diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index afb034b3f1295..09f07931b7925 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ combine_as_imports = true
 include_trailing_comma = true
 line_length = 88
 known_first_party = superset
-known_third_party =alembic,apispec,backoff,bleach,cachelib,celery,click,colorama,contextlib2,cron_descriptor,croniter,cryptography,dateutil,deprecation,flask,flask_appbuilder,flask_babel,flask_caching,flask_compress,flask_jwt_extended,flask_login,flask_migrate,flask_sqlalchemy,flask_talisman,flask_testing,flask_wtf,freezegun,geohash,geopy,graphlib,holidays,humanize,isodate,jinja2,jwt,markdown,markupsafe,marshmallow,marshmallow_enum,msgpack,numpy,pandas,parameterized,parsedatetime,pathlib2,pgsanity,pkg_resources,polyline,prison,pyarrow,pyhive,pyparsing,pytest,pytz,redis,requests,retry,selenium,setuptools,simplejson,slack,sqlalchemy,sqlalchemy_utils,sqlparse,typing_extensions,werkzeug,wtforms,wtforms_json,yaml
+known_third_party =alembic,apispec,backoff,bleach,cachelib,celery,click,colorama,contextlib2,cron_descriptor,croniter,cryptography,dateutil,deprecation,flask,flask_appbuilder,flask_babel,flask_caching,flask_compress,flask_jwt_extended,flask_login,flask_migrate,flask_sqlalchemy,flask_talisman,flask_testing,flask_wtf,freezegun,geohash,geopy,graphlib,holidays,humanize,isodate,jinja2,jwt,markdown,markupsafe,marshmallow,marshmallow_enum,msgpack,numpy,pandas,parameterized,parsedatetime,pathlib2,pgsanity,pkg_resources,polyline,prison,pyarrow,pydash,pyhive,pyparsing,pytest,pytz,redis,requests,retry,selenium,setuptools,simplejson,slack,sqlalchemy,sqlalchemy_utils,sqlparse,typing_extensions,werkzeug,wtforms,wtforms_json,yaml
 multi_line_output = 3
 order_by_type = false
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 878485e0d5c04..5af9255432c79 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ def get_git_sha():
         "wtforms-json",
         "pyparsing>=2.4.7, <3.0.0",
         "holidays==0.10.3",  # PINNED! https://github.com/dr-prodigy/python-holidays/issues/406
+        "pydash>=5.0.0, <5.1.0",
         "deprecation>=2.1.0, <2.2.0",
     ],
     extras_require={
diff --git a/superset/app.py b/superset/app.py
index 48883a92648bc..76ae4318b7108 100644
--- a/superset/app.py
+++ b/superset/app.py
@@ -14,13 +14,21 @@
 # KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
 
+import importlib
+import importlib.util
 import logging
 import os
+from types import ModuleType
+from typing import Any, Dict, Union
 
 from flask import Flask
+from pydash.objects import merge
+from werkzeug.utils import import_string
 
 from superset.initialization import SupersetAppInitializer
+from superset.utils.core import is_test
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -30,8 +38,8 @@ def create_app() -> Flask:
 
     try:
         # Allow user to override our config completely
-        config_module = os.environ.get("SUPERSET_CONFIG", "superset.config")
-        app.config.from_object(config_module)
+        config = init_config()
+        app.config.from_mapping(config)
 
         app_initializer = app.config.get("APP_INITIALIZER", SupersetAppInitializer)(app)
         app_initializer.init_app()
@@ -44,5 +52,51 @@ def create_app() -> Flask:
         raise ex
 
 
+def init_config() -> Dict[Any, Any]:
+    config = convert_to_dict(load_default_config())
+    override_conf = convert_to_dict(load_override_config())
+    return merge(config, override_conf)
+
+
+def convert_to_dict(module: Union[ModuleType, Dict[Any, Any]]) -> Dict[Any, Any]:
+    raw_dict = module if isinstance(module, dict) else module.__dict__
+    return {k: v for k, v in raw_dict.items() if k.isupper() and not k.startswith("_")}
+
+
+def load_default_config() -> ModuleType:
+    config_module = os.environ.get("SUPERSET_CONFIG", "superset.config")
+    config: ModuleType = import_string(config_module)
+    return config
+
+
+def load_override_config() -> Union[Dict[Any, Any], ModuleType]:
+    CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR = "SUPERSET_CONFIG_PATH"  # pylint: disable=C0103
+    if CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR in os.environ:
+        # Explicitly import config module that is not necessarily in pythonpath; useful
+        # for case where app is being executed via pex.
+        cfg_path = os.environ[CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR]
+        try:
+
+            override_conf = importlib.import_module("superset_config", cfg_path)
+
+            print(f"Loaded your LOCAL configuration at [{cfg_path}]")
+            return override_conf
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception(
+                "Failed to import config for %s=%s", CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR, cfg_path
+            )
+            raise
+    elif importlib.util.find_spec("superset_config") and not is_test():
+        try:
+            import superset_config  # pylint: disable=import-error
+
+            print(f"Loaded your LOCAL configuration at [{superset_config.__file__}]")
+            return superset_config
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Found but failed to import local superset_config")
+            raise
+    return {}
+
+
 class SupersetApp(Flask):
     pass
diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 06877977f8a0d..9332333fbbfab 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -20,13 +20,11 @@
 in your PYTHONPATH as there is a ``from superset_config import *``
 at the end of this file.
 """
-import imp
-import importlib.util
+
 import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from datetime import date
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Type, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@
 )
 from superset.stats_logger import DummyStatsLogger
 from superset.typing import CacheConfig
-from superset.utils.core import is_test, parse_boolean_string
+from superset.utils.core import parse_boolean_string
 from superset.utils.encrypt import SQLAlchemyUtilsAdapter
 from superset.utils.log import DBEventLogger
 from superset.utils.logging_configurator import DefaultLoggingConfigurator
@@ -856,7 +854,6 @@ def CSV_TO_HIVE_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY_FUNC(
 # by humans.
 ROBOT_PERMISSION_ROLES = ["Public", "Gamma", "Alpha", "Admin", "sql_lab"]
 
-CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR = "SUPERSET_CONFIG_PATH"
 
 # If a callable is specified, it will be called at app startup while passing
 # a reference to the Flask app. This can be used to alter the Flask app
@@ -1228,29 +1225,3 @@ def CSV_TO_HIVE_UPLOAD_DIRECTORY_FUNC(
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Don't add config values below this line since local configs won't be
 # able to override them.
-if CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR in os.environ:
-    # Explicitly import config module that is not necessarily in pythonpath; useful
-    # for case where app is being executed via pex.
-    try:
-        cfg_path = os.environ[CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR]
-        module = sys.modules[__name__]
-        override_conf = imp.load_source("superset_config", cfg_path)
-        for key in dir(override_conf):
-            if key.isupper():
-                setattr(module, key, getattr(override_conf, key))
-
-        print(f"Loaded your LOCAL configuration at [{cfg_path}]")
-    except Exception:
-        logger.exception(
-            "Failed to import config for %s=%s", CONFIG_PATH_ENV_VAR, cfg_path
-        )
-        raise
-elif importlib.util.find_spec("superset_config") and not is_test():
-    try:
-        import superset_config  # pylint: disable=import-error
-        from superset_config import *  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=import-error,wildcard-import,unused-wildcard-import
-
-        print(f"Loaded your LOCAL configuration at [{superset_config.__file__}]")
-    except Exception:
-        logger.exception("Found but failed to import local superset_config")
-        raise