diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/jboss/sbomer/service/feature/sbom/config/SbomConfigBuilderCustomizer.java b/service/src/main/java/org/jboss/sbomer/service/feature/sbom/config/SbomConfigBuilderCustomizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79a6b933a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/jboss/sbomer/service/feature/sbom/config/SbomConfigBuilderCustomizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source.
+ * Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc., and individual contributors
+ * as indicated by the @author tags.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jboss.sbomer.service.feature.sbom.config;
+
+import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfigBuilder;
+import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfigBuilderCustomizer;
+
+public class SbomConfigBuilderCustomizer implements SmallRyeConfigBuilderCustomizer {
+    @Override
+    public void configBuilder(final SmallRyeConfigBuilder builder) {
+        builder.withMappingIgnore("sbomer.**");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/service/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfigBuilderCustomizer b/service/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfigBuilderCustomizer
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbfea7420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfigBuilderCustomizer
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jboss.sbomer.service.feature.sbom.config.SbomConfigBuilderCustomizer
diff --git a/service/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/service/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 9e14e79b2..443d0a651 100644
--- a/service/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/service/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ quarkus:
   application:
     version: ${buildNumber}
 
-  config:
-    mapping:
-      validate-unknown: false
-
   # Make the startup a bit nicer
   banner:
     path: banner.txt