diff --git a/ballerina/http_annotation.bal b/ballerina/http_annotation.bal
index d2930b898d..29ebeb299e 100644
--- a/ballerina/http_annotation.bal
+++ b/ballerina/http_annotation.bal
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ public type HttpServiceConfig record {|
     ListenerAuthConfig[] auth?;
     string mediaTypeSubtypePrefix?;
     boolean treatNilableAsOptional = true;
-    @deprecated
     byte[] openApiDefinition = [];
     boolean validation = true;
     typedesc<ServiceContract> serviceType?;
diff --git a/compiler-plugin/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/compiler/codemodifier/contract/ContractInfoModifierTask.java b/compiler-plugin/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/compiler/codemodifier/contract/ContractInfoModifierTask.java
index 70a8d1106a..173e0caf83 100644
--- a/compiler-plugin/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/compiler/codemodifier/contract/ContractInfoModifierTask.java
+++ b/compiler-plugin/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/compiler/codemodifier/contract/ContractInfoModifierTask.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.compiler.Constants.COLON;
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.compiler.Constants.HTTP;
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.compiler.Constants.SERVICE_CONFIG_ANNOTATION;
+import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.compiler.Constants.SERVICE_TYPE;
 import static io.ballerina.stdlib.http.compiler.HttpServiceValidator.getServiceContractTypeDesc;
 
 /**
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ private ServiceDeclarationNode updateServiceConfigAnnotation(TypeDescriptorNode
             boolean hasServiceType = fields.stream().anyMatch(field -> {
                 if (field.kind().equals(SyntaxKind.SPECIFIC_FIELD)) {
                     SpecificFieldNode specificField = (SpecificFieldNode) field;
-                    return specificField.fieldName().toString().equals("serviceType");
+                    return specificField.fieldName().toString().trim().equals(SERVICE_TYPE);
                 }
                 return false;
             });
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/HttpService.java b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/HttpService.java
index 20d29c39e6..7fbf323220 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/HttpService.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/HttpService.java
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ public URITemplate<Resource, HttpCarbonMessage> getUriTemplate() throws URITempl
     public static HttpService buildHttpService(BObject service, String basePath) {
         HttpService httpService = new HttpService(service, basePath);
         BMap serviceConfig = getHttpServiceConfigAnnotation(service);
-        httpService.populateServiceConfig(serviceConfig);
         httpService.populateIntrospectionPayload();
+        httpService.populateServiceConfig(serviceConfig);
         return httpService;
     }