diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/rest/api/AbstractApiAction.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/rest/api/AbstractApiAction.java
index d51191f3b9..288a8eac0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/rest/api/AbstractApiAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/dlic/rest/api/AbstractApiAction.java
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.security.dlic.rest.validation.AbstractConfigurationValidator.ErrorType;
 import org.opensearch.security.privileges.PrivilegesEvaluator;
 import org.opensearch.security.securityconf.DynamicConfigFactory;
-import org.opensearch.security.securityconf.Hideable;
-import org.opensearch.security.securityconf.StaticDefinable;
 import org.opensearch.security.securityconf.impl.CType;
 import org.opensearch.security.securityconf.impl.SecurityDynamicConfiguration;
 import org.opensearch.security.ssl.transport.PrincipalExtractor;
@@ -588,23 +586,13 @@ protected void notImplemented(RestChannel channel, Method method) {
     }
 
     protected final boolean isReserved(SecurityDynamicConfiguration<?> configuration, String resourceName) {
-        if (isStatic(configuration, resourceName)) { // static is also always reserved
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        final Object o = configuration.getCEntry(resourceName);
-        return o != null && o instanceof Hideable && ((Hideable) o).isReserved();
+        return configuration.isStatic(resourceName) || configuration.isReserved(resourceName);
     }
 
     protected final boolean isHidden(SecurityDynamicConfiguration<?> configuration, String resourceName) {
         return configuration.isHidden(resourceName) && !isSuperAdmin();
     }
 
-    protected final boolean isStatic(SecurityDynamicConfiguration<?> configuration, String resourceName) {
-        final Object o = configuration.getCEntry(resourceName);
-        return o != null && o instanceof StaticDefinable && ((StaticDefinable) o).isStatic();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Consume all defined parameters for the request. Before we handle the
      * request in subclasses where we actually need the parameter, some global
@@ -636,7 +624,7 @@ protected boolean isSuperAdmin() {
      * @return True if resource readonly
      */
     protected boolean isReadOnly(final SecurityDynamicConfiguration<?> existingConfiguration, String name) {
-        return isSuperAdmin() ? false : isReserved(existingConfiguration, name);
+        return !isSuperAdmin() && isReserved(existingConfiguration, name);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/securityconf/impl/SecurityDynamicConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/securityconf/impl/SecurityDynamicConfiguration.java
index 285dec5d10..e86eed779c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/securityconf/impl/SecurityDynamicConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/securityconf/impl/SecurityDynamicConfiguration.java
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 
 import org.opensearch.ExceptionsHelper;
-import org.opensearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
-import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
-import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.ToXContent;
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.security.DefaultObjectMapper;
@@ -216,11 +213,6 @@ public boolean exists(String key) {
         return centries.containsKey(key);
     }
 
-    @JsonIgnore
-    public BytesReference toBytesReference() throws IOException {
-        return XContentHelper.toXContent(this, XContentType.JSON, false);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return "SecurityDynamicConfiguration [seqNo="
@@ -322,7 +314,19 @@ public boolean containsAny(SecurityDynamicConfiguration other) {
 
     public boolean isHidden(String resourceName) {
         final Object o = centries.get(resourceName);
-        return o != null && o instanceof Hideable && ((Hideable) o).isHidden();
+        return o instanceof Hideable && ((Hideable) o).isHidden();
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public boolean isStatic(final String resourceName) {
+        final Object o = centries.get(resourceName);
+        return o instanceof StaticDefinable && ((StaticDefinable) o).isStatic();
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public boolean isReserved(final String resourceName) {
+        final Object o = centries.get(resourceName);
+        return o instanceof Hideable && ((Hideable) o).isReserved();
     }
 
 }