diff --git a/platformio/commands/home/rpc/handlers/project.py b/platformio/commands/home/rpc/handlers/project.py
index d00370c5..b7981f56 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/home/rpc/handlers/project.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/home/rpc/handlers/project.py
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ class ProjectRPC(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def config_load(path):
-        return ProjectConfig(path).as_tuple()
+        return ProjectConfig(path, parse_extra=False).as_tuple()
 
     @staticmethod
     def config_dump(path, data):
-        config = ProjectConfig(path)
+        config = ProjectConfig(path, parse_extra=False)
         config.update(data, clear=True)
         return config.save()