diff --git a/SecurityService/Bootstrapper/MiscRegistry.cs b/SecurityService/Bootstrapper/MiscRegistry.cs
index 2e0b8f69..9b7960b7 100644
--- a/SecurityService/Bootstrapper/MiscRegistry.cs
+++ b/SecurityService/Bootstrapper/MiscRegistry.cs
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ public MiscRegistry()
 
             this.AddSingleton<Func<String, String>>(container => serviceName => { return ConfigurationReader.GetBaseServerUri(serviceName).OriginalString; });
 
-            bool logRequests = ConfigurationReaderExtensions.GetValueOrDefault<Boolean>("MiddlewareLogging", "LogRequests", true);
-            bool logResponses = ConfigurationReaderExtensions.GetValueOrDefault<Boolean>("MiddlewareLogging", "LogResponses", true);
-            LogLevel middlewareLogLevel = ConfigurationReaderExtensions.GetValueOrDefault<LogLevel>("MiddlewareLogging", "MiddlewareLogLevel", LogLevel.Warning);
+            bool logRequests = ConfigurationReader.GetValueOrDefault<Boolean>("MiddlewareLogging", "LogRequests", true);
+            bool logResponses = ConfigurationReader.GetValueOrDefault<Boolean>("MiddlewareLogging", "LogResponses", true);
+            LogLevel middlewareLogLevel = ConfigurationReader.GetValueOrDefault<LogLevel>("MiddlewareLogging", "MiddlewareLogLevel", LogLevel.Warning);
 
             RequestResponseMiddlewareLoggingConfig config =
                 new RequestResponseMiddlewareLoggingConfig(middlewareLogLevel, logRequests, logResponses);
@@ -48,26 +48,4 @@ public MiscRegistry()
 
         #endregion
     }
-
-    public static class ConfigurationReaderExtensions
-    {
-        public static T GetValueOrDefault<T>(String sectionName, String keyName, T defaultValue)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                var value = ConfigurationReader.GetValue(sectionName, keyName);
-
-                if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
-                {
-                    return defaultValue;
-                }
-
-                return (T)Convert.ChangeType(value, typeof(T));
-            }
-            catch (KeyNotFoundException kex)
-            {
-                return defaultValue;
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
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