diff --git a/api/lock_api.go b/api/lock_api.go
index 7dd2df55..345f63f2 100644
--- a/api/lock_api.go
+++ b/api/lock_api.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/config"
 )
 
 // LockService is an API service which encapsulates the Git LFS Locking API.
@@ -144,15 +142,8 @@ type Committer struct {
 	Email string `json:"email"`
 }
 
-// CurrentCommitter returns a Committer instance populated with the same
-// credentials as would be used to author a commit. In particular, the
-// "user.name" and "user.email" configuration values are used from the
-// config.Config singleton.
-func CurrentCommitter() Committer {
-	name, _ := config.Config.Git.Get("user.name")
-	email, _ := config.Config.Git.Get("user.email")
-
-	return Committer{name, email}
+func NewCommitter(name, email string) Committer {
+	return Committer{Name: name, Email: email}
 }
 
 // LockRequest encapsulates the payload sent across the API when a client would
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index b4e23f17..756d2fab 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -492,3 +492,12 @@ func (c *Configuration) loadGitConfig() bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+// CurrentCommitter returns the name/email that would be used to author a commit
+// with this configuration. In particular, the "user.name" and "user.email"
+// configuration values are used
+func (c *Configuration) CurrentCommitter() (name, email string) {
+	name, _ = c.Git.Get("user.name")
+	email, _ = c.Git.Get("user.email")
+	return
+}
diff --git a/locking/locks.go b/locking/locks.go
index 122c281f..ddbb52d2 100644
--- a/locking/locks.go
+++ b/locking/locks.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (c *Client) LockFile(path string) (id string, e error) {
 
 	s, resp := c.apiClient.Locks.Lock(&api.LockRequest{
 		Path:               path,
-		Committer:          api.CurrentCommitter(),
+		Committer:          api.NewCommitter(c.cfg.CurrentCommitter()),
 		LatestRemoteCommit: latest.Sha,
 	})