diff --git a/application/src/main/kotlin/application/MigrateConfigCommand.kt b/application/src/main/kotlin/application/MigrateConfigCommand.kt
index 725707135..a9e66e1a0 100644
--- a/application/src/main/kotlin/application/MigrateConfigCommand.kt
+++ b/application/src/main/kotlin/application/MigrateConfigCommand.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package application
 
-import io.specmatic.core.config.SpecmaticConfigFactory
+import io.specmatic.core.config.toSpecmaticConfig
 import io.specmatic.core.log.logger
 import picocli.CommandLine.Command
 import picocli.CommandLine.Option
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MigrateConfigCommand : Callable<Int> {
 	var version: Int = 1
 
 	override fun call(): Int {
-		val specmaticConfig = SpecmaticConfigFactory().create(inputFile)
+		val specmaticConfig = inputFile.toSpecmaticConfig()
 		val newConfigYaml = specmaticConfig.transformTo(version)
 
 		logger.log("Writing merged contract file to ${outputFile.path}")
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/SpecmaticConfig.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/SpecmaticConfig.kt
index 402dacba7..492da4818 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/SpecmaticConfig.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/SpecmaticConfig.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.registerKotlinModule
 import io.specmatic.core.Configuration.Companion.configFilePath
-import io.specmatic.core.config.SpecmaticConfigFactory
+import io.specmatic.core.config.toSpecmaticConfig
 import io.specmatic.core.config.v1.SpecmaticConfigV1
 import io.specmatic.core.config.v2.ContractConfig
 import io.specmatic.core.config.v2.FileSystemConfig
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ val CONTRACT_EXTENSIONS = listOf(CONTRACT_EXTENSION, WSDL) + OPENAPI_FILE_EXTENS
 const val DATA_DIR_SUFFIX = "_data"
 const val TEST_DIR_SUFFIX = "_tests"
 const val EXAMPLES_DIR_SUFFIX = "_examples"
-const val DICTIONARY_FILE_SUFFIX = "_dictionary.json"
 const val SPECMATIC_GITHUB_ISSUES = "https://github.com/znsio/specmatic/issues"
 const val DEFAULT_WORKING_DIRECTORY = ".$APPLICATION_NAME_LOWER_CASE"
 
@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@ fun loadSpecmaticConfig(configFileName: String? = null): SpecmaticConfig {
         throw ContractException("Could not find the Specmatic configuration at path ${configFile.canonicalPath}")
     }
     try {
-        return SpecmaticConfigFactory().create(configFile)
+        return configFile.toSpecmaticConfig()
     } catch(e: LinkageError) {
         logger.log(e, "A dependency version conflict has been detected. If you are using Spring in a maven project, a common resolution is to set the property <kotlin.version></kotlin.version> to your pom project.")
         throw e
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/SpecmaticConfigFactory.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/SpecmaticConfigFactory.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6eb6a3411..000000000
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/SpecmaticConfigFactory.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package io.specmatic.core.config
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.registerKotlinModule
-import io.specmatic.core.SpecmaticConfig
-import io.specmatic.core.config.v1.SpecmaticConfigV1
-import io.specmatic.core.config.v2.SpecmaticConfigV2
-import java.io.File
-
-private const val SPECMATIC_CONFIG_VERSION = "version"
-
-class SpecmaticConfigFactory {
-    private val objectMapper = ObjectMapper(YAMLFactory()).registerKotlinModule()
-
-    fun create(configFile: File): SpecmaticConfig {
-        val configYaml = configFile.readText()
-        return when (getVersion(configYaml)) {
-            2 -> objectMapper.readValue(configYaml, SpecmaticConfigV2::class.java).transform()
-            else -> objectMapper.readValue(configYaml, SpecmaticConfigV1::class.java).transform()
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun getVersion(configYaml: String): Int? {
-        return objectMapper.readTree(configYaml).get(SPECMATIC_CONFIG_VERSION)?.intValue()
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/VersionAwareConfigParser.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/VersionAwareConfigParser.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce6f09f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/VersionAwareConfigParser.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package io.specmatic.core.config
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.registerKotlinModule
+import io.specmatic.core.SpecmaticConfig
+import io.specmatic.core.config.v1.SpecmaticConfigV1
+import io.specmatic.core.config.v2.SpecmaticConfigV2
+import java.io.File
+
+private const val SPECMATIC_CONFIG_VERSION = "version"
+
+private val objectMapper = ObjectMapper(YAMLFactory()).registerKotlinModule()
+
+fun File.toSpecmaticConfig(): SpecmaticConfig {
+    val configYaml = this.readText()
+    return when (configYaml.getVersion()) {
+        2 -> objectMapper.readValue(configYaml, SpecmaticConfigV2::class.java).transform()
+        else -> objectMapper.readValue(configYaml, SpecmaticConfigV1::class.java).transform()
+    }
+}
+
+private fun String.getVersion(): Int? {
+    return objectMapper.readTree(this).get(SPECMATIC_CONFIG_VERSION)?.intValue()
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/SpecmaticConfigFactoryTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/VersionAwareConfigParserTest.kt
similarity index 91%
rename from core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/SpecmaticConfigFactoryTest.kt
rename to core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/VersionAwareConfigParserTest.kt
index 5ea1399e8..d57ccc3a2 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/SpecmaticConfigFactoryTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/io/specmatic/core/config/VersionAwareConfigParserTest.kt
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource
 import java.io.File
 
-class SpecmaticConfigFactoryTest {
+class VersionAwareConfigParserTest {
     @CsvSource(
         "./src/test/resources/specmaticConfigFiles/specmatic_alias.yaml"
     )
     @ParameterizedTest
     fun `should create SpecmaticConfig given version 1 config file`(configFile: String) {
-        val specmaticConfig = SpecmaticConfigFactory().create(File(configFile))
+        val specmaticConfig = File(configFile).toSpecmaticConfig()
 
         assertThat(specmaticConfig.version).isIn(null, 1)
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class SpecmaticConfigFactoryTest {
     )
     @ParameterizedTest
     fun `should create SpecmaticConfig given version 2 config file`(configFile: String) {
-        val specmaticConfig = SpecmaticConfigFactory().create(File(configFile))
+        val specmaticConfig = File(configFile).toSpecmaticConfig()
 
         assertThat(specmaticConfig.version).isEqualTo(2)