diff --git a/pkg/loki/loki.go b/pkg/loki/loki.go
index ff9c00e0ed59..b682c4bfaa65 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/loki.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/loki.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Config) isModuleEnabled(m string) bool {
+func (c *Config) isTarget(m string) bool {
 	return util.StringsContain(c.Target, m)
 }
 
@@ -726,24 +726,24 @@ func (t *Loki) setupModuleManager() error {
 	}
 
 	// Add IngesterQuerier as a dependency for store when target is either querier, ruler, read, or backend.
-	if t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Querier) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Ruler) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Backend) {
+	if t.Cfg.isTarget(Querier) || t.Cfg.isTarget(Ruler) || t.Cfg.isTarget(Read) || t.Cfg.isTarget(Backend) {
 		deps[Store] = append(deps[Store], IngesterQuerier)
 	}
 
 	// If the query scheduler and querier are running together, make sure the scheduler goes
 	// first to initialize the ring that will also be used by the querier
-	if (t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Querier) && t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(QueryScheduler)) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) {
+	if (t.Cfg.isTarget(Querier) && t.Cfg.isTarget(QueryScheduler)) || t.Cfg.isTarget(All) {
 		deps[Querier] = append(deps[Querier], QueryScheduler)
 	}
 
 	// If the query scheduler and query frontend are running together, make sure the scheduler goes
 	// first to initialize the ring that will also be used by the query frontend
-	if (t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(QueryFrontend) && t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(QueryScheduler)) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) {
+	if (t.Cfg.isTarget(QueryFrontend) && t.Cfg.isTarget(QueryScheduler)) || t.Cfg.isTarget(All) {
 		deps[QueryFrontend] = append(deps[QueryFrontend], QueryScheduler)
 	}
 
 	// Initialise query tags interceptors on targets running ingester
-	if t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Ingester) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Write) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) {
+	if t.Cfg.isTarget(Ingester) || t.Cfg.isTarget(Write) || t.Cfg.isTarget(All) {
 		deps[Server] = append(deps[Server], IngesterGRPCInterceptors)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/loki/modules.go b/pkg/loki/modules.go
index 458d7c9e3f5c..a509fbe263e0 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/modules.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/modules.go
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func (t *Loki) initOverrides() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 }
 
 func (t *Loki) initOverridesExporter() (services.Service, error) {
-	if t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(OverridesExporter) && t.TenantLimits == nil || t.Overrides == nil {
+	if t.Cfg.isTarget(OverridesExporter) && t.TenantLimits == nil || t.Overrides == nil {
 		// This target isn't enabled by default ("all") and requires per-tenant limits to run.
 		return nil, errors.New("overrides-exporter has been enabled, but no runtime configuration file was configured")
 	}
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func (t *Loki) initDistributor() (services.Service, error) {
 
 	// Register the distributor to receive Push requests over GRPC
 	// EXCEPT when running with `-target=all` or `-target=` contains `ingester`
-	if !t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) && !t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Write) && !t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Ingester) {
+	if !t.Cfg.isTarget(All) && !t.Cfg.isTarget(Write) && !t.Cfg.isTarget(Ingester) {
 		logproto.RegisterPusherServer(t.Server.GRPC, t.distributor)
 	}
 
@@ -407,13 +407,13 @@ func (t *Loki) initQuerier() (services.Service, error) {
 	}
 
 	querierWorkerServiceConfig := querier.WorkerServiceConfig{
-		AllEnabled:            t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All),
-		ReadEnabled:           t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read),
+		AllEnabled:            t.Cfg.isTarget(All),
+		ReadEnabled:           t.Cfg.isTarget(Read),
 		GrpcListenAddress:     t.Cfg.Server.GRPCListenAddress,
 		GrpcListenPort:        t.Cfg.Server.GRPCListenPort,
 		QuerierWorkerConfig:   &t.Cfg.Worker,
-		QueryFrontendEnabled:  t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(QueryFrontend),
-		QuerySchedulerEnabled: t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(QueryScheduler),
+		QueryFrontendEnabled:  t.Cfg.isTarget(QueryFrontend),
+		QuerySchedulerEnabled: t.Cfg.isTarget(QueryScheduler),
 		SchedulerRing:         scheduler.SafeReadRing(t.Cfg.QueryScheduler, t.querySchedulerRingManager),
 	}
 
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ func (t *Loki) initBloomStore() (services.Service, error) {
 	bsCfg := t.Cfg.StorageConfig.BloomShipperConfig
 
 	var metasCache cache.Cache
-	if cache.IsCacheConfigured(bsCfg.MetasCache) {
+	if t.Cfg.isTarget(IndexGateway) && cache.IsCacheConfigured(bsCfg.MetasCache) {
 		metasCache, err = cache.New(bsCfg.MetasCache, reg, logger, stats.BloomMetasCache, constants.Loki)
 
 		// always enable LRU cache
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ func (t *Loki) updateConfigForShipperStore() {
 	}
 
 	switch true {
-	case t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Ingester), t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Write):
+	case t.Cfg.isTarget(Ingester), t.Cfg.isTarget(Write):
 		// Use embedded cache for caching index in memory, this also significantly helps performance.
 		t.Cfg.StorageConfig.IndexQueriesCacheConfig = cache.Config{
 			EmbeddedCache: cache.EmbeddedCacheConfig{
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ func (t *Loki) updateConfigForShipperStore() {
 		t.Cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBShipperConfig.Mode = indexshipper.ModeWriteOnly
 		t.Cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBShipperConfig.IngesterDBRetainPeriod = shipperQuerierIndexUpdateDelay(t.Cfg.StorageConfig.IndexCacheValidity, t.Cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBShipperConfig.ResyncInterval)
 
-	case t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Querier), t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Ruler), t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read), t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Backend), t.isModuleActive(IndexGateway), t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(BloomCompactor):
+	case t.Cfg.isTarget(Querier), t.Cfg.isTarget(Ruler), t.Cfg.isTarget(Read), t.Cfg.isTarget(Backend), t.isModuleActive(IndexGateway), t.Cfg.isTarget(BloomCompactor):
 		// We do not want query to do any updates to index
 		t.Cfg.StorageConfig.BoltDBShipperConfig.Mode = indexshipper.ModeReadOnly
 		t.Cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBShipperConfig.Mode = indexshipper.ModeReadOnly
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ func (t *Loki) setupAsyncStore() error {
 	)
 
 	switch true {
-	case t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Querier), t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Ruler), t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read):
+	case t.Cfg.isTarget(Querier), t.Cfg.isTarget(Ruler), t.Cfg.isTarget(Read):
 		// Do not use the AsyncStore if the querier is configured with QueryStoreOnly set to true
 		if t.Cfg.Querier.QueryStoreOnly {
 			break
@@ -855,16 +855,16 @@ func (t *Loki) setupAsyncStore() error {
 		asyncStore = true
 
 		// The legacy Read target includes the index gateway, so disable the index-gateway client in that configuration.
-		if t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read) {
+		if t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isTarget(Read) {
 			t.Cfg.StorageConfig.BoltDBShipperConfig.IndexGatewayClientConfig.Disabled = true
 			t.Cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBShipperConfig.IndexGatewayClientConfig.Disabled = true
 		}
 		// Backend target includes the index gateway
-	case t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(IndexGateway), t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Backend):
+	case t.Cfg.isTarget(IndexGateway), t.Cfg.isTarget(Backend):
 		// we want to use the actual storage when running the index-gateway, so we remove the Addr from the config
 		t.Cfg.StorageConfig.BoltDBShipperConfig.IndexGatewayClientConfig.Disabled = true
 		t.Cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBShipperConfig.IndexGatewayClientConfig.Disabled = true
-	case t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All):
+	case t.Cfg.isTarget(All):
 		// We want ingester to also query the store when using boltdb-shipper but only when running with target All.
 		// We do not want to use AsyncStore otherwise it would start spiraling around doing queries over and over again to the ingesters and store.
 		// ToDo: See if we can avoid doing this when not running loki in clustered mode.
@@ -985,8 +985,8 @@ func (t *Loki) supportIndexDeleteRequest() bool {
 // compactorAddress returns the configured address of the compactor.
 // It prefers grpc address over http. If the address is grpc then the bool would be true otherwise false
 func (t *Loki) compactorAddress() (string, bool, error) {
-	legacyReadMode := t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read)
-	if t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) || legacyReadMode || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Backend) {
+	legacyReadMode := t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isTarget(Read)
+	if t.Cfg.isTarget(All) || legacyReadMode || t.Cfg.isTarget(Backend) {
 		// In single binary or read modes, this module depends on Server
 		return net.JoinHostPort(t.Cfg.Server.GRPCListenAddress, strconv.Itoa(t.Cfg.Server.GRPCListenPort)), true, nil
 	}
@@ -1151,8 +1151,8 @@ func (t *Loki) initRulerStorage() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 	// unfortunately there is no way to generate a "default" config and compare default against actual
 	// to determine if it's unconfigured.  the following check, however, correctly tests this.
 	// Single binary integration tests will break if this ever drifts
-	legacyReadMode := t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read)
-	if (t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) || legacyReadMode || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Backend)) && t.Cfg.Ruler.StoreConfig.IsDefaults() {
+	legacyReadMode := t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isTarget(Read)
+	if (t.Cfg.isTarget(All) || legacyReadMode || t.Cfg.isTarget(Backend)) && t.Cfg.Ruler.StoreConfig.IsDefaults() {
 		level.Info(util_log.Logger).Log("msg", "Ruler storage is not configured; ruler will not be started.")
 		return
 	}
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ func (t *Loki) initIndexGatewayRing() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 	t.Cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBShipperConfig.Mode = indexshipper.ModeReadOnly
 
 	managerMode := lokiring.ClientMode
-	if t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(IndexGateway) || legacyReadMode || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Backend) {
+	if t.Cfg.isTarget(IndexGateway) || legacyReadMode || t.Cfg.isTarget(Backend) {
 		managerMode = lokiring.ServerMode
 	}
 	rm, err := lokiring.NewRingManager(indexGatewayRingKey, managerMode, t.Cfg.IndexGateway.Ring, t.Cfg.IndexGateway.Ring.ReplicationFactor, indexgateway.NumTokens, util_log.Logger, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ func (t *Loki) initIndexGatewayRing() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 
 func (t *Loki) initIndexGatewayInterceptors() (services.Service, error) {
 	// Only expose per-tenant metric if index gateway runs as standalone service
-	if t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(IndexGateway) {
+	if t.Cfg.isTarget(IndexGateway) {
 		interceptors := indexgateway.NewServerInterceptors(prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
 		t.Cfg.Server.GRPCMiddleware = append(t.Cfg.Server.GRPCMiddleware, interceptors.PerTenantRequestCount)
 	}
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ func (t *Loki) initQuerySchedulerRing() (_ services.Service, err error) {
 	t.Cfg.QueryScheduler.SchedulerRing.ListenPort = t.Cfg.Server.GRPCListenPort
 
 	managerMode := lokiring.ClientMode
-	if t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(QueryScheduler) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Backend) || t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(All) || (t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isModuleEnabled(Read)) {
+	if t.Cfg.isTarget(QueryScheduler) || t.Cfg.isTarget(Backend) || t.Cfg.isTarget(All) || (t.Cfg.LegacyReadTarget && t.Cfg.isTarget(Read)) {
 		managerMode = lokiring.ServerMode
 	}
 	rm, err := lokiring.NewRingManager(schedulerRingKey, managerMode, t.Cfg.QueryScheduler.SchedulerRing, scheduler.ReplicationFactor, scheduler.NumTokens, util_log.Logger, prometheus.DefaultRegisterer)
diff --git a/pkg/loki/validation.go b/pkg/loki/validation.go
index 1acb8d20afe1..6e7e19cc4480 100644
--- a/pkg/loki/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/loki/validation.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func validateBackendAndLegacyReadMode(c *Config) []error {
 	var errs []error
 	// Honor the legacy scalable deployment topology
 	if c.LegacyReadTarget {
-		if c.isModuleEnabled(Backend) {
+		if c.isTarget(Backend) {
 			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("CONFIG ERROR: invalid target, cannot run backend target with legacy read mode"))
 		}
 	}