diff --git a/include/rocksdb/configurable.h b/include/rocksdb/configurable.h
index f43d78f86..de693eb9e 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/configurable.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/configurable.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class Configurable {
   };
 
  public:
-  Configurable();
   virtual ~Configurable() {}
 
   // Returns the raw pointer of the named options that is used by this
@@ -262,10 +261,6 @@ class Configurable {
   virtual Status ValidateOptions(const DBOptions& db_opts,
                                  const ColumnFamilyOptions& cf_opts) const;
 
-  // Returns true if this object has been initialized via PrepareOptions, false
-  // otherwise. Once an object has been prepared, only mutable options may be
-  // changed.
-  virtual bool IsPrepared() const { return is_prepared_; }
 
   // Splits the input opt_value into the ID field and the remaining options.
   // The input opt_value can be in the form of "name" or "name=value
@@ -286,10 +281,6 @@ class Configurable {
       std::string* id, std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* options);
 
  protected:
-  // True once the object is prepared.  Once the object is prepared, only
-  // mutable options can be configured.
-  std::atomic<bool> is_prepared_;
-
   // Returns the raw pointer for the associated named option.
   // The name is typically the name of an option registered via the
   // Classes may override this method to provide further specialization (such as
diff --git a/options/configurable.cc b/options/configurable.cc
index 5469c96d6..a98d2646b 100644
--- a/options/configurable.cc
+++ b/options/configurable.cc
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
 
-Configurable::Configurable() : is_prepared_(false) {}
-
 void Configurable::RegisterOptions(
     const std::string& name, void* opt_ptr,
     const std::unordered_map<std::string, OptionTypeInfo>* type_map) {
@@ -68,9 +66,6 @@ Status Configurable::PrepareOptions(const ConfigOptions& opts) {
 #else
   (void)opts;
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_LITE
-  if (status.ok()) {
-    is_prepared_ = true;
-  }
   return status;
 }
 
diff --git a/options/configurable_test.cc b/options/configurable_test.cc
index 5983e2dc6..fd412528f 100644
--- a/options/configurable_test.cc
+++ b/options/configurable_test.cc
@@ -331,6 +331,40 @@ TEST_F(ConfigurableTest, PrepareOptionsTest) {
   ASSERT_EQ(*up, 0);
 }
 
+TEST_F(ConfigurableTest, CopyObjectTest) {
+  class CopyConfigurable : public Configurable {
+   public:
+    CopyConfigurable() : prepared_(0), validated_(0) {}
+    Status PrepareOptions(const ConfigOptions& options) override {
+      prepared_++;
+      return Configurable::PrepareOptions(options);
+    }
+    Status ValidateOptions(const DBOptions& db_opts,
+                           const ColumnFamilyOptions& cf_opts) const override {
+      validated_++;
+      return Configurable::ValidateOptions(db_opts, cf_opts);
+    }
+    int prepared_;
+    mutable int validated_;
+  };
+
+  CopyConfigurable c1;
+  ConfigOptions config_options;
+  Options options;
+
+  ASSERT_OK(c1.PrepareOptions(config_options));
+  ASSERT_OK(c1.ValidateOptions(options, options));
+  ASSERT_EQ(c1.prepared_, 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c1.validated_, 1);
+  CopyConfigurable c2 = c1;
+  ASSERT_OK(c1.PrepareOptions(config_options));
+  ASSERT_OK(c1.ValidateOptions(options, options));
+  ASSERT_EQ(c2.prepared_, 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c2.validated_, 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c1.prepared_, 2);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c1.validated_, 2);
+}
+
 TEST_F(ConfigurableTest, MutableOptionsTest) {
   static std::unordered_map<std::string, OptionTypeInfo> imm_option_info = {
 #ifndef ROCKSDB_LITE
diff --git a/options/customizable_test.cc b/options/customizable_test.cc
index cb1700f69..193bfe5f6 100644
--- a/options/customizable_test.cc
+++ b/options/customizable_test.cc
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ TEST_F(CustomizableTest, PrepareOptionsTest) {
   ConfigOptions prepared(config_options_);
   prepared.invoke_prepare_options = true;
 
-  ASSERT_FALSE(base->IsPrepared());
   ASSERT_OK(base->ConfigureFromString(
       prepared, "unique=A_1; shared={id=B;string=s}; pointer.id=S"));
   SimpleOptions* simple = base->GetOptions<SimpleOptions>();
@@ -561,10 +560,6 @@ TEST_F(CustomizableTest, PrepareOptionsTest) {
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cu, nullptr);
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cs, nullptr);
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cp, nullptr);
-  ASSERT_TRUE(base->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_TRUE(simple->cu->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_TRUE(simple->cs->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_TRUE(simple->cp->IsPrepared());
   delete simple->cp;
   base.reset(new SimpleConfigurable());
   ASSERT_OK(base->ConfigureFromString(
@@ -575,16 +570,8 @@ TEST_F(CustomizableTest, PrepareOptionsTest) {
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cu, nullptr);
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cs, nullptr);
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cp, nullptr);
-  ASSERT_FALSE(base->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_FALSE(simple->cu->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_FALSE(simple->cs->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_FALSE(simple->cp->IsPrepared());
 
   ASSERT_OK(base->PrepareOptions(config_options_));
-  ASSERT_TRUE(base->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_TRUE(simple->cu->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_TRUE(simple->cs->IsPrepared());
-  ASSERT_TRUE(simple->cp->IsPrepared());
   delete simple->cp;
   base.reset(new SimpleConfigurable());
   simple = base->GetOptions<SimpleOptions>();
@@ -597,21 +584,16 @@ TEST_F(CustomizableTest, PrepareOptionsTest) {
   ASSERT_OK(
       base->ConfigureFromString(prepared, "unique={id=P; can_prepare=true}"));
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cu, nullptr);
-  ASSERT_TRUE(simple->cu->IsPrepared());
 
   ASSERT_OK(base->ConfigureFromString(config_options_,
                                       "unique={id=P; can_prepare=true}"));
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cu, nullptr);
-  ASSERT_FALSE(simple->cu->IsPrepared());
   ASSERT_OK(simple->cu->PrepareOptions(prepared));
-  ASSERT_TRUE(simple->cu->IsPrepared());
 
   ASSERT_OK(base->ConfigureFromString(config_options_,
                                       "unique={id=P; can_prepare=false}"));
   ASSERT_NE(simple->cu, nullptr);
-  ASSERT_FALSE(simple->cu->IsPrepared());
   ASSERT_NOK(simple->cu->PrepareOptions(prepared));
-  ASSERT_FALSE(simple->cu->IsPrepared());
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -688,6 +670,42 @@ TEST_F(CustomizableTest, WrappedInnerTest) {
   ASSERT_EQ(wc2->CheckedCast<TestCustomizable>(), ac.get());
 }
 
+TEST_F(CustomizableTest, CopyObjectTest) {
+  class CopyCustomizable : public Customizable {
+   public:
+    CopyCustomizable() : prepared_(0), validated_(0) {}
+    const char* Name() const override { return "CopyCustomizable"; }
+
+    Status PrepareOptions(const ConfigOptions& options) override {
+      prepared_++;
+      return Customizable::PrepareOptions(options);
+    }
+    Status ValidateOptions(const DBOptions& db_opts,
+                           const ColumnFamilyOptions& cf_opts) const override {
+      validated_++;
+      return Customizable::ValidateOptions(db_opts, cf_opts);
+    }
+    int prepared_;
+    mutable int validated_;
+  };
+
+  CopyCustomizable c1;
+  ConfigOptions config_options;
+  Options options;
+
+  ASSERT_OK(c1.PrepareOptions(config_options));
+  ASSERT_OK(c1.ValidateOptions(options, options));
+  ASSERT_EQ(c1.prepared_, 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c1.validated_, 1);
+  CopyCustomizable c2 = c1;
+  ASSERT_OK(c1.PrepareOptions(config_options));
+  ASSERT_OK(c1.ValidateOptions(options, options));
+  ASSERT_EQ(c2.prepared_, 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c2.validated_, 1);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c1.prepared_, 2);
+  ASSERT_EQ(c1.validated_, 2);
+}
+
 TEST_F(CustomizableTest, TestStringDepth) {
   class ShallowCustomizable : public Customizable {
    public:
@@ -983,7 +1001,6 @@ TEST_F(CustomizableTest, MutableOptionsTest) {
   std::string opt_str;
 
   ConfigOptions options = config_options_;
-  ASSERT_FALSE(mc.IsPrepared());
   ASSERT_OK(mc.ConfigureOption(options, "mutable", "{id=B;}"));
   options.mutable_options_only = true;
   ASSERT_OK(mc.GetOptionString(options, &opt_str));
diff --git a/options/options_test.cc b/options/options_test.cc
index 08496aa04..2a478a0e0 100644
--- a/options/options_test.cc
+++ b/options/options_test.cc
@@ -1482,13 +1482,11 @@ TEST_F(OptionsTest, MutableTableOptions) {
   bbtf.reset(NewBlockBasedTableFactory());
   auto bbto = bbtf->GetOptions<BlockBasedTableOptions>();
   ASSERT_NE(bbto, nullptr);
-  ASSERT_FALSE(bbtf->IsPrepared());
   ASSERT_OK(bbtf->ConfigureOption(config_options, "block_align", "true"));
   ASSERT_OK(bbtf->ConfigureOption(config_options, "block_size", "1024"));
   ASSERT_EQ(bbto->block_align, true);
   ASSERT_EQ(bbto->block_size, 1024);
   ASSERT_OK(bbtf->PrepareOptions(config_options));
-  ASSERT_TRUE(bbtf->IsPrepared());
   config_options.mutable_options_only = true;
   ASSERT_OK(bbtf->ConfigureOption(config_options, "block_size", "1024"));
   ASSERT_EQ(bbto->block_align, true);