diff --git a/lib/nconf.js b/lib/nconf.js
index 8ae2d76c..152f9197 100644
--- a/lib/nconf.js
+++ b/lib/nconf.js
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-var fs = require('fs'),
-    async = require('async'),
+var async = require('async'),
     common = require('./nconf/common'),
     Provider = require('./nconf/provider').Provider,
     nconf = module.exports = new Provider();
@@ -19,9 +18,8 @@ nconf.version = require('../package.json').version;
 //
 // Setup all stores as lazy-loaded getters.
 //
-fs.readdirSync(__dirname + '/nconf/stores').forEach(function (file) {
-  var store = file.replace('.js', ''),
-      name  = common.capitalize(store);
+['argv', 'env', 'file', 'literal', 'memory'].forEach(function (store) {
+  var name = common.capitalize(store);
 
   nconf.__defineGetter__(name, function () {
     return require('./nconf/stores/' + store)[name];