diff --git a/velox/common/config/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/common/config/CMakeLists.txt
index 94404bed10f19..c37336f686867 100644
--- a/velox/common/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/common/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,17 +12,14 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-if (${VELOX_BUILD_TESTING})
+if(${VELOX_BUILD_TESTING})
   add_subdirectory(tests)
-endif ()
+endif()
 
 velox_add_library(velox_global_config OBJECT GlobalConfig.cpp)
 
 velox_add_library(velox_common_config Config.cpp)
 velox_link_libraries(
   velox_common_config
-  PUBLIC velox_common_base
-         velox_global_config
-         velox_exception
+  PUBLIC velox_common_base velox_global_config velox_exception
   PRIVATE re2::re2)
-
diff --git a/velox/dwio/common/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/dwio/common/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 09b19c2971dc2..29944d6081d70 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/common/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/dwio/common/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   velox_dwio_common_test
   velox_dwio_common_test_utils
   velox_temp_path
+  velox_global_config
   velox_vector_test_lib
   Boost::regex
   velox_link_libs
diff --git a/velox/dwio/common/tests/LoggedExceptionTest.cpp b/velox/dwio/common/tests/LoggedExceptionTest.cpp
index 6eea7e8b5c788..0e5959d284775 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/common/tests/LoggedExceptionTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/common/tests/LoggedExceptionTest.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 #include <folly/Random.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "velox/common/config/GlobalConfig.h"
 #include "velox/dwio/common/exception/Exception.h"
 
 using namespace facebook::velox::dwio::common::exception;
@@ -24,13 +25,14 @@ namespace {
 void testTraceCollectionSwitchControl(bool enabled) {
   // Logged exception is system type of velox exception.
   // Disable rate control in the test.
-  FLAGS_velox_exception_user_stacktrace_rate_limit_ms = 0;
-  FLAGS_velox_exception_system_stacktrace_rate_limit_ms = 0;
+  config::globalConfig.exceptionUserStacktraceRateLimitMs = 0;
+  config::globalConfig.exceptionSystemStacktraceRateLimitMs = 0;
 
-  // NOTE: the user flag should not affect the tracing behavior of system type
+  // NOTE: the user config should not affect the tracing behavior of system type
   // of exception collection.
-  FLAGS_velox_exception_user_stacktrace_enabled = folly::Random::oneIn(2);
-  FLAGS_velox_exception_system_stacktrace_enabled = enabled ? true : false;
+  config::globalConfig.exceptionUserStacktraceEnabled = folly::Random::oneIn(2);
+  config::globalConfig.exceptionSystemStacktraceEnabled = enabled ? true : false;
+
   try {
     throw LoggedException("Test error message");
   } catch (VeloxException& e) {
diff --git a/velox/flag_definitions/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/flag_definitions/CMakeLists.txt
index 24d4d2b32bfb2..dd6a8d40dce39 100644
--- a/velox/flag_definitions/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/flag_definitions/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 velox_add_library(velox_flag_definitions OBJECT flags.cpp)
-velox_link_libraries(velox_flag_definitions PRIVATE velox_global_config gflags::gflags)
+velox_link_libraries(velox_flag_definitions PRIVATE velox_global_config
+                                                    gflags::gflags)