engine/cli-engine.js
+++ b/lib/cli-engine/cli-engine.js
@@ -616,8 +616,8 @@ class CLIEngine {
             useEslintrc: options.useEslintrc,
             builtInRules,
             loadRules,
-            getEslintRecommendedConfig: () => require("../../conf/eslint-recommended.js"),
-            getEslintAllConfig: () => require("../../conf/eslint-all.js")
+            eslintRecommendedPath: path.resolve(__dirname, "../../conf/eslint-recommended.js"),
+            eslintAllPath: path.resolve(__dirname, "../../conf/eslint-all.js")
         });
         const fileEnumerator = new FileEnumerator({
             configArrayFactory,
diff --git a/lib/cli-engine/file-enumerator.js b/lib/cli-engine/file-enumerator.js
index 674e83e540d..f1442d150b8 100644
--- a/lib/cli-engine/file-enumerator.js
+++ b/lib/cli-engine/file-enumerator.js
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ class FileEnumerator {
         cwd = process.cwd(),
         configArrayFactory = new CascadingConfigArrayFactory({
             cwd,
-            getEslintRecommendedConfig: () => require("../../conf/eslint-recommended.js"),
-            getEslintAllConfig: () => require("../../conf/eslint-all.js")
+            eslintRecommendedPath: path.resolve(__dirname, "../../conf/eslint-recommended.js"),
+            eslintAllPath: path.resolve(__dirname, "../../conf/eslint-all.js")
         }),
         extensions = null,
         globInputPaths = true,