diff --git a/nerfstudio/configs/method_configs.py b/nerfstudio/configs/method_configs.py
index a3649458a..2c829e092 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/configs/method_configs.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/configs/method_configs.py
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ from nerfstudio.data.dataparsers.friends_dataparser import FriendsDataParserConf
 from nerfstudio.data.dataparsers.nerfstudio_dataparser import NerfstudioDataParserConfig
 from nerfstudio.engine.optimizers import AdamOptimizerConfig, RAdamOptimizerConfig
 from nerfstudio.field_components.temporal_distortions import TemporalDistortionKind
-from nerfstudio.models.base_model import VanillaModelConfig
 from nerfstudio.models.instant_ngp import InstantNGPModelConfig
 from nerfstudio.models.mipnerf import MipNerfModel
 from nerfstudio.models.nerfacto import NerfactoModelConfig
 from nerfstudio.models.semantic_nerfw import SemanticNerfWModelConfig
 from nerfstudio.models.tensorf import TensoRFModelConfig
-from nerfstudio.models.vanilla_nerf import NeRFModel
+from nerfstudio.models.vanilla_nerf import NeRFModel, VanillaModelConfig
 from nerfstudio.pipelines.base_pipeline import VanillaPipelineConfig
 from nerfstudio.pipelines.dynamic_batch import DynamicBatchPipelineConfig
 
diff --git a/nerfstudio/models/base_model.py b/nerfstudio/models/base_model.py
index 57d0d3bea..6be459343 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/models/base_model.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/models/base_model.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from nerfstudio.configs.base_config import InstantiateConfig
 from nerfstudio.configs.config_utils import to_immutable_dict
 from nerfstudio.data.scene_box import SceneBox
 from nerfstudio.engine.callbacks import TrainingCallback, TrainingCallbackAttributes
-from nerfstudio.field_components.temporal_distortions import TemporalDistortionKind
 from nerfstudio.model_components.scene_colliders import NearFarCollider
 
 
@@ -210,18 +209,3 @@ class Model(nn.Module):
         """
         state = {key.replace("module.", ""): value for key, value in loaded_state["model"].items()}
         self.load_state_dict(state)  # type: ignore
-
-
-@dataclass
-class VanillaModelConfig(ModelConfig):
-    """Vanilla Model Config"""
-
-    num_coarse_samples: int = 64
-    """Number of samples in coarse field evaluation"""
-    num_importance_samples: int = 128
-    """Number of samples in fine field evaluation"""
-
-    enable_temporal_distortion: bool = False
-    """Specifies whether or not to include ray warping based on time."""
-    temporal_distortion_params: Dict[str, Any] = to_immutable_dict({"kind": TemporalDistortionKind.DNERF})
-    """Parameters to instantiate temporal distortion with"""
diff --git a/nerfstudio/models/tensorf.py b/nerfstudio/models/tensorf.py
index a0c771d2c..e3fa1ee65 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/models/tensorf.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/models/tensorf.py
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ from nerfstudio.model_components.renderers import (
     RGBRenderer,
 )
 from nerfstudio.model_components.scene_colliders import AABBBoxCollider
-from nerfstudio.models.base_model import Model, VanillaModelConfig
+from nerfstudio.models.base_model import Model, ModelConfig
 from nerfstudio.utils import colormaps, colors, misc
 
 
 @dataclass
-class TensoRFModelConfig(VanillaModelConfig):
+class TensoRFModelConfig(ModelConfig):
     """TensoRF model config"""
 
     _target: Type = field(default_factory=lambda: TensoRFModel)
diff --git a/nerfstudio/models/vanilla_nerf.py b/nerfstudio/models/vanilla_nerf.py
index 2c5227ee4..3e731524f 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/models/vanilla_nerf.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/models/vanilla_nerf.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Implementation of vanilla nerf.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Type
 
 import torch
 from torch.nn import Parameter
@@ -27,8 +28,10 @@ from torchmetrics.functional import structural_similarity_index_measure
 from torchmetrics.image.lpip import LearnedPerceptualImagePatchSimilarity
 
 from nerfstudio.cameras.rays import RayBundle
+from nerfstudio.configs.config_utils import to_immutable_dict
 from nerfstudio.field_components.encodings import NeRFEncoding
 from nerfstudio.field_components.field_heads import FieldHeadNames
+from nerfstudio.field_components.temporal_distortions import TemporalDistortionKind
 from nerfstudio.fields.vanilla_nerf_field import NeRFField
 from nerfstudio.model_components.losses import MSELoss
 from nerfstudio.model_components.ray_samplers import PDFSampler, UniformSampler
@@ -41,6 +44,22 @@ from nerfstudio.models.base_model import Model, ModelConfig
 from nerfstudio.utils import colormaps, colors, misc
 
 
+@dataclass
+class VanillaModelConfig(ModelConfig):
+    """Vanilla Model Config"""
+
+    _target: Type = field(default_factory=lambda: NeRFModel)
+    num_coarse_samples: int = 64
+    """Number of samples in coarse field evaluation"""
+    num_importance_samples: int = 128
+    """Number of samples in fine field evaluation"""
+
+    enable_temporal_distortion: bool = False
+    """Specifies whether or not to include ray warping based on time."""
+    temporal_distortion_params: Dict[str, Any] = to_immutable_dict({"kind": TemporalDistortionKind.DNERF})
+    """Parameters to instantiate temporal distortion with"""
+
+
 class NeRFModel(Model):
     """Vanilla NeRF model
 
@@ -50,7 +69,7 @@ class NeRFModel(Model):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        config: ModelConfig,
+        config: VanillaModelConfig,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         self.field_coarse = None