diff --git a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
index 47d76db868ef..35ff3c73e5f3 100644
--- a/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-config/src/index.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export function readConfigs(
   let projects = projectPaths;
   let configPath: Config.Path | null | undefined;
 
-  {
+  if (projectPaths.length === 1) {
     const parsedConfig = readConfig(argv, projects[0]);
     configPath = parsedConfig.configPath;