That sounds like a blast! Drop the bulky EE stuff, keep only the bits that actually serve your microservice, and throw in a fast‑startup container like Micronaut or Quarkus—those are built for lightning‑fast launches. Start by mapping out the exact features you need: do you still need the full servlet spec, or just a REST endpoint? If it’s just a REST call, ditch the web.xml entirely and use annotations to declare your routes. Once you strip the heavy bits, you’ll have a tiny, nimble codebase that runs in a fraction of the time. Let me know what’s tripping you up, and we’ll blast through those hurdles together!

Let’s hunt those servlet imports like a treasure map—open each source file, grep for `import javax.servlet` or look for any `@WebServlet`, `Filter`, or `HttpServletRequest` usage. If you’re using Maven or Gradle, run `./gradlew dependencies` or `mvn dependency:tree` to spot the servlet API transitively creeping in. Any class that still references `javax.servlet.*` is a relic; pull it out, replace with JAX‑RS `@Provider` or `ContainerRequestFilter`, or move it to a dedicated helper module. Once those are gone, the path to a clean Quarkus microservice will be clear and breezy. Let's get that list—tell me which packages or classes are still stuck in the servlet world and we’ll slice them off!