`ConfiguringObjectMapperProvider` explicitly inject `ObjectMapper` to the ObjectMapper: https://github.com/graphql-java-kickstart/graphql-java-servlet/blob/master/src/main/java/graphql/servlet/ConfiguringObjectMapperProvider.java#L27 Which is used in `VariablesDeserializer`: https://github.com/graphql-java-kickstart/graphql-java-servlet/blob/master/src/main/java/graphql/servlet/internal/VariablesDeserializer.java#L18 Checked Jackson 2 API, this is not needed by using ObjectCodec API (abstract class of ObjectMapper) which can achieve the same goal. Example (Before): ```java objectMapper.readValue(str, typeReference); ``` (After): ```java objectCodec.readValue(objectCodec.getFactory().createParser(str), typeReference); ```