diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb
index d34039064..3696886cd 100644
--- a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb
@@ -523,27 +523,10 @@ module LogStash
         @validator_class.validate(value)
       end
     end
+
+    java_import org.logstash.settings.SettingString

-    class String < Setting
-      def initialize(name, default = nil, strict = true, possible_strings = [])
-        @possible_strings = possible_strings
-        super(name, ::String, default, strict)
-      end
-
-      def validate(value)
-        super(value)
-        unless @possible_strings.empty? || @possible_strings.include?(value)
-          raise ArgumentError.new("Invalid value \"#{name}: #{value}\". Options are: #{@possible_strings.inspect}")
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    class NullableString < String
-      def validate(value)
-        return if value.nil?
-        super(value)
-      end
-    end
+    java_import org.logstash.settings.SettingNullableString

     class Password < Coercible
       def initialize(name, default = nil, strict = true)
@@ -800,29 +783,7 @@ module LogStash
       end
     end

-    class Modules < Coercible
-      def initialize(name, klass, default = nil)
-        super(name, klass, default, false)
-      end
-
-      def set(value)
-        coerced_value = coerce(value)
-        @wrapped_setting.set(coerced_value)
-        coerced_value
-      end
-
-      def coerce(value)
-        if value.is_a?(@klass)
-          return value
-        end
-        @klass.new(value)
-      end
-
-      protected
-      def validate(value)
-        coerce(value)
-      end
-    end
+    java_import org.logstash.settings.NullableSetting

     # @see Setting#nullable
     # @api internal
     
diff --git a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/environment.rb b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/environment.rb
index 80f49a88e..e3a04b27c 100644
--- a/logstash-core/lib/logstash/environment.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/lib/logstash/environment.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ require "logstash/config/cpu_core_strategy"
 require "logstash/settings"
 require "logstash/util/cloud_setting_id"
 require "logstash/util/cloud_setting_auth"
-require "logstash/util/modules_setting_array"
 require "socket"
 require "stud/temporary"

@@ -34,26 +33,18 @@ module LogStash
   end

   [
-           Setting::Boolean.new("allow_superuser", true),
-            Setting::String.new("node.name", Socket.gethostname),
-    Setting::NullableString.new("path.config", nil, false),
+           Setting::Boolean.new("allow_superuser", false),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("node.name", Socket.gethostname),
+    Setting::SettingNullableString.new("path.config", nil, false),
  Setting::WritableDirectory.new("path.data", ::File.join(LogStash::Environment::LOGSTASH_HOME, "data")),
-    Setting::NullableString.new("config.string", nil, false),
-           Setting::Modules.new("modules.cli", LogStash::Util::ModulesSettingArray, []),
-           Setting::Modules.new("modules", LogStash::Util::ModulesSettingArray, []),
-                    Setting.new("modules_list", Array, []),
-                    Setting.new("modules_variable_list", Array, []),
-           Setting::Modules.new("cloud.id", LogStash::Util::CloudSettingId),
-           Setting::Modules.new("cloud.auth", LogStash::Util::CloudSettingAuth),
-           Setting::Boolean.new("modules_setup", false),
+    Setting::SettingNullableString.new("config.string", nil, false),
            Setting::Boolean.new("config.test_and_exit", false),
            Setting::Boolean.new("config.reload.automatic", false),
          Setting::TimeValue.new("config.reload.interval", "3s"), # in seconds
            Setting::Boolean.new("config.support_escapes", false),
-            Setting::String.new("config.field_reference.escape_style", "none", true, %w(none percent ampersand)),
-            Setting::String.new("event_api.tags.illegal", "rename", true, %w(rename warn)),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("config.field_reference.escape_style", "none", true, %w(none percent ampersand)),
            Setting::Boolean.new("metric.collect", true),
-            Setting::String.new("pipeline.id", "main"),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("pipeline.id", "main"),
            Setting::Boolean.new("pipeline.system", false),
    Setting::PositiveInteger.new("pipeline.workers", LogStash::Config::CpuCoreStrategy.maximum),
    Setting::PositiveInteger.new("pipeline.batch.size", 125),
@@ -65,32 +56,32 @@ module LogStash
    Setting::CoercibleString.new("pipeline.ordered", "auto", true, ["auto", "true", "false"]),
    Setting::CoercibleString.new("pipeline.ecs_compatibility", "v8", true, %w(disabled v1 v8)),
                     Setting.new("path.plugins", Array, []),
-    Setting::NullableString.new("interactive", nil, false),
+    Setting::SettingNullableString.new("interactive", nil, false),
            Setting::Boolean.new("config.debug", false),
-            Setting::String.new("log.level", "info", true, ["fatal", "error", "warn", "debug", "info", "trace"]),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("log.level", "info", true, ["fatal", "error", "warn", "debug", "info", "trace"]),
            Setting::Boolean.new("version", false),
            Setting::Boolean.new("help", false),
            Setting::Boolean.new("enable-local-plugin-development", false),
-            Setting::String.new("log.format", "plain", true, ["json", "plain"]),
-           Setting::Boolean.new("log.format.json.fix_duplicate_message_fields", false),
-           Setting::Boolean.new("api.enabled", true).with_deprecated_alias("http.enabled", "9"),
-            Setting::String.new("api.http.host", "127.0.0.1").with_deprecated_alias("http.host", "9"),
-         Setting::PortRange.new("api.http.port", 9600..9700).with_deprecated_alias("http.port", "9"),
-            Setting::String.new("api.environment", "production").with_deprecated_alias("http.environment", "9"),
-            Setting::String.new("api.auth.type", "none", true, %w(none basic)),
-            Setting::String.new("api.auth.basic.username", nil, false).nullable,
+            Setting::SettingString.new("log.format", "plain", true, ["json", "plain"]),
+           Setting::Boolean.new("log.format.json.fix_duplicate_message_fields", true),
+           Setting::Boolean.new("api.enabled", true),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.http.host", "127.0.0.1"),
+         Setting::PortRange.new("api.http.port", 9600..9700),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.environment", "production"),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.auth.type", "none", true, %w(none basic)),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.auth.basic.username", nil, false).nullable,
           Setting::Password.new("api.auth.basic.password", nil, false).nullable,
-            Setting::String.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.mode", "WARN", true, %w[WARN ERROR]),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.mode", "WARN", true, %w[WARN ERROR]),
            Setting::Numeric.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.length.minimum", 8),
-            Setting::String.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.include.upper", "REQUIRED", true, %w[REQUIRED OPTIONAL]),
-            Setting::String.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.include.lower", "REQUIRED", true, %w[REQUIRED OPTIONAL]),
-            Setting::String.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.include.digit", "REQUIRED", true, %w[REQUIRED OPTIONAL]),
-            Setting::String.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.include.symbol", "OPTIONAL", true, %w[REQUIRED OPTIONAL]),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.include.upper", "REQUIRED", true, %w[REQUIRED OPTIONAL]),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.include.lower", "REQUIRED", true, %w[REQUIRED OPTIONAL]),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.include.digit", "REQUIRED", true, %w[REQUIRED OPTIONAL]),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("api.auth.basic.password_policy.include.symbol", "OPTIONAL", true, %w[REQUIRED OPTIONAL]),
            Setting::Boolean.new("api.ssl.enabled", false),
   Setting::ExistingFilePath.new("api.ssl.keystore.path", nil, false).nullable,
           Setting::Password.new("api.ssl.keystore.password", nil, false).nullable,
        Setting::StringArray.new("api.ssl.supported_protocols", nil, true, %w[TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3]),
-            Setting::String.new("queue.type", "memory", true, ["persisted", "memory"]),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("queue.type", "memory", true, ["persisted", "memory"]),
            Setting::Boolean.new("queue.drain", false),
              Setting::Bytes.new("queue.page_capacity", "64mb"),
              Setting::Bytes.new("queue.max_bytes", "1024mb"),
@@ -102,16 +93,16 @@ module LogStash
            Setting::Boolean.new("dead_letter_queue.enable", false),
              Setting::Bytes.new("dead_letter_queue.max_bytes", "1024mb"),
            Setting::Numeric.new("dead_letter_queue.flush_interval", 5000),
-            Setting::String.new("dead_letter_queue.storage_policy", "drop_newer", true, ["drop_newer", "drop_older"]),
-    Setting::NullableString.new("dead_letter_queue.retain.age"), # example 5d
+            Setting::SettingString.new("dead_letter_queue.storage_policy", "drop_newer", true, ["drop_newer", "drop_older"]),
+    Setting::SettingNullableString.new("dead_letter_queue.retain.age"), # example 5d
          Setting::TimeValue.new("slowlog.threshold.warn", "-1"),
          Setting::TimeValue.new("slowlog.threshold.info", "-1"),
          Setting::TimeValue.new("slowlog.threshold.debug", "-1"),
          Setting::TimeValue.new("slowlog.threshold.trace", "-1"),
-            Setting::String.new("keystore.classname", "org.logstash.secret.store.backend.JavaKeyStore"),
-            Setting::String.new("keystore.file", ::File.join(::File.join(LogStash::Environment::LOGSTASH_HOME, "config"), "logstash.keystore"), false), # will be populated on
-    Setting::NullableString.new("monitoring.cluster_uuid"),
-            Setting::String.new("pipeline.buffer.type", nil, false, ["direct", "heap"])
+            Setting::SettingString.new("keystore.classname", "org.logstash.secret.store.backend.JavaKeyStore"),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("keystore.file", ::File.join(::File.join(LogStash::Environment::LOGSTASH_HOME, "config"), "logstash.keystore"), false), # will be populated on
+    Setting::SettingNullableString.new("monitoring.cluster_uuid"),
+            Setting::SettingString.new("pipeline.buffer.type", "heap", true, ["direct", "heap"])
   # post_process
   ].each {|setting| SETTINGS.register(setting) }