diff --git a/plugins/configuration-script/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/configuration-script/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 980430a1d651..e7fad7ac8d2a 100644
--- a/plugins/configuration-script/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/configuration-script/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
                     serviceImplementation="com.intellij.configurationScript.inspection.ExternallyConfigurableProjectInspectionProfileManager"
                     preload="notHeadless" overrides="true"/>
 
-    <projectService serviceImplementation="com.intellij.configurationScript.ConfigurationFileManager"/>
-
     <runConfigurationTemplateProvider implementation="com.intellij.configurationScript.providers.MyRunConfigurationTemplateProvider"/>
 
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.openapi.project.impl.ProjectStoreFactory"
diff --git a/plugins/configuration-script/src/ConfigurationFileManager.kt b/plugins/configuration-script/src/ConfigurationFileManager.kt
index 3a5d2c322ec8..775f63d18eba 100644
--- a/plugins/configuration-script/src/ConfigurationFileManager.kt
+++ b/plugins/configuration-script/src/ConfigurationFileManager.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.intellij.configurationScript
 import com.intellij.ide.impl.isTrusted
 import com.intellij.ide.trustedProjects.TrustedProjectsListener
 import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
+import com.intellij.openapi.components.Service
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.service
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths
 
 // we cannot use the same approach as we generate JSON scheme because we should load option classes only in a lazy manner
 // that's why we don't use snakeyaml TypeDescription approach to load
+@Service(Service.Level.PROJECT)
 internal class ConfigurationFileManager(project: Project): Disposable {
   private val clearableLazyValues = ContainerUtil.createConcurrentList<() -> Unit>()