diff --git a/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-metrics.xml b/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-metrics.xml
index 60f9f8d..f30b098 100644
--- a/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-metrics.xml
+++ b/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-metrics.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
    Metrics log directory
 -->
   <logging>
-    <dir>${ACCUMULO_HOME}/metrics</dir>
+    <!-- This is just an example location; select something appropriate for you -->
+    <dir>/var/log/accumulo/metrics</dir>
   </logging>
 <!--
  Enable/Disable metrics accumulation on the different servers and their components
diff --git a/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-site.xml b/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-site.xml
index 052ed7e..7d90774 100644
--- a/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-site.xml
+++ b/assemble/conf/templates/accumulo-site.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
     you are simply testing at your workstation, you will most definitely need to change the three entries below. -->
 
   <property>
+    <name>instance.volumes</name>
+    <value>file:///tmp/accumulo</value>
+    <description>comma separated list of dfs URIs</description>
+  </property>
+
+  <property>
     <name>instance.zookeeper.host</name>
     <value>localhost:2181</value>
     <description>comma separated list of zookeeper servers</description>
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@
   </property>
 
   <property>
-    <name>logger.dir.walog</name>
-    <value>walogs</value>
-    <description>The property only needs to be set if upgrading from 1.4 which used to store write-ahead logs on the local
-      filesystem. In 1.5 write-ahead logs are stored in DFS.  When 1.5 is started for the first time it will copy any 1.4
-      write ahead logs into DFS.  It is possible to specify a comma-separated list of directories.
-    </description>
-  </property>
-
-  <property>
     <name>instance.secret</name>
     <value>DEFAULT</value>
     <description>A secret unique to a given instance that all servers must know in order to communicate with one another.
@@ -89,44 +80,13 @@
 ${mvnProjBaseDir}
   <property>
     <name>general.classpaths</name>
-
-    <value>
-      <!-- Accumulo requirements -->
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-server.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-core.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-start.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-fate.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/accumulo-proxy.jar,
-      $ACCUMULO_HOME/lib/[^.].*.jar,
-      <!-- End Accumulo requirements -->
-
-      <!-- ZooKeeper requirements -->
-      $ZOOKEEPER_HOME/zookeeper[^.].*.jar,
-      <!-- End ZooKeeper requirements -->
-
-      <!-- Common Hadoop requirements -->
-      $HADOOP_CONF_DIR,
-      <!-- End Common Hadoop requirements -->
-
-      <!-- Hadoop 2 requirements -->
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/common/[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/common/lib/(?!slf4j)[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/hdfs/[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/mapreduce/[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/share/hadoop/yarn/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop/lib/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop-hdfs/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop-mapreduce/[^.].*.jar,
-      /usr/lib/hadoop-yarn/[^.].*.jar,
-      <!-- End Hadoop 2 requirements -->
-
-      <!-- Hadoop 1 requirements -->
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/[^.].*.jar,
-      $HADOOP_PREFIX/lib/(?!slf4j)[^.].*.jar,
-      <!-- End Hadoop 1 requirements -->
-
-    </value>
+    <value>/etc/accumulo/lib</value>
     <description>Classpaths that accumulo checks for updates and class files.</description>
   </property>
+
+  <property>
+    <name>general.dynamic.classpaths</name>
+    <value>/etc/accumulo/lib/ext</value>
+    <description>Classpaths that accumulo checks for updates and class files to dynamically load.</description>
+  </property>
 </configuration>