diff --git a/dask_expr/_collection.py b/dask_expr/_collection.py
index 88681dd1..7d9bce24 100644
--- a/dask_expr/_collection.py
+++ b/dask_expr/_collection.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa
-from dask import compute, config, get_annotations
+from dask import compute, get_annotations
 from dask.array import Array
 from dask.base import DaskMethodsMixin, is_dask_collection, named_schedulers
 from dask.core import flatten
@@ -5099,6 +5099,7 @@ def from_dask_array(x, columns=None, index=None, meta=None):
     return from_legacy_dataframe(df, optimize=True)
 
 
+@dataframe_creation_dispatch.register_inplace("pandas")
 def read_csv(
     path,
     *args,
@@ -5109,7 +5110,6 @@ def read_csv(
 ):
     from dask_expr.io.csv import ReadCSV
 
-    dataframe_backend = config.get("dataframe.backend", "pandas")
     if not isinstance(path, str):
         path = stringify_path(path)
     return new_collection(
@@ -5119,7 +5119,7 @@ def read_csv(
             storage_options=storage_options,
             kwargs=kwargs,
             header=header,
-            dataframe_backend=dataframe_backend,
+            dataframe_backend="pandas",
         )
     )
 
@@ -5174,6 +5174,7 @@ def read_fwf(
     )
 
 
+@dataframe_creation_dispatch.register_inplace("pandas")
 def read_parquet(
     path=None,
     columns=None,