diff --git a/.codacy.yml b/.codacy.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8de15c6c..00000000
--- a/.codacy.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-exclude_paths:
-  - 'spec/app/**/*'
diff --git a/config.gemspec b/config.gemspec
index 1408a53a..0d589f68 100644
--- a/config.gemspec
+++ b/config.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.require_paths         = ['lib']
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 2.4.0'
 
-  s.add_dependency 'activesupport', '>= 4.2'
   s.add_dependency 'deep_merge', '~> 1.2', '>= 1.2.1'
   s.add_dependency 'dry-schema', '~> 1.0'
 
diff --git a/lib/config.rb b/lib/config.rb
index dfbba30e..59b0590c 100644
--- a/lib/config.rb
+++ b/lib/config.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-require 'active_support/core_ext/module/attribute_accessors'
-
 require 'config/compatibility'
 require 'config/options'
+require 'config/configuration'
 require 'config/version'
 require 'config/integrations/rails/engine' if defined?(::Rails)
 require 'config/sources/yaml_source'
@@ -11,30 +10,25 @@
 
 module Config
   extend Config::Validation::Schema
-
-  # Ensures the setup only gets run once
-  @@_ran_once = false
-
-  mattr_accessor :const_name, :use_env, :env_prefix, :env_separator,
-                 :env_converter, :env_parse_values, :fail_on_missing
-  @@const_name = 'Settings'
-  @@use_env    = false
-  @@env_prefix = @@const_name
-  @@env_separator = '.'
-  @@env_converter = :downcase
-  @@env_parse_values = true
-  @@fail_on_missing = false
-
-  # deep_merge options
-  mattr_accessor :knockout_prefix, :merge_nil_values, :overwrite_arrays, :merge_hash_arrays
-  @@knockout_prefix = nil
-  @@merge_nil_values = true
-  @@overwrite_arrays = true
-  @@merge_hash_arrays = false
+  extend Config::Configuration.new(
+    # general options
+    const_name: 'Settings',
+    use_env: false,
+    env_prefix: 'Settings',
+    env_separator: '.',
+    env_converter: :downcase,
+    env_parse_values: true,
+    fail_on_missing: false,
+    # deep_merge options
+    knockout_prefix: nil,
+    merge_nil_values: true,
+    overwrite_arrays: true,
+    merge_hash_arrays: false
+  )
 
   def self.setup
-    yield self if @@_ran_once == false
-    @@_ran_once = true
+    yield self unless @_ran_once
+    @_ran_once = true
   end
 
   # Create a populated Options instance from a settings file. If a second file is given, then the sections of that
@@ -48,7 +42,7 @@ def self.load_files(*files)
     end
 
     config.load!
-    config.load_env! if @@use_env
+    config.load_env! if use_env
     config
   end
 
@@ -61,13 +55,13 @@ def self.load_and_set_settings(*files)
 
   def self.setting_files(config_root, env)
     [
-      File.join(config_root, "settings.yml").to_s,
-      File.join(config_root, "settings", "#{env}.yml").to_s,
-      File.join(config_root, "environments", "#{env}.yml").to_s,
+      File.join(config_root, 'settings.yml').to_s,
+      File.join(config_root, 'settings', "#{env}.yml").to_s,
+      File.join(config_root, 'environments', "#{env}.yml").to_s,
 
-      File.join(config_root, "settings.local.yml").to_s,
-      File.join(config_root, "settings", "#{env}.local.yml").to_s,
-      File.join(config_root, "environments", "#{env}.local.yml").to_s
+      File.join(config_root, 'settings.local.yml').to_s,
+      File.join(config_root, 'settings', "#{env}.local.yml").to_s,
+      File.join(config_root, 'environments', "#{env}.local.yml").to_s
     ].freeze
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/config/configuration.rb b/lib/config/configuration.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1bec017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/config/configuration.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module Config
+  # The main configuration backbone
+  class Configuration < Module
+    # Accepts configuration options,
+    # initializing a module that can be used to extend
+    # the necessary class with the provided config methods
+    def initialize(**attributes)
+      attributes.each do |name, default|
+        define_reader(name, default)
+        define_writer(name)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def define_reader(name, default)
+      variable = :"@#{name}"
+
+      define_method(name) do
+        if instance_variable_defined?(variable)
+          instance_variable_get(variable)
+        else
+          default
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def define_writer(name)
+      variable = :"@#{name}"
+
+      define_method("#{name}=") do |value|
+        instance_variable_set(variable, value)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/config/validation/schema.rb b/lib/config/validation/schema.rb
index a9e8ec69..94f45160 100644
--- a/lib/config/validation/schema.rb
+++ b/lib/config/validation/schema.rb
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 require 'dry-schema'
-require 'config/validation/schema'
 
 module Config
   module Validation
     module Schema
-
-      mattr_writer :schema
-      @@schema = nil
+      # Assigns schema configuration option
+      def schema=(value)
+        @schema = value
+      end
 
       def schema(&block)
         if block_given?
-          @@schema = Dry::Schema.define(&block)
+          @schema = Dry::Schema.define(&block)
         else
-          @@schema
+          @schema
         end
       end
-
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/configuration_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13f73b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Config::Configuration do
+  subject do
+    Module.new do
+      extend Config::Configuration.new(hello: 'world')
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'extends a module with additional methods' do
+    expect(subject.hello).to eq('world')
+    expect { subject.hello = 'dlrow' }.to change { subject.hello }.to('dlrow')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1bcd3bad..b7476d2a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def self.reset
         self.knockout_prefix  = nil
         self.overwrite_arrays = true
         self.schema           = nil
-        class_variable_set(:@@_ran_once, false)
+        instance_variable_set(:@_ran_once, false)
       end
     end
   end