diff --git oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/SegmentNodeStoreService.java oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/SegmentNodeStoreService.java
index 6b274e0..f637c16 100644
--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/SegmentNodeStoreService.java
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/SegmentNodeStoreService.java
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ public class SegmentNodeStoreService extends ProxyNodeStore
             "considered for GC"
     )
     public static final String PROP_BLOB_GC_MAX_AGE = "blobGcMaxAgeInSecs";
-    private long blobGcMaxAgeInSecs = DEFAULT_BLOB_GC_MAX_AGE;
 
     @Override
     protected synchronized SegmentNodeStore getNodeStore() {
@@ -264,10 +263,9 @@ public class SegmentNodeStoreService extends ProxyNodeStore
     }
 
     @Activate
-    private void activate(ComponentContext context, Map<String, ?> config) throws IOException {
+    private void activate(ComponentContext context) throws IOException {
         this.context = context;
         this.customBlobStore = Boolean.parseBoolean(lookup(context, CUSTOM_BLOB_STORE));
-        modified(config);
 
         if (blobStore == null && customBlobStore) {
             log.info("BlobStore use enabled. SegmentNodeStore would be initialized when BlobStore would be available");
@@ -407,6 +405,8 @@ public class SegmentNodeStoreService extends ProxyNodeStore
             }
         }
 
+        final long blobGcMaxAgeInSecs = toLong(lookup(context, PROP_BLOB_GC_MAX_AGE), DEFAULT_BLOB_GC_MAX_AGE);
+
         if (store.getBlobStore() instanceof GarbageCollectableBlobStore) {
             BlobGarbageCollector gc = new BlobGarbageCollector() {
                 @Override
@@ -444,14 +444,6 @@ public class SegmentNodeStoreService extends ProxyNodeStore
         return null;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * At runtime SegmentNodeStore only picks up modification of certain properties
-     */
-    @Modified
-    protected void modified(Map<String, ?> config){
-        blobGcMaxAgeInSecs = toLong(config.get(PROP_BLOB_GC_MAX_AGE), DEFAULT_BLOB_GC_MAX_AGE);
-    }
-
     @Deactivate
     public synchronized void deactivate() {
         unregisterNodeStore();