diff --git a/contribs/matrixbasedptrouter/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/matrixbasedptrouter/MatrixBasedPtRouterIT.java b/contribs/matrixbasedptrouter/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/matrixbasedptrouter/MatrixBasedPtRouterIT.java
index 6553e8c813a..b71237f3dd9 100644
--- a/contribs/matrixbasedptrouter/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/matrixbasedptrouter/MatrixBasedPtRouterIT.java
+++ b/contribs/matrixbasedptrouter/src/test/java/org/matsim/contrib/matrixbasedptrouter/MatrixBasedPtRouterIT.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import org.matsim.contrib.matrixbasedptrouter.utils.CreateTestPopulation;
 import org.matsim.core.config.Config;
 import org.matsim.core.config.ConfigUtils;
+import org.matsim.core.config.groups.ScoringConfigGroup;
 import org.matsim.core.controler.Controler;
 import org.matsim.core.controler.OutputDirectoryHierarchy;
 import org.matsim.core.network.io.NetworkWriter;
@@ -106,11 +107,8 @@ void testIntegration() throws IOException {
 		config.plans().setInputFile(path+"plans.xml");
 
 		//add home and work activity to plansCalcScoreConfigGroup
-		config.scoring().addParam("activityType_0", "home");
-		config.scoring().addParam("activityTypicalDuration_0", "43200");
-		config.scoring().addParam("activityType_1", "work");
-		config.scoring().addParam("activityTypicalDuration_1", "28800");
-
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("home").setTypicalDuration(43200));
+		config.scoring().addActivityParams(new ScoringConfigGroup.ActivityParams("work").setTypicalDuration(28800));
 
 		Scenario scenario = ScenarioUtils.loadScenario(config);
 		BoundingBox nbb = BoundingBox.createBoundingBox(network);
diff --git a/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ConfigReader.java b/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ConfigReader.java
index f35d8adc593..7c69bc833b4 100644
--- a/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ConfigReader.java
+++ b/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ConfigReader.java
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ protected void setDoctype(final String doctype) {
 		}
 		else if ( CONFIG_V2.equals( doctype ) ) {
 			this.delegate = new ConfigReaderMatsimV2( this.config );
+//			config.global().setInsistingOnDeprecatedConfigVersion(false);
+//			// Currently, V2 is the current version.
+//			// IMO: The default should be "false". -> Change in {@link GlobalConfigGroup}.
+//			This cannot be activated here, because mny tests, e.g. in DRT fails, because ScoringConfigGroup detects a deprecated syntax and then
+//			aborts, because  of the following check -- so this must be cleaned up first. :
+//			usesDeprecatedSyntax && !config.global().isInsistingOnDeprecatedConfigVersion())
+//			kmt, Aug'24
 			log.info( "using config_v2-reader" );
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ConfigUtils.java b/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ConfigUtils.java
index df396f15b1a..2d09a278ed7 100644
--- a/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ConfigUtils.java
+++ b/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/ConfigUtils.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public static Config createConfig(URL context) {
 	public static Config createConfig() {
 		Config config = new Config();
 		config.addCoreModules();
+		config.global().setInsistingOnDeprecatedConfigVersion(false); // IMO: The default should be "false". -> Change in {@link GlobalConfigGroup}.  kmt, Aug'24
 		return config;
 	}
 
diff --git a/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/groups/GlobalConfigGroup.java b/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/groups/GlobalConfigGroup.java
index f778b0b9229..6b811924ce6 100644
--- a/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/groups/GlobalConfigGroup.java
+++ b/matsim/src/main/java/org/matsim/core/config/groups/GlobalConfigGroup.java
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ public void setCoordinateSystem(final String coordinateSystem) {
 	// ---
 	private boolean insistingOnDeprecatedConfigVersion = true ;
 	// yyyy this should be set to false eventually.  kai, aug'18
+	// IMO: Yes, false would be the default and if read in an older version, set it to true.
+	// That would also avoid the setting to "false" in ConfigUtils. This should not be needed, because creating
+	// a new Config should always result in the newest version. 	// kmt, Aug'24
 	private static final String INSITING_ON_DEPRECATED_CONFIG_VERSION = "insistingOnDeprecatedConfigVersion" ;
 	@StringGetter( INSITING_ON_DEPRECATED_CONFIG_VERSION )
 	public final boolean isInsistingOnDeprecatedConfigVersion() { return this.insistingOnDeprecatedConfigVersion ; }