diff --git a/backend/python/app/sources/external/microsoft/one_note/one_note.py b/backend/python/app/sources/external/microsoft/one_note/one_note.py
index 76dbc9ad19..2a0c593faa 100644
--- a/backend/python/app/sources/external/microsoft/one_note/one_note.py
+++ b/backend/python/app/sources/external/microsoft/one_note/one_note.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 import json
 import logging
 from dataclasses import asdict
@@ -8098,34 +8096,31 @@ async def me_onenote_notebooks_delete_sections(
         """
         # Build query parameters including OData for OneNote
         try:
-            # Use typed query parameters
-            query_params = RequestConfiguration()
+            # Inline construction for performance/memory, avoid unnecessary assignments
+            config = RequestConfiguration()
+            query_params = config  # set config and query_params as the same object
+
             # Set query parameters using typed object properties
-            if select:
+            if select is not None:
                 query_params.select = select if isinstance(select, list) else [select]
-            if expand:
+            if expand is not None:
                 query_params.expand = expand if isinstance(expand, list) else [expand]
-            if filter:
+            if filter is not None:
                 query_params.filter = filter
-            if orderby:
+            if orderby is not None:
                 query_params.orderby = orderby
-            if search:
+            if search is not None:
                 query_params.search = search
             if top is not None:
                 query_params.top = top
             if skip is not None:
                 query_params.skip = skip
 
-            # Create proper typed request configuration
-            config = RequestConfiguration()
-            config.query_parameters = query_params
-
-            if headers:
+            if headers is not None:
                 config.headers = headers
-
-            # Add consistency level for search operations in OneNote
-            if search:
-                if not config.headers:
+            # Only set consistency if searching
+            if search is not None:
+                if not hasattr(config, "headers") or config.headers is None:
                     config.headers = {}
                 config.headers['ConsistencyLevel'] = 'eventual'