diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/config/standard/ConfigModel.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/config/standard/ConfigModel.java
index 7fb1577c6..87e132e88 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/config/standard/ConfigModel.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/api/config/standard/ConfigModel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package io.nosqlbench.api.config.standard;
 
-import io.nosqlbench.api.engine.activityimpl.ActivityDef;
 import io.nosqlbench.api.errors.BasicError;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -47,14 +46,6 @@ public class ConfigModel implements NBConfigModel {
         return new ConfigModel(ofType);
     }
 
-    public static NBConfiguration defacto(ActivityDef def) {
-        ConfigModel configModel = new ConfigModel(Object.class);
-        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : def.getParams().entrySet()) {
-            configModel.add(Param.defaultTo(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue().toString()));
-        }
-        return configModel.apply(def.getParams());
-    }
-
     public <T> ConfigModel add(Param<T> param) {
         this.params.add(param);
         for (String name : param.getNames()) {