diff --git a/packages/api-graphql/src/GraphQLAPI.ts b/packages/api-graphql/src/GraphQLAPI.ts
index f2a96995eb8..9567af4e694 100644
--- a/packages/api-graphql/src/GraphQLAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/api-graphql/src/GraphQLAPI.ts
@@ -40,4 +40,12 @@ export class GraphQLAPIClass extends InternalGraphQLAPIClass {
 }
 
 export const GraphQLAPI = new GraphQLAPIClass(null);
-Amplify.register(GraphQLAPI);
+// Amplify.register(GraphQLAPI);
+
+// Get access to the current back-end resource config:
+const config = Amplify.getConfig();
+
+// TODO V6: is this needed?
+// Hub.listen('config', async config => RestAPI.configure(config.));
+
+Amplify.configure(config);
diff --git a/packages/api-graphql/src/internals/InternalGraphQLAPI.ts b/packages/api-graphql/src/internals/InternalGraphQLAPI.ts
index deeb7ea7749..0f1db3785f9 100644
--- a/packages/api-graphql/src/internals/InternalGraphQLAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/api-graphql/src/internals/InternalGraphQLAPI.ts
@@ -467,4 +467,11 @@ export class InternalGraphQLAPIClass {
 }
 
 export const InternalGraphQLAPI = new InternalGraphQLAPIClass(null);
-Amplify.register(InternalGraphQLAPI);
+// Amplify.register(InternalGraphQLAPI);
+// Get access to the current back-end resource config:
+const config = Amplify.getConfig();
+
+// TODO V6: is this needed?
+// Hub.listen('config', async config => RestAPI.configure(config.));
+
+Amplify.configure(config);
diff --git a/packages/api-rest/src/RestAPI.ts b/packages/api-rest/src/RestAPI.ts
index 7aa37753b40..58a0a318841 100644
--- a/packages/api-rest/src/RestAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/api-rest/src/RestAPI.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from '@aws-amplify/core';
 import { ConsoleLogger as Logger } from '@aws-amplify/core/internals/utils';
 import { ApiInfo } from './types';
+import { Hub } from '@aws-amplify/core';
 
 const logger = new Logger('RestAPI');
 
@@ -336,4 +337,12 @@ export class RestAPIClass {
 }
 
 export const RestAPI = new RestAPIClass(null);
-Amplify.register(RestAPI);
+// Amplify.register(RestAPI);
+
+// Get access to the current back-end resource config:
+const config = Amplify.getConfig();
+
+// TODO V6: is this needed?
+
+// Hub.listen('config', async config => RestAPI.configure(config.));
+Amplify.configure(config);
diff --git a/packages/api/src/API.ts b/packages/api/src/API.ts
index 87c605072cc..640403def71 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/API.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/API.ts
@@ -281,4 +281,12 @@ declare type V6Client<T extends Record<any, any> = never> = ExcludeNeverFields<{
 }>;
 
 export const API = new APIClass(null);
-Amplify.register(API);
+// Amplify.register(API);
+
+// Get access to the current back-end resource config:
+const config = Amplify.getConfig();
+
+// TODO V6: is this needed?
+// Hub.listen('config', async config => RestAPI.configure(config.));
+
+Amplify.configure(config);
diff --git a/packages/api/src/internals/InternalAPI.ts b/packages/api/src/internals/InternalAPI.ts
index 118787d4ed5..4c8e623bc4a 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/internals/InternalAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/internals/InternalAPI.ts
@@ -294,4 +294,12 @@ export class InternalAPIClass {
 }
 
 export const InternalAPI = new InternalAPIClass(null);
-Amplify.register(InternalAPI);
+// Amplify.register(InternalAPI);
+
+// Get access to the current back-end resource config:
+const config = Amplify.getConfig();
+
+// TODO V6: is this needed?
+// Hub.listen('config', async config => RestAPI.configure(config.));
+
+Amplify.configure(config);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/singleton/types.ts b/packages/core/src/singleton/types.ts
index 8ad0bddb01a..6bcb0566c17 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/singleton/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/singleton/types.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ import {
 	StorageConfig,
 } from './Storage/types';
 
+// TODO V6: API types??
 export type ResourcesConfig = {
-	// API?: {};
+	API?: {};
 	Analytics?: AnalyticsConfig;
 	Auth?: AuthConfig;
 	// Cache?: CacheConfig;