diff --git a/src/interceptors/build.ts b/src/interceptors/build.ts
index 4d88efdc..14484de4 100644
--- a/src/interceptors/build.ts
+++ b/src/interceptors/build.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,10 @@
-import type {
-  AxiosCacheInstance,
-  CacheAxiosResponse,
-  CacheRequestConfig
-} from '../cache/axios';
+import type { CacheAxiosResponse, CacheRequestConfig } from '../cache/axios';
 
 export interface AxiosInterceptor<T> {
   onFulfilled?(value: T): T | Promise<T>;
   onRejected?(error: any): any;
-  apply: (axios: AxiosCacheInstance) => void;
+  apply: () => void;
 }
 
 export type RequestInterceptor = AxiosInterceptor<CacheRequestConfig<unknown, unknown>>;
 export type ResponseInterceptor = AxiosInterceptor<CacheAxiosResponse<unknown, unknown>>;
-
-export function buildInterceptor(
-  type: 'request',
-  interceptor: Omit<RequestInterceptor, 'apply'>
-): RequestInterceptor;
-
-export function buildInterceptor(
-  type: 'response',
-  interceptor: Omit<ResponseInterceptor, 'apply'>
-): ResponseInterceptor;
-
-export function buildInterceptor(
-  type: 'request' | 'response',
-  { onFulfilled, onRejected }: Omit<AxiosInterceptor<unknown>, 'apply'>
-): AxiosInterceptor<unknown> {
-  return {
-    onFulfilled,
-    onRejected,
-    apply: (axios) => axios.interceptors[type].use(onFulfilled, onRejected)
-  };
-}
diff --git a/src/interceptors/request.ts b/src/interceptors/request.ts
index 86187a08..b37924d4 100644
--- a/src/interceptors/request.ts
+++ b/src/interceptors/request.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { deferred } from 'fast-defer';
-import { buildInterceptor } from '..';
 import type { AxiosCacheInstance, CacheAxiosResponse } from '../cache/axios';
 import type {
   CachedResponse,
   CachedStorageValue,
   LoadingStorageValue
 } from '../storage/types';
+import type { RequestInterceptor } from './build';
 import {
   ConfigWithCache,
   createValidateStatus,
@@ -14,99 +14,102 @@ import {
 } from './util';
 
 export function defaultRequestInterceptor(axios: AxiosCacheInstance) {
-  return buildInterceptor('request', {
-    onFulfilled: async (config) => {
-      if (config.cache === false) {
-        return config;
-      }
+  const onFulfilled: RequestInterceptor['onFulfilled'] = async (config) => {
+    if (config.cache === false) {
+      return config;
+    }
 
-      // merge defaults with per request configuration
-      config.cache = { ...axios.defaults.cache, ...config.cache };
+    // merge defaults with per request configuration
+    config.cache = { ...axios.defaults.cache, ...config.cache };
 
-      if (!isMethodIn(config.method, config.cache.methods)) {
-        return config;
+    if (!isMethodIn(config.method, config.cache.methods)) {
+      return config;
+    }
+
+    const key = axios.generateKey(config);
+
+    // Assumes that the storage handled staled responses
+    let cache = await axios.storage.get(key);
+
+    // Not cached, continue the request, and mark it as fetching
+    emptyOrStale: if (cache.state == 'empty' || cache.state === 'stale') {
+      /**
+       * This checks for simultaneous access to a new key. The js event loop jumps on the
+       * first await statement, so the second (asynchronous call) request may have already
+       * started executing.
+       */
+      if (axios.waiting[key]) {
+        cache = (await axios.storage.get(key)) as
+          | CachedStorageValue
+          | LoadingStorageValue;
+        break emptyOrStale;
       }
 
-      const key = axios.generateKey(config);
-
-      // Assumes that the storage handled staled responses
-      let cache = await axios.storage.get(key);
-
-      // Not cached, continue the request, and mark it as fetching
-      emptyOrStale: if (cache.state == 'empty' || cache.state === 'stale') {
-        /**
-         * This checks for simultaneous access to a new key. The js event loop jumps on
-         * the first await statement, so the second (asynchronous call) request may have
-         * already started executing.
-         */
-        if (axios.waiting[key]) {
-          cache = (await axios.storage.get(key)) as
-            | CachedStorageValue
-            | LoadingStorageValue;
-          break emptyOrStale;
-        }
-
-        // Create a deferred to resolve other requests for the same key when it's completed
-        axios.waiting[key] = deferred();
-
-        /**
-         * Add a default reject handler to catch when the request is aborted without
-         * others waiting for it.
-         */
-        axios.waiting[key]?.catch(() => undefined);
-
-        await axios.storage.set(key, {
-          state: 'loading',
-          data: cache.data
-        });
-
-        if (cache.state === 'stale') {
-          setRevalidationHeaders(cache, config as ConfigWithCache<unknown>);
-        }
-
-        config.validateStatus = createValidateStatus(config.validateStatus);
+      // Create a deferred to resolve other requests for the same key when it's completed
+      axios.waiting[key] = deferred();
 
-        return config;
-      }
+      /**
+       * Add a default reject handler to catch when the request is aborted without others
+       * waiting for it.
+       */
+      axios.waiting[key]?.catch(() => undefined);
+
+      await axios.storage.set(key, {
+        state: 'loading',
+        data: cache.data
+      });
 
-      let cachedResponse: CachedResponse;
-
-      if (cache.state === 'loading') {
-        const deferred = axios.waiting[key];
-
-        // Just in case, the deferred doesn't exists.
-        /* istanbul ignore if 'really hard to test' */
-        if (!deferred) {
-          await axios.storage.remove(key);
-          return config;
-        }
-
-        try {
-          cachedResponse = await deferred;
-        } catch {
-          // The deferred is rejected when the request that we are waiting rejected cache.
-          return config;
-        }
-      } else {
-        cachedResponse = cache.data;
+      if (cache.state === 'stale') {
+        setRevalidationHeaders(cache, config as ConfigWithCache<unknown>);
       }
 
-      config.adapter = () =>
-        /**
-         * Even though the response interceptor receives this one from here, it has been
-         * configured to ignore cached responses: true
-         */
-        Promise.resolve<CacheAxiosResponse<unknown, unknown>>({
-          config,
-          data: cachedResponse.data,
-          headers: cachedResponse.headers,
-          status: cachedResponse.status,
-          statusText: cachedResponse.statusText,
-          cached: true,
-          id: key
-        });
+      config.validateStatus = createValidateStatus(config.validateStatus);
 
       return config;
     }
-  });
+
+    let cachedResponse: CachedResponse;
+
+    if (cache.state === 'loading') {
+      const deferred = axios.waiting[key];
+
+      // Just in case, the deferred doesn't exists.
+      /* istanbul ignore if 'really hard to test' */
+      if (!deferred) {
+        await axios.storage.remove(key);
+        return config;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        cachedResponse = await deferred;
+      } catch {
+        // The deferred is rejected when the request that we are waiting rejected cache.
+        return config;
+      }
+    } else {
+      cachedResponse = cache.data;
+    }
+
+    config.adapter = () =>
+      /**
+       * Even though the response interceptor receives this one from here, it has been
+       * configured to ignore cached responses: true
+       */
+      Promise.resolve<CacheAxiosResponse<unknown, unknown>>({
+        config,
+        data: cachedResponse.data,
+        headers: cachedResponse.headers,
+        status: cachedResponse.status,
+        statusText: cachedResponse.statusText,
+        cached: true,
+        id: key
+      });
+
+    return config;
+  };
+
+  return {
+    onFulfilled,
+    apply: () => axios.interceptors.request.use(onFulfilled)
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/interceptors/response.ts b/src/interceptors/response.ts
index 89e3e76b..4d3aa6d0 100644
--- a/src/interceptors/response.ts
+++ b/src/interceptors/response.ts
@@ -1,111 +1,132 @@
-import { buildInterceptor } from '..';
 import type { AxiosCacheInstance } from '../cache/axios';
 import type { CacheProperties } from '../cache/cache';
 import type { CachedStorageValue } from '../storage/types';
 import { shouldCacheResponse } from '../util/cache-predicate';
 import { Header } from '../util/headers';
 import { updateCache } from '../util/update-cache';
-import { rejectResponse, setupCacheData } from './util';
-
-export function defaultResponseInterceptor(axios: AxiosCacheInstance) {
-  return buildInterceptor('response', {
-    onFulfilled: async (response) => {
-      response.id ??= axios.generateKey(response.config);
-      response.cached ??= false;
+import type { ResponseInterceptor } from './build';
+import { setupCacheData } from './util';
+
+export function defaultResponseInterceptor(
+  axios: AxiosCacheInstance
+): ResponseInterceptor {
+  /**
+   * Rejects cache for an response response.
+   *
+   * Also update the waiting list for this key by rejecting it.
+   */
+  const rejectResponse = async (
+    { storage, waiting }: AxiosCacheInstance,
+    responseId: string
+  ) => {
+    // Update the cache to empty to prevent infinite loading state
+    await storage.remove(responseId);
+    // Reject the deferred if present
+    waiting[responseId]?.reject(null);
+    delete waiting[responseId];
+  };
+
+  const onFulfilled: ResponseInterceptor['onFulfilled'] = async (response) => {
+    response.id ??= axios.generateKey(response.config);
+    response.cached ??= false;
+
+    // Response is already cached
+    if (response.cached) {
+      return response;
+    }
 
-      // Response is already cached
-      if (response.cached) {
-        return response;
-      }
+    // Skip cache: either false or weird behavior
+    // config.cache should always exists, at least from global config merge.
+    if (!response.config.cache) {
+      return { ...response, cached: false };
+    }
 
-      // Skip cache: either false or weird behavior
-      // config.cache should always exists, at least from global config merge.
-      if (!response.config.cache) {
-        return { ...response, cached: false };
-      }
+    const cacheConfig = response.config.cache as CacheProperties;
 
-      const cacheConfig = response.config.cache as CacheProperties;
+    const cache = await axios.storage.get(response.id);
 
-      const cache = await axios.storage.get(response.id);
+    if (
+      // If the request interceptor had a problem
+      cache.state === 'stale' ||
+      cache.state === 'empty' ||
+      // Should not hit here because of previous response.cached check
+      cache.state === 'cached'
+    ) {
+      return response;
+    }
 
-      if (
-        // If the request interceptor had a problem
-        cache.state === 'stale' ||
-        cache.state === 'empty' ||
-        // Should not hit here because of previous response.cached check
-        cache.state === 'cached'
-      ) {
-        return response;
-      }
+    // Config told that this response should be cached.
+    if (
+      // For 'loading' values (post stale), this check was already run in the past.
+      !cache.data &&
+      !shouldCacheResponse(response, cacheConfig)
+    ) {
+      await rejectResponse(axios, response.id);
+      return response;
+    }
 
-      // Config told that this response should be cached.
-      if (
-        // For 'loading' values (post stale), this check was already run in the past.
-        !cache.data &&
-        !shouldCacheResponse(response, cacheConfig)
-      ) {
-        await rejectResponse(axios, response.id);
-        return response;
-      }
+    // avoid remnant headers from remote server to break implementation
+    delete response.headers[Header.XAxiosCacheEtag];
+    delete response.headers[Header.XAxiosCacheLastModified];
 
-      // avoid remnant headers from remote server to break implementation
-      delete response.headers[Header.XAxiosCacheEtag];
-      delete response.headers[Header.XAxiosCacheLastModified];
+    if (cacheConfig.etag && cacheConfig.etag !== true) {
+      response.headers[Header.XAxiosCacheEtag] = cacheConfig.etag;
+    }
 
-      if (cacheConfig.etag && cacheConfig.etag !== true) {
-        response.headers[Header.XAxiosCacheEtag] = cacheConfig.etag;
-      }
+    if (cacheConfig.modifiedSince) {
+      response.headers[Header.XAxiosCacheLastModified] =
+        cacheConfig.modifiedSince === true
+          ? 'use-cache-timestamp'
+          : cacheConfig.modifiedSince.toUTCString();
+    }
 
-      if (cacheConfig.modifiedSince) {
-        response.headers[Header.XAxiosCacheLastModified] =
-          cacheConfig.modifiedSince === true
-            ? 'use-cache-timestamp'
-            : cacheConfig.modifiedSince.toUTCString();
-      }
+    let ttl = cacheConfig.ttl || -1; // always set from global config
 
-      let ttl = cacheConfig.ttl || -1; // always set from global config
+    if (cacheConfig?.interpretHeader) {
+      const expirationTime = axios.headerInterpreter(response.headers);
 
-      if (cacheConfig?.interpretHeader) {
-        const expirationTime = axios.headerInterpreter(response.headers);
+      // Cache should not be used
+      if (expirationTime === 'dont cache') {
+        await rejectResponse(axios, response.id);
+        return response;
+      }
 
-        // Cache should not be used
-        if (expirationTime === 'dont cache') {
-          await rejectResponse(axios, response.id);
-          return response;
-        }
+      ttl = expirationTime === 'not enough headers' ? ttl : expirationTime;
+    }
 
-        ttl = expirationTime === 'not enough headers' ? ttl : expirationTime;
-      }
+    const data = setupCacheData(response, cache.data);
 
-      const data = setupCacheData(response, cache.data);
+    if (typeof ttl === 'function') {
+      ttl = await ttl(response);
+    }
 
-      if (typeof ttl === 'function') {
-        ttl = await ttl(response);
-      }
+    const newCache: CachedStorageValue = {
+      state: 'cached',
+      ttl,
+      createdAt: Date.now(),
+      data
+    };
 
-      const newCache: CachedStorageValue = {
-        state: 'cached',
-        ttl,
-        createdAt: Date.now(),
-        data
-      };
+    // Update other entries before updating himself
+    if (cacheConfig?.update) {
+      updateCache(axios.storage, response, cacheConfig.update);
+    }
 
-      // Update other entries before updating himself
-      if (cacheConfig?.update) {
-        updateCache(axios.storage, response, cacheConfig.update);
-      }
+    const deferred = axios.waiting[response.id];
 
-      const deferred = axios.waiting[response.id];
+    // Resolve all other requests waiting for this response
+    await deferred?.resolve(newCache.data);
+    delete axios.waiting[response.id];
 
-      // Resolve all other requests waiting for this response
-      await deferred?.resolve(newCache.data);
-      delete axios.waiting[response.id];
+    // Define this key as cache on the storage
+    await axios.storage.set(response.id, newCache);
 
-      // Define this key as cache on the storage
-      await axios.storage.set(response.id, newCache);
+    // Return the response with cached as false, because it was not cached at all
+    return response;
+  };
 
-      // Return the response with cached as false, because it was not cached at all
-      return response;
-    }
-  });
+  return {
+    onFulfilled,
+    apply: () => axios.interceptors.response.use(onFulfilled)
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/interceptors/util.ts b/src/interceptors/util.ts
index 5f488541..c42b26f8 100644
--- a/src/interceptors/util.ts
+++ b/src/interceptors/util.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 import type { Method } from 'axios';
-import type {
-  AxiosCacheInstance,
-  CacheAxiosResponse,
-  CacheRequestConfig
-} from '../cache/axios';
+import type { CacheAxiosResponse, CacheRequestConfig } from '../cache/axios';
 import type { CacheProperties } from '../cache/cache';
 import type { CachedResponse, StaleStorageValue } from '../storage/types';
 import { Header } from '../util/headers';
@@ -21,11 +17,10 @@ export function createValidateStatus(
 }
 
 /** Checks if the given method is in the methods array */
-export function isMethodIn(requestMethod?: Method, methodList?: Method[]): boolean {
-  if (!requestMethod || !methodList) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
+export function isMethodIn(
+  requestMethod: Method = 'get',
+  methodList: Method[] = []
+): boolean {
   requestMethod = requestMethod.toLowerCase() as Lowercase<Method>;
 
   for (const method of methodList) {
@@ -99,19 +94,3 @@ export function setupCacheData<R, D>(
     headers: response.headers
   };
 }
-
-/**
- * Rejects cache for an response response.
- *
- * Also update the waiting list for this key by rejecting it.
- */
-export async function rejectResponse(
-  { storage, waiting }: AxiosCacheInstance,
-  responseId: string
-) {
-  // Update the cache to empty to prevent infinite loading state
-  await storage.remove(responseId);
-  // Reject the deferred if present
-  waiting[responseId]?.reject(null);
-  delete waiting[responseId];
-}