Permission denied errors loading configuration in 2.4.1 (running utilities as unprivileged user)

I noticed the following after upgrading from 2.3 to 2.4.1: if I run various Dovecot utilities as an unprivileged user, they attempt to load the entire Dovecot configuration. The configuration loading then fails with a "fatal" permission denied error while trying to access the x.509 private key, which is accessible only to root for security reasons.

Example: try running sievec as a normal user to compile a Sieve script. This should work, but it doesn't for the aforementioned reason.

I'm not asking for help here, as I can work around it, but I would like to make sure it's on the bug list, if not fixed already.