diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
index 0177790831..d4ec54045d 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
@@ -449,7 +448,6 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
     }
 
     @Provides
-    @Named("besuPluginContext")
     public BesuPluginContextImpl providePluginContext(
         final StorageServiceImpl storageService,
         final SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService,
@@ -549,17 +547,17 @@ public class ThreadBesuNodeRunner implements BesuNodeRunner {
   static class MockBesuCommandModule {
 
     @Provides
-    BesuCommand provideBesuCommand(final AcceptanceTestBesuComponent component) {
+    BesuCommand provideBesuCommand(final BesuPluginContextImpl pluginContext) {
       final BesuCommand besuCommand =
           new BesuCommand(
-              component,
               RlpBlockImporter::new,
               JsonBlockImporter::new,
               RlpBlockExporter::new,
               new RunnerBuilder(),
               new BesuController.Builder(),
-              Optional.ofNullable(component.getBesuPluginContext()).orElse(null),
-              System.getenv());
+              pluginContext,
+              System.getenv(),
+              LoggerFactory.getLogger(MockBesuCommandModule.class));
       besuCommand.toCommandLine();
       return besuCommand;
     }
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
index 00ea6e1efd..f79ef45b99 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.BesuCommandCustomFactory;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.CommandLineUtils;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.ConfigDefaultValueProviderStrategy;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.util.VersionProvider;
-import org.hyperledger.besu.components.BesuComponent;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.config.CheckpointConfigOptions;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.config.GenesisConfigFile;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.config.GenesisConfigOptions;
@@ -865,13 +864,9 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   private BesuController besuController;
   private BesuConfigurationImpl pluginCommonConfiguration;
 
-  private BesuComponent besuComponent;
   private final Supplier<ObservableMetricsSystem> metricsSystem =
-      Suppliers.memoize(
-          () ->
-              besuComponent == null || besuComponent.getObservableMetricsSystem() == null
-                  ? MetricsSystemFactory.create(metricsConfiguration())
-                  : besuComponent.getObservableMetricsSystem());
+      Suppliers.memoize(() -> MetricsSystemFactory.create(metricsConfiguration()));
+
   private Vertx vertx;
   private EnodeDnsConfiguration enodeDnsConfiguration;
   private KeyValueStorageProvider keyValueStorageProvider;
@@ -879,7 +874,6 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
   /**
    * Besu command constructor.
    *
-   * @param besuComponent BesuComponent which acts as our application context
    * @param rlpBlockImporter RlpBlockImporter supplier
    * @param jsonBlockImporterFactory instance of {@code Function<BesuController, JsonBlockImporter>}
    * @param rlpBlockExporterFactory instance of {@code Function<Blockchain, RlpBlockExporter>}
@@ -887,18 +881,18 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
    * @param controllerBuilder instance of BesuController.Builder
    * @param besuPluginContext instance of BesuPluginContextImpl
    * @param environment Environment variables map
+   * @param commandLogger instance of Logger for outputting to the CLI
    */
   public BesuCommand(
-      final BesuComponent besuComponent,
       final Supplier<RlpBlockImporter> rlpBlockImporter,
       final Function<BesuController, JsonBlockImporter> jsonBlockImporterFactory,
       final Function<Blockchain, RlpBlockExporter> rlpBlockExporterFactory,
       final RunnerBuilder runnerBuilder,
       final BesuController.Builder controllerBuilder,
       final BesuPluginContextImpl besuPluginContext,
-      final Map<String, String> environment) {
+      final Map<String, String> environment,
+      final Logger commandLogger) {
     this(
-        besuComponent,
         rlpBlockImporter,
         jsonBlockImporterFactory,
         rlpBlockExporterFactory,
@@ -914,13 +908,13 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
         new TransactionSelectionServiceImpl(),
         new TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl(),
         new TransactionSimulationServiceImpl(),
-        new BlockchainServiceImpl());
+        new BlockchainServiceImpl(),
+        commandLogger);
   }
 
   /**
    * Overloaded Besu command constructor visible for testing.
    *
-   * @param besuComponent BesuComponent which acts as our application context
    * @param rlpBlockImporter RlpBlockImporter supplier
    * @param jsonBlockImporterFactory instance of {@code Function<BesuController, JsonBlockImporter>}
    * @param rlpBlockExporterFactory instance of {@code Function<Blockchain, RlpBlockExporter>}
@@ -937,10 +931,10 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
    * @param transactionValidatorServiceImpl instance of TransactionValidatorServiceImpl
    * @param transactionSimulationServiceImpl instance of TransactionSimulationServiceImpl
    * @param blockchainServiceImpl instance of BlockchainServiceImpl
+   * @param commandLogger instance of Logger for outputting to the CLI
    */
   @VisibleForTesting
   protected BesuCommand(
-      final BesuComponent besuComponent,
       final Supplier<RlpBlockImporter> rlpBlockImporter,
       final Function<BesuController, JsonBlockImporter> jsonBlockImporterFactory,
       final Function<Blockchain, RlpBlockExporter> rlpBlockExporterFactory,
@@ -956,9 +950,10 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
       final TransactionSelectionServiceImpl transactionSelectionServiceImpl,
       final TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl transactionValidatorServiceImpl,
       final TransactionSimulationServiceImpl transactionSimulationServiceImpl,
-      final BlockchainServiceImpl blockchainServiceImpl) {
-    this.besuComponent = besuComponent;
-    this.logger = besuComponent.getBesuCommandLogger();
+      final BlockchainServiceImpl blockchainServiceImpl,
+      final Logger commandLogger) {
+
+    this.logger = commandLogger;
     this.rlpBlockImporter = rlpBlockImporter;
     this.rlpBlockExporterFactory = rlpBlockExporterFactory;
     this.jsonBlockImporterFactory = jsonBlockImporterFactory;
@@ -970,8 +965,13 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     this.securityModuleService = securityModuleService;
     this.permissioningService = permissioningService;
     this.privacyPluginService = privacyPluginService;
-    this.pluginCommonConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
-    besuPluginContext.addService(BesuConfiguration.class, pluginCommonConfiguration);
+    if (besuPluginContext.getService(BesuConfigurationImpl.class).isPresent()) {
+      this.pluginCommonConfiguration =
+          besuPluginContext.getService(BesuConfigurationImpl.class).get();
+    } else {
+      this.pluginCommonConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+      besuPluginContext.addService(BesuConfiguration.class, this.pluginCommonConfiguration);
+    }
     this.rpcEndpointServiceImpl = rpcEndpointServiceImpl;
     this.transactionSelectionServiceImpl = transactionSelectionServiceImpl;
     this.transactionValidatorServiceImpl = transactionValidatorServiceImpl;
@@ -1821,9 +1821,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
    */
   public BesuController buildController() {
     try {
-      return this.besuComponent == null
-          ? getControllerBuilder().build()
-          : getControllerBuilder().besuComponent(this.besuComponent).build();
+      return setupControllerBuilder().build();
     } catch (final Exception e) {
       throw new ExecutionException(this.commandLine, e.getMessage(), e);
     }
@@ -1834,7 +1832,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
    *
    * @return instance of BesuControllerBuilder
    */
-  public BesuControllerBuilder getControllerBuilder() {
+  public BesuControllerBuilder setupControllerBuilder() {
     pluginCommonConfiguration
         .init(dataDir(), dataDir().resolve(DATABASE_PATH), getDataStorageConfiguration())
         .withMiningParameters(miningParametersSupplier.get())
@@ -2800,7 +2798,7 @@ public class BesuCommand implements DefaultCommandValues, Runnable {
     builder.setTxPoolImplementation(buildTransactionPoolConfiguration().getTxPoolImplementation());
     builder.setWorldStateUpdateMode(unstableEvmOptions.toDomainObject().worldUpdaterMode());
 
-    builder.setPluginContext(besuComponent.getBesuPluginContext());
+    builder.setPluginContext(this.besuPluginContext);
 
     return builder.build();
   }
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/blocks/BlocksSubCommand.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/blocks/BlocksSubCommand.java
index 3d1630013b..9a0a453768 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/blocks/BlocksSubCommand.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/blocks/BlocksSubCommand.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class BlocksSubCommand implements Runnable {
         // Set some defaults
         return parentCommand
             .parentCommand
-            .getControllerBuilder()
+            .setupControllerBuilder()
             // set to mainnet genesis block so validation rules won't reject it.
             .clock(Clock.fixed(Instant.ofEpochSecond(startTime), ZoneOffset.UTC))
             .miningParameters(getMiningParameters())
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public class BlocksSubCommand implements Runnable {
     private BesuController createBesuController() {
       return parentCommand
           .parentCommand
-          .getControllerBuilder()
+          .setupControllerBuilder()
           .miningParameters(MiningParameters.newDefault())
           .build();
     }
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/TrieLogSubCommand.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/TrieLogSubCommand.java
index e054bfb615..6fe6d058b3 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/TrieLogSubCommand.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/storage/TrieLogSubCommand.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class TrieLogSubCommand implements Runnable {
     // disable limit trie logs to avoid preloading during subcommand execution
     return parentCommand
         .besuCommand
-        .getControllerBuilder()
+        .setupControllerBuilder()
         .dataStorageConfiguration(
             ImmutableDataStorageConfiguration.copyOf(config).withBonsaiLimitTrieLogsEnabled(false))
         .build();
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuCommandModule.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuCommandModule.java
index 6ce62b518e..86aa8c7594 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuCommandModule.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuCommandModule.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.chainimport.RlpBlockImporter;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.BesuCommand;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.controller.BesuController;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.metrics.prometheus.MetricsConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuPluginContextImpl;
 
-import java.util.Optional;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
@@ -42,17 +42,19 @@ public class BesuCommandModule {
 
   @Provides
   @Singleton
-  BesuCommand provideBesuCommand(final BesuComponent besuComponent) {
+  BesuCommand provideBesuCommand(
+      final BesuPluginContextImpl pluginContext,
+      final @Named("besuCommandLogger") Logger commandLogger) {
     final BesuCommand besuCommand =
         new BesuCommand(
-            besuComponent,
             RlpBlockImporter::new,
             JsonBlockImporter::new,
             RlpBlockExporter::new,
             new RunnerBuilder(),
             new BesuController.Builder(),
-            Optional.ofNullable(besuComponent.getBesuPluginContext()).orElse(null),
-            System.getenv());
+            pluginContext,
+            System.getenv(),
+            commandLogger);
     besuCommand.toCommandLine();
     return besuCommand;
   }
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuComponent.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuComponent.java
index ba31fccb2b..9f810a6dc6 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuComponent.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuComponent.java
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ public interface BesuComponent {
    *
    * @return BesuPluginContextImpl
    */
-  @Named("besuPluginContext")
   BesuPluginContextImpl getBesuPluginContext();
 
   /**
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuPluginContextModule.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuPluginContextModule.java
index 8ebae32bb2..d62ab70224 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuPluginContextModule.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/components/BesuPluginContextModule.java
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
  */
 package org.hyperledger.besu.components;
 
+import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.BesuConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuConfigurationImpl;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.services.BesuPluginContextImpl;
 
-import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import dagger.Module;
@@ -29,15 +30,23 @@ public class BesuPluginContextModule {
   /** Default constructor. */
   public BesuPluginContextModule() {}
 
+  @Provides
+  @Singleton
+  BesuConfigurationImpl provideBesuPluginConfig() {
+    return new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a BesuPluginContextImpl, used for plugin service discovery.
    *
+   * @param pluginConfig the BesuConfigurationImpl
    * @return the BesuPluginContext
    */
   @Provides
-  @Named("besuPluginContext")
   @Singleton
-  public BesuPluginContextImpl provideBesuPluginContext() {
-    return new BesuPluginContextImpl();
+  public BesuPluginContextImpl provideBesuPluginContext(final BesuConfigurationImpl pluginConfig) {
+    BesuPluginContextImpl retval = new BesuPluginContextImpl();
+    retval.addService(BesuConfiguration.class, pluginConfig);
+    return retval;
   }
 }
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java
index f6fa2e4798..3dd9641b48 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/CommandTestAbstract.java
@@ -229,9 +229,6 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
   @Mock
   protected Logger mockLogger;
 
-  @Mock(lenient = true)
-  protected BesuComponent mockBesuComponent;
-
   @Captor protected ArgumentCaptor<Collection<Bytes>> bytesCollectionCollector;
   @Captor protected ArgumentCaptor<Path> pathArgumentCaptor;
   @Captor protected ArgumentCaptor<String> stringArgumentCaptor;
@@ -384,8 +381,6 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
     lenient()
         .when(mockBesuPluginContext.getService(TransactionSelectionService.class))
         .thenReturn(Optional.of(txSelectionService));
-
-    when(mockBesuComponent.getBesuCommandLogger()).thenReturn(mockLogger);
   }
 
   @BeforeEach
@@ -470,7 +465,6 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
     switch (testType) {
       case REQUIRED_OPTION:
         return new TestBesuCommandWithRequiredOption(
-            mockBesuComponent,
             () -> rlpBlockImporter,
             this::jsonBlockImporterFactory,
             (blockchain) -> rlpBlockExporter,
@@ -480,10 +474,10 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
             environment,
             storageService,
             securityModuleService,
-            privacyPluginService);
+            privacyPluginService,
+            mockLogger);
       case PORT_CHECK:
         return new TestBesuCommand(
-            mockBesuComponent,
             () -> rlpBlockImporter,
             this::jsonBlockImporterFactory,
             (blockchain) -> rlpBlockExporter,
@@ -493,10 +487,10 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
             environment,
             storageService,
             securityModuleService,
-            privacyPluginService);
+            privacyPluginService,
+            mockLogger);
       default:
         return new TestBesuCommandWithoutPortCheck(
-            mockBesuComponent,
             () -> rlpBlockImporter,
             this::jsonBlockImporterFactory,
             (blockchain) -> rlpBlockExporter,
@@ -506,7 +500,8 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
             environment,
             storageService,
             securityModuleService,
-            privacyPluginService);
+            privacyPluginService,
+            mockLogger);
     }
   }
 
@@ -536,7 +531,6 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
     private Vertx vertx;
 
     TestBesuCommand(
-        final BesuComponent besuComponent,
         final Supplier<RlpBlockImporter> mockBlockImporter,
         final Function<BesuController, JsonBlockImporter> jsonBlockImporterFactory,
         final Function<Blockchain, RlpBlockExporter> rlpBlockExporterFactory,
@@ -546,9 +540,9 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
         final Map<String, String> environment,
         final StorageServiceImpl storageService,
         final SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService,
-        final PrivacyPluginServiceImpl privacyPluginService) {
+        final PrivacyPluginServiceImpl privacyPluginService,
+        final Logger commandLogger) {
       super(
-          besuComponent,
           mockBlockImporter,
           jsonBlockImporterFactory,
           rlpBlockExporterFactory,
@@ -564,7 +558,8 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
           new TransactionSelectionServiceImpl(),
           new TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl(),
           new TransactionSimulationServiceImpl(),
-          new BlockchainServiceImpl());
+          new BlockchainServiceImpl(),
+          commandLogger);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -635,7 +630,6 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
     private final Boolean acceptTermsAndConditions = false;
 
     TestBesuCommandWithRequiredOption(
-        final BesuComponent besuComponent,
         final Supplier<RlpBlockImporter> mockBlockImporter,
         final Function<BesuController, JsonBlockImporter> jsonBlockImporterFactory,
         final Function<Blockchain, RlpBlockExporter> rlpBlockExporterFactory,
@@ -645,9 +639,9 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
         final Map<String, String> environment,
         final StorageServiceImpl storageService,
         final SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService,
-        final PrivacyPluginServiceImpl privacyPluginService) {
+        final PrivacyPluginServiceImpl privacyPluginService,
+        final Logger commandLogger) {
       super(
-          besuComponent,
           mockBlockImporter,
           jsonBlockImporterFactory,
           rlpBlockExporterFactory,
@@ -657,7 +651,8 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
           environment,
           storageService,
           securityModuleService,
-          privacyPluginService);
+          privacyPluginService,
+          commandLogger);
     }
 
     public Boolean getAcceptTermsAndConditions() {
@@ -669,7 +664,6 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
   public static class TestBesuCommandWithoutPortCheck extends TestBesuCommand {
 
     TestBesuCommandWithoutPortCheck(
-        final BesuComponent context,
         final Supplier<RlpBlockImporter> mockBlockImporter,
         final Function<BesuController, JsonBlockImporter> jsonBlockImporterFactory,
         final Function<Blockchain, RlpBlockExporter> rlpBlockExporterFactory,
@@ -679,9 +673,9 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
         final Map<String, String> environment,
         final StorageServiceImpl storageService,
         final SecurityModuleServiceImpl securityModuleService,
-        final PrivacyPluginServiceImpl privacyPluginService) {
+        final PrivacyPluginServiceImpl privacyPluginService,
+        final Logger commandLogger) {
       super(
-          context,
           mockBlockImporter,
           jsonBlockImporterFactory,
           rlpBlockExporterFactory,
@@ -691,7 +685,8 @@ public abstract class CommandTestAbstract {
           environment,
           storageService,
           securityModuleService,
-          privacyPluginService);
+          privacyPluginService,
+          commandLogger);
     }
 
     @Override