diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/Trie.java b/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/Trie.java
index ab4e962..4eb3ba1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/Trie.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/Trie.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package org.ahocorasick.trie;
 
 import org.ahocorasick.interval.IntervalTree;
 import org.ahocorasick.interval.Intervalable;
-import org.ahocorasick.trie.configuration.ParseConfiguration;
 import org.ahocorasick.trie.handler.DefaultEmitHandler;
 import org.ahocorasick.trie.handler.EmitHandler;
 
@@ -91,9 +90,7 @@ public class Trie {
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public Collection<Emit> parseText(String text) {
         DefaultEmitHandler emitHandler = new DefaultEmitHandler();
-        parseText(new ParseConfiguration()
-                .setEmitHandler(emitHandler)
-                .setText(text));
+        parseText(text, emitHandler);
 
         List<Emit> collectedEmits = emitHandler.getEmits();
 
@@ -109,18 +106,17 @@ public class Trie {
         return collectedEmits;
     }
 
-    public void parseText(ParseConfiguration parseConfiguration) {
+    public void parseText(CharSequence text, EmitHandler emitHandler) {
         checkForConstructedFailureStates();
 
-        int position = 0;
         State currentState = this.rootState;
-        for (Character character : parseConfiguration) {
+        for (int position = 0; position < text.length(); position++) {
+            Character character = text.charAt(position);
             if (trieConfig.isCaseInsensitive()) {
                 character = Character.toLowerCase(character);
             }
             currentState = getState(currentState, character);
-            storeEmits(position, currentState, parseConfiguration.getEmitHandler());
-            position++;
+            storeEmits(position, currentState, emitHandler);
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ParseConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ParseConfiguration.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d0ffb86..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ParseConfiguration.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package org.ahocorasick.trie.configuration;
-
-import org.ahocorasick.trie.handler.EmitHandler;
-
-import java.io.Reader;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-
-public class ParseConfiguration implements Iterable<Character> {
-
-    private String text;
-
-    private Reader reader;
-
-    private EmitHandler emitHandler;
-
-    public ParseConfiguration setText(String text) {
-        this.text = text;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public ParseConfiguration setText(Reader reader) {
-        this.reader = reader;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public ParseConfiguration setEmitHandler(EmitHandler emitHandler) {
-        this.emitHandler = emitHandler;
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public EmitHandler getEmitHandler() {
-        return emitHandler;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Iterator<Character> iterator() {
-        if (reader != null) {
-            return new ReaderIterator(reader);
-        }
-        return new StringIterator(text);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ReaderIterator.java b/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ReaderIterator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e24ebd1..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ReaderIterator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package org.ahocorasick.trie.configuration;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.Reader;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-
-public class ReaderIterator implements Iterator<Character> {
-
-    private Reader reader;
-
-    private int readCharacter;
-
-    public ReaderIterator(Reader reader) {
-        this.reader = reader;
-        readIntoBuffer();
-    }
-
-    private void readIntoBuffer() {
-        try {
-            readCharacter = reader.read();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean hasNext() {
-        return readCharacter != -1;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Character next() {
-        Character returnChar = (char)readCharacter;
-        readIntoBuffer();
-        return returnChar;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void remove() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/StringIterator.java b/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/StringIterator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b64f995..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/StringIterator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-package org.ahocorasick.trie.configuration;
-
-import java.util.Iterator;
-
-public class StringIterator implements Iterator<Character> {
-
-    private int counter = 0;
-
-    private String text;
-
-    public StringIterator(String text) {
-        this.text = text;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean hasNext() {
-        return counter < text.length();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Character next() {
-        return text.charAt(counter++);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void remove() {
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/TrieTest.java b/src/test/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/TrieTest.java
index a593966..1ed76ef 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/TrieTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/TrieTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.ahocorasick.trie;
 
-import org.ahocorasick.trie.configuration.ParseConfiguration;
 import org.ahocorasick.trie.handler.EmitHandler;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ public class TrieTest {
                 emits.add(emit);
             }
         };
-        trie.parseText(new ParseConfiguration().setText("ushers").setEmitHandler(emitHandler));
+        trie.parseText("ushers", emitHandler);
         assertEquals(3, emits.size()); // she @ 3, he @ 3, hers @ 5
         Iterator<Emit> iterator = emits.iterator();
         checkEmit(iterator.next(), 2, 3, "he");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ParseConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ParseConfigurationTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 600e1c0..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/ahocorasick/trie/configuration/ParseConfigurationTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package org.ahocorasick.trie.configuration;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringReader;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-public class ParseConfigurationTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void reader() throws IOException {
-        StringReader reader = new StringReader("hällö");
-        ParseConfiguration parseConfiguration = new ParseConfiguration().setText(reader);
-        assertIterator(parseConfiguration);
-        reader.close();
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void string() throws IOException {
-        ParseConfiguration parseConfiguration = new ParseConfiguration().setText("hällö");
-        assertIterator(parseConfiguration);
-    }
-
-    private void assertIterator(ParseConfiguration parseConfiguration) {
-        StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer();
-        for (Character character : parseConfiguration) {
-            text.append(character);
-        }
-        assertEquals("hällö", text.toString());
-    }
-}