diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 6b4ae0c536d..a9ffa17f646 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -985,23 +985,6 @@ func getChainAliases(v *viper.Viper) (map[ids.ID][]string, error) {
 	return getAliases(v, "chain aliases", ChainAliasesContentKey, ChainAliasesFileKey)
 }
 
-func getVMAliaser(v *viper.Viper) (ids.Aliaser, error) {
-	vmAliases, err := getVMAliases(v)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	aliser := ids.NewAliaser()
-	for vmID, aliases := range vmAliases {
-		for _, alias := range aliases {
-			if err := aliser.Alias(vmID, alias); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return aliser, nil
-}
-
 // getPathFromDirKey reads flag value from viper instance and then checks the folder existence
 func getPathFromDirKey(v *viper.Viper, configKey string) (string, error) {
 	configDir := GetExpandedArg(v, configKey)
@@ -1475,7 +1458,7 @@ func GetNodeConfig(v *viper.Viper) (node.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	// VM Aliases
-	nodeConfig.VMAliaser, err = getVMAliaser(v)
+	nodeConfig.VMAliases, err = getVMAliases(v)
 	if err != nil {
 		return node.Config{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/genesis/aliases.go b/genesis/aliases.go
index c6f8b3df2b7..2c0407d1122 100644
--- a/genesis/aliases.go
+++ b/genesis/aliases.go
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/vms/secp256k1fx"
 )
 
+var (
+	PChainAliases = []string{"P", "platform"}
+	XChainAliases = []string{"X", "avm"}
+	CChainAliases = []string{"C", "evm"}
+	VMAliases     = map[ids.ID][]string{
+		constants.PlatformVMID: {"platform"},
+		constants.AVMID:        {"avm"},
+		constants.EVMID:        {"evm"},
+		secp256k1fx.ID:         {"secp256k1fx"},
+		nftfx.ID:               {"nftfx"},
+		propertyfx.ID:          {"propertyfx"},
+	}
+)
+
 // Aliases returns the default aliases based on the network ID
 func Aliases(genesisBytes []byte) (map[string][]string, map[ids.ID][]string, error) {
 	apiAliases := map[string][]string{
@@ -26,7 +40,7 @@ func Aliases(genesisBytes []byte) (map[string][]string, map[ids.ID][]string, err
 		},
 	}
 	chainAliases := map[ids.ID][]string{
-		constants.PlatformChainID: {"P", "platform"},
+		constants.PlatformChainID: PChainAliases,
 	}
 
 	genesis, err := genesis.Parse(genesisBytes) // TODO let's not re-create genesis to do aliasing
@@ -45,7 +59,7 @@ func Aliases(genesisBytes []byte) (map[string][]string, map[ids.ID][]string, err
 				path.Join(constants.ChainAliasPrefix, "X"),
 				path.Join(constants.ChainAliasPrefix, "avm"),
 			}
-			chainAliases[chainID] = GetXChainAliases()
+			chainAliases[chainID] = XChainAliases
 		case constants.EVMID:
 			apiAliases[endpoint] = []string{
 				"C",
@@ -53,27 +67,8 @@ func Aliases(genesisBytes []byte) (map[string][]string, map[ids.ID][]string, err
 				path.Join(constants.ChainAliasPrefix, "C"),
 				path.Join(constants.ChainAliasPrefix, "evm"),
 			}
-			chainAliases[chainID] = GetCChainAliases()
+			chainAliases[chainID] = CChainAliases
 		}
 	}
 	return apiAliases, chainAliases, nil
 }
-
-func GetCChainAliases() []string {
-	return []string{"C", "evm"}
-}
-
-func GetXChainAliases() []string {
-	return []string{"X", "avm"}
-}
-
-func GetVMAliases() map[ids.ID][]string {
-	return map[ids.ID][]string{
-		constants.PlatformVMID: {"platform"},
-		constants.AVMID:        {"avm"},
-		constants.EVMID:        {"evm"},
-		secp256k1fx.ID:         {"secp256k1fx"},
-		nftfx.ID:               {"nftfx"},
-		propertyfx.ID:          {"propertyfx"},
-	}
-}
diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index d2c8a51198d..3974409d311 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ChainConfigs map[string]chains.ChainConfig `json:"-"`
 	ChainAliases map[ids.ID][]string           `json:"chainAliases"`
 
-	VMAliaser ids.Aliaser `json:"-"`
+	VMAliases map[ids.ID][]string `json:"vmAliases"`
 
 	// Halflife to use for the processing requests tracker.
 	// Larger halflife --> usage metrics change more slowly.
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 1bd7ac21f67..d7ef070fd43 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -145,7 +145,15 @@ func New(
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("problem creating vm logger: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	n.VMManager = vms.NewManager(n.VMFactoryLog, config.VMAliaser)
+	n.VMAliaser = ids.NewAliaser()
+	for vmID, aliases := range config.VMAliases {
+		for _, alias := range aliases {
+			if err := n.VMAliaser.Alias(vmID, alias); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	n.VMManager = vms.NewManager(n.VMFactoryLog, n.VMAliaser)
 
 	if err := n.initBootstrappers(); err != nil { // Configure the bootstrappers
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("problem initializing node beacons: %w", err)
@@ -357,6 +365,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	MetricsRegisterer *prometheus.Registry
 	MetricsGatherer   metrics.MultiGatherer
 
+	VMAliaser ids.Aliaser
 	VMManager vms.Manager
 
 	// VM endpoint registry
@@ -1045,11 +1054,10 @@ func (n *Node) initAPIServer() error {
 // Add the default VM aliases
 func (n *Node) addDefaultVMAliases() error {
 	n.Log.Info("adding the default VM aliases")
-	vmAliases := genesis.GetVMAliases()
 
-	for vmID, aliases := range vmAliases {
+	for vmID, aliases := range genesis.VMAliases {
 		for _, alias := range aliases {
-			if err := n.Config.VMAliaser.Alias(vmID, alias); err != nil {
+			if err := n.VMAliaser.Alias(vmID, alias); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}