diff --git a/src/Machine/src/Serval.Machine.Shared/Configuration/IMachineBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Machine/src/Serval.Machine.Shared/Configuration/IMachineBuilderExtensions.cs
index 684f31d3..6e1606c2 100644
--- a/src/Machine/src/Serval.Machine.Shared/Configuration/IMachineBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Machine/src/Serval.Machine.Shared/Configuration/IMachineBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -5,60 +5,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 public static class IMachineBuilderExtensions
 {
-    public static IMachineBuilder AddServiceOptions(
-        this IMachineBuilder builder,
-        Action<ServiceOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IMachineBuilder AddServiceOptions(this IMachineBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<ServiceOptions>(config);
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public static IMachineBuilder AddSmtTransferEngineOptions(
-        this IMachineBuilder builder,
-        Action<SmtTransferEngineOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IMachineBuilder AddSmtTransferEngineOptions(this IMachineBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<SmtTransferEngineOptions>(config);
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public static IMachineBuilder AddClearMLOptions(
-        this IMachineBuilder builder,
-        Action<ClearMLOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IMachineBuilder AddClearMLOptions(this IMachineBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<ClearMLOptions>(config);
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public static IMachineBuilder AddDistributedReaderWriterLockOptions(
-        this IMachineBuilder build,
-        Action<DistributedReaderWriterLockOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        build.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return build;
-    }
-
     public static IMachineBuilder AddDistributedReaderWriterLockOptions(
         this IMachineBuilder build,
         IConfiguration config
@@ -68,45 +32,18 @@ IConfiguration config
         return build;
     }
 
-    public static IMachineBuilder AddMessageOutboxOptions(
-        this IMachineBuilder builder,
-        Action<MessageOutboxOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IMachineBuilder AddMessageOutboxOptions(this IMachineBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<MessageOutboxOptions>(config);
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public static IMachineBuilder AddSharedFileOptions(
-        this IMachineBuilder builder,
-        Action<SharedFileOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IMachineBuilder AddSharedFileOptions(this IMachineBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<SharedFileOptions>(config);
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public static IMachineBuilder AddBuildJobOptions(
-        this IMachineBuilder builder,
-        Action<BuildJobOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IMachineBuilder AddBuildJobOptions(this IMachineBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<BuildJobOptions>(config);
@@ -116,21 +53,11 @@ public static IMachineBuilder AddBuildJobOptions(this IMachineBuilder builder, I
     public static IMachineBuilder AddThotSmtModel(this IMachineBuilder builder)
     {
         if (builder.Configuration is null)
-            return builder.AddThotSmtModel(o => { });
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Configuration is required");
         else
             return builder.AddThotSmtModel(builder.Configuration.GetSection(ThotSmtModelOptions.Key));
     }
 
-    public static IMachineBuilder AddThotSmtModel(
-        this IMachineBuilder builder,
-        Action<ThotSmtModelOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        builder.Services.AddSingleton<ISmtModelFactory, ThotSmtModelFactory>();
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IMachineBuilder AddThotSmtModel(this IMachineBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<ThotSmtModelOptions>(config);
diff --git a/src/Machine/src/Serval.Machine.Shared/Configuration/IServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Machine/src/Serval.Machine.Shared/Configuration/IServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 9ae176d8..79a0c16f 100644
--- a/src/Machine/src/Serval.Machine.Shared/Configuration/IServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Machine/src/Serval.Machine.Shared/Configuration/IServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -24,13 +24,7 @@ public static IMachineBuilder AddMachine(this IServiceCollection services, IConf
         var builder = new MachineBuilder(services, configuration);
         if (configuration is null)
         {
-            builder.AddServiceOptions(o => { });
-            builder.AddSharedFileOptions(o => { });
-            builder.AddSmtTransferEngineOptions(o => { });
-            builder.AddClearMLOptions(o => { });
-            builder.AddDistributedReaderWriterLockOptions(o => { });
-            builder.AddBuildJobOptions(o => { });
-            builder.AddMessageOutboxOptions(o => { });
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Configuration is required");
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/Serval/src/Serval.Assessment/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Serval/src/Serval.Assessment/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
index d770433d..d4545ef6 100644
--- a/src/Serval/src/Serval.Assessment/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Serval/src/Serval.Assessment/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 public static class IServalBuilderExtensions
 {
-    public static IServalBuilder AddAssessment(this IServalBuilder builder, Action<AssessmentOptions>? configure = null)
+    public static IServalBuilder AddAssessment(this IServalBuilder builder)
     {
         if (builder.Configuration is null)
         {
-            builder.AddApiOptions(o => { });
-            builder.AddDataFileOptions(o => { });
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Configuration is required");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ public static IServalBuilder AddAssessment(this IServalBuilder builder, Action<A
 
         var assessmentOptions = new AssessmentOptions();
         builder.Configuration?.GetSection(AssessmentOptions.Key).Bind(assessmentOptions);
-        if (configure is not null)
-            configure(assessmentOptions);
 
         foreach (EngineInfo engine in assessmentOptions.Engines)
         {
diff --git a/src/Serval/src/Serval.DataFiles/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Serval/src/Serval.DataFiles/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
index 91756a6c..69982782 100644
--- a/src/Serval/src/Serval.DataFiles/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Serval/src/Serval.DataFiles/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ public static class IServalBuilderExtensions
     public static IServalBuilder AddDataFiles(this IServalBuilder builder)
     {
         if (builder.Configuration is null)
-            builder.AddDataFileOptions(o => { });
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Configuration is required");
         else
             builder.AddDataFileOptions(builder.Configuration.GetSection(DataFileOptions.Key));
 
diff --git a/src/Serval/src/Serval.Shared/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Serval/src/Serval.Shared/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
index 2f226ab4..4b4a15ba 100644
--- a/src/Serval/src/Serval.Shared/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Serval/src/Serval.Shared/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -2,27 +2,12 @@
 
 public static class IServalBuilderExtensions
 {
-    public static IServalBuilder AddDataFileOptions(
-        this IServalBuilder builder,
-        Action<DataFileOptions> configureOptions
-    )
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IServalBuilder AddDataFileOptions(this IServalBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<DataFileOptions>(config);
         return builder;
     }
 
-    public static IServalBuilder AddApiOptions(this IServalBuilder builder, Action<ApiOptions> configureOptions)
-    {
-        builder.Services.Configure(configureOptions);
-        return builder;
-    }
-
     public static IServalBuilder AddApiOptions(this IServalBuilder builder, IConfiguration config)
     {
         builder.Services.Configure<ApiOptions>(config);
diff --git a/src/Serval/src/Serval.Translation/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Serval/src/Serval.Translation/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
index 190d627f..63610b5e 100644
--- a/src/Serval/src/Serval.Translation/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Serval/src/Serval.Translation/Configuration/IServalBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 public static class IServalBuilderExtensions
 {
-    public static IServalBuilder AddTranslation(
-        this IServalBuilder builder,
-        Action<TranslationOptions>? configure = null
-    )
+    public static IServalBuilder AddTranslation(this IServalBuilder builder)
     {
         if (builder.Configuration is null)
         {
-            builder.AddApiOptions(o => { });
-            builder.AddDataFileOptions(o => { });
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Configuration is required");
         }
         else
         {
@@ -27,8 +23,6 @@ public static IServalBuilder AddTranslation(
 
         var translationOptions = new TranslationOptions();
         builder.Configuration?.GetSection(TranslationOptions.Key).Bind(translationOptions);
-        if (configure is not null)
-            configure(translationOptions);
 
         foreach (EngineInfo engine in translationOptions.Engines)
         {