diff --git a/examples/roundrobinrouter.cpp b/examples/roundrobinrouter.cpp
index 0216faa75..38aa95285 100644
--- a/examples/roundrobinrouter.cpp
+++ b/examples/roundrobinrouter.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ RRRouter::RRRouter(SERVICE* service)
     /* Read options specific to round robin router. */
     MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params = service->svc_config_param;
     m_max_backends = params->get_integer(MAX_BACKENDS);
-    m_write_server = config_get_server(params, WRITE_BACKEND);
+    m_write_server = params->get_server(WRITE_BACKEND);
     m_print_on_routing = params->get_bool(PRINT_ON_ROUTING);
     m_example_enum = params->get_enum(DUMMY, enum_example);
 
diff --git a/include/maxscale/config.hh b/include/maxscale/config.hh
index 6c599a093..933ca4e04 100644
--- a/include/maxscale/config.hh
+++ b/include/maxscale/config.hh
@@ -288,6 +288,22 @@ public:
      */
     uint64_t get_size(const std::string& key) const;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Get a service value
+     *
+     * @param key Parameter name
+     * @return Pointer to configured service
+     */
+    SERVICE* get_service(const std::string& key) const;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Get a server value
+     *
+     * @param key Parameter name
+     * @return Pointer to configured server
+     */
+    SERVER* get_server(const std::string& key) const;
+
     char*                    name;          /**< The name of the parameter */
     char*                    value;         /**< The value of the parameter */
     MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER*    next;          /**< Next pointer in the linked list */
@@ -413,27 +429,8 @@ bool config_param_is_valid(const MXS_MODULE_PARAM* params,
 const char* config_get_string(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params, const char* key);
 
 /**
- * @brief Get a service value
- *
- * @param params List of configuration parameters
- * @param key Parameter name
- *
- * @return Pointer to configured service
- */
-SERVICE* config_get_service(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params, const char* key);
-
-/**
- * @brief Get a server value
- *
- * @param params List of configuration parameters
- * @param key Parameter name
- *
- * @return Pointer to configured server
- */
-SERVER* config_get_server(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params, const char* key);
-
-/**
- * Get a serverlist value. The returned list is empty if even a partial error occurs.
+ * @brief Get an array of servers. The caller should free the produced array,
+ * but not the array elements.
  *
  * @param params List of configuration parameters
  * @param key Parameter name
diff --git a/server/core/config.cc b/server/core/config.cc
index 5c5139330..d7a38a06b 100644
--- a/server/core/config.cc
+++ b/server/core/config.cc
@@ -1802,16 +1802,16 @@ int64_t MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER::get_enum(const std::string& key, const MXS_ENUM_VA
     return found ? rv : -1;
 }
 
-SERVICE* config_get_service(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params, const char* key)
+SERVICE* MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER::get_service(const std::string& key) const
 {
-    const char* value = config_get_value_string(params, key);
-    return service_find(value);
+    string param_value = get_string(key);
+    return service_find(param_value.c_str());
 }
 
-SERVER* config_get_server(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params, const char* key)
+SERVER* MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER::get_server(const std::string& key) const
 {
-    const char* value = config_get_value_string(params, key);
-    return Server::find_by_unique_name(value);
+    string param_value = get_string(key);
+    return Server::find_by_unique_name(param_value.c_str());
 }
 
 std::vector<SERVER*> config_get_server_list(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params, const char* key,
@@ -3911,7 +3911,7 @@ int create_new_listener(CONFIG_CONTEXT* obj)
     else
     {
         const char* address = config_get_string(obj->parameters, CN_ADDRESS);
-        Service* service = static_cast<Service*>(config_get_service(obj->parameters, CN_SERVICE));
+        Service* service = static_cast<Service*>(obj->parameters->get_service(CN_SERVICE));
         mxb_assert(service);
 
         // Remove this once maxadmin is removed
diff --git a/server/modules/filter/tee/tee.cc b/server/modules/filter/tee/tee.cc
index 551b12288..49b423541 100644
--- a/server/modules/filter/tee/tee.cc
+++ b/server/modules/filter/tee/tee.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Tee::Tee(SERVICE* service,
  */
 Tee* Tee::create(const char* name, MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* params)
 {
-    SERVICE* service = config_get_service(params, "service");
+    SERVICE* service = params->get_service("service");
     const char* source = config_get_string(params, "source");
     const char* user = config_get_string(params, "user");
     uint32_t cflags = params->get_enum("options", option_values);
diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/csmon/csmon.cc b/server/modules/monitor/csmon/csmon.cc
index 8f4d06c85..130a62faf 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/csmon/csmon.cc
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/csmon/csmon.cc
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void CsMonitor::update_server_status(MXS_MONITORED_SERVER* srv)
 
 bool CsMonitor::configure(const MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* pParams)
 {
-    m_primary = config_get_server(pParams, "primary");
+    m_primary = pParams->get_server("primary");
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/server/modules/routing/schemarouter/schemarouter.cc b/server/modules/routing/schemarouter/schemarouter.cc
index 5c1aca3a8..1552be6dd 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/schemarouter/schemarouter.cc
+++ b/server/modules/routing/schemarouter/schemarouter.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Config::Config(MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* conf)
     , debug(conf->get_bool("debug"))
     , ignore_regex(config_get_compiled_regex(conf, "ignore_databases_regex", 0, NULL))
     , ignore_match_data(ignore_regex ? pcre2_match_data_create_from_pattern(ignore_regex, NULL) : NULL)
-    , preferred_server(config_get_server(conf, "preferred_server"))
+    , preferred_server(conf->get_server("preferred_server"))
 {
     ignored_dbs.insert("mysql");
     ignored_dbs.insert("information_schema");