diff --git a/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileComponentSettings.kt b/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileComponentSettings.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 00b508d8..00000000
--- a/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileComponentSettings.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made
- * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
- * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- *
- * Contributors:
- *   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
- */
-package che.incubator.devfile
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.PersistentStateComponent
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.ServiceManager
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.State
-import com.intellij.openapi.components.Storage
-
-@State(name = "Devfile Settings", storages = [Storage("devfile.xml")])
-class DevfileComponentSettings : PersistentStateComponent<DevfileComponentSettings.State> {
-
-    companion object {
-        const val DEFAULT_FLATTENED_DEVFILE_ENV_VARIABLE = "DEVWORKSPACE_FLATTENED_DEVFILE"
-        val instance: DevfileComponentSettings
-            get() = ServiceManager.getService(DevfileComponentSettings::class.java)
-    }
-
-    data class State(var flattenedDevfileEnvVariable: String = DEFAULT_FLATTENED_DEVFILE_ENV_VARIABLE)
-
-    private var state = State()
-
-    override fun getState(): State {
-        return state
-    }
-
-    override fun loadState(state: State) {
-        this.state = state
-    }
-
-    var flattenedDevfileEnvVariable: String
-        get() = state.flattenedDevfileEnvVariable
-        set(flattenedDevfileEnvVariable) {
-            state.flattenedDevfileEnvVariable = flattenedDevfileEnvVariable
-        }
-}
diff --git a/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileConfigurable.kt b/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileConfigurable.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 30a14fab..00000000
--- a/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileConfigurable.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made
- * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
- * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- *
- * Contributors:
- *   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
- */
-package che.incubator.devfile
-
-import com.intellij.openapi.options.Configurable
-import com.intellij.openapi.ui.LabeledComponent
-import com.intellij.openapi.ui.VerticalFlowLayout
-import com.intellij.ui.components.JBTextField
-import java.awt.BorderLayout
-import java.awt.Dimension
-import javax.swing.JComponent
-import javax.swing.JPanel
-
-class DevfileConfigurable : Configurable {
-
-    private val settingsPanel = JPanel()
-
-    private val flattenedDevfileEnvVariableTextField = LabeledComponent.create(
-        JBTextField(),
-        "Flattened Devfile environment variable"
-    )
-
-    override fun createComponent(): JComponent {
-        settingsPanel.layout = VerticalFlowLayout(VerticalFlowLayout.TOP, 0, 5, true, false)
-        settingsPanel.preferredSize = Dimension(500, 0)
-
-        flattenedDevfileEnvVariableTextField.labelLocation = BorderLayout.WEST
-        settingsPanel.add(flattenedDevfileEnvVariableTextField)
-
-        settingsPanel.updateUI()
-
-        return settingsPanel
-    }
-
-    override fun isModified(): Boolean {
-        val settings = DevfileComponentSettings.instance
-
-        return flattenedDevfileEnvVariableTextField.component.text !== settings.flattenedDevfileEnvVariable
-    }
-
-    override fun apply() {
-        val settings = DevfileComponentSettings.instance
-
-        settings.flattenedDevfileEnvVariable = flattenedDevfileEnvVariableTextField.component.text
-    }
-
-    override fun reset() {
-        val settings = DevfileComponentSettings.instance
-
-        flattenedDevfileEnvVariableTextField.component.text = settings.flattenedDevfileEnvVariable
-    }
-
-    override fun getDisplayName(): String {
-        return "Devfile"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileRunConfigurationService.kt b/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileRunConfigurationService.kt
index 7930a9cf..029d7033 100644
--- a/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileRunConfigurationService.kt
+++ b/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/kotlin/che/incubator/devfile/DevfileRunConfigurationService.kt
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ data class ExecCommand(
 )
 
 class DevfileRunConfigurationService : StartupActivity {
+    companion object {
+        const val DEFAULT_FLATTENED_DEVFILE_ENV_VARIABLE = "DEVWORKSPACE_FLATTENED_DEVFILE"
+    }
 
     override fun runActivity(project: Project) {
-        val settings = DevfileComponentSettings.instance
-        val flattenedDevfileRawPath = System.getenv(settings.flattenedDevfileEnvVariable) ?: return
+        val flattenedDevfileRawPath = System.getenv(DEFAULT_FLATTENED_DEVFILE_ENV_VARIABLE) ?: return
         val flattenedDevfile = Paths.get(flattenedDevfileRawPath).toFile()
 
         if (!flattenedDevfile.exists()) return
diff --git a/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index c27b9ecf..27831ac8 100644
--- a/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/devfile-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -16,10 +16,5 @@
     <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
         <configurationType implementation="che.incubator.devfile.DevfileRunConfigurationType"/>
         <postStartupActivity implementation="che.incubator.devfile.DevfileRunConfigurationService"/>
-        <applicationConfigurable displayName="Devfile"
-                                 id="Settings.Devfile"
-                                 groupId="tools"
-                                 instance="che.incubator.devfile.DevfileConfigurable"/>
-        <applicationService serviceImplementation="che.incubator.devfile.DevfileComponentSettings"/>
     </extensions>
 </idea-plugin>