diff --git a/tools/osquery/docker-compose.yml b/tools/osquery/docker-compose.yml
index 3e5ec5efba..51b937c640 100644
--- a/tools/osquery/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tools/osquery/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./kolide.crt:/etc/osquery/kolide.crt
       - ./example_osquery.flags:/etc/osquery/osquery.flags
-      - ./example_osquery.conf:/etc/osquery/osquery.conf
     extra_hosts:
       - "dockerhost:${LOCALHOST}"
     environment:
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./kolide.crt:/etc/osquery/kolide.crt
       - ./example_osquery.flags:/etc/osquery/osquery.flags
-      - ./example_osquery.conf:/etc/osquery/osquery.conf
     extra_hosts:
       - "dockerhost:${LOCALHOST}"
     environment:
diff --git a/tools/osquery/example_osquery.conf b/tools/osquery/example_osquery.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index b98ab7d1b2..0000000000
--- a/tools/osquery/example_osquery.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "options": {
-    "disable_distributed": "false",
-    "distributed_plugin": "tls",
-    "distributed_interval": 10,
-    "distributed_tls_max_attempts": 3,
-    "distributed_tls_read_endpoint": "/api/v1/osquery/distributed/read",
-    "distributed_tls_write_endpoint": "/api/v1/osquery/distributed/write",
-    "logger_plugin": "tls",
-    "logger_tls_endpoint": "/api/v1/osquery/log",
-    "logger_tls_period": 60
-    },
-
-  "schedule": {
-    // This is a simple example query that outputs basic system information.
-    "system_info": {
-      // The exact query to run.
-      "query": "SELECT hostname, cpu_brand, physical_memory FROM system_info;",
-      // The interval in seconds to run this query, not an exact interval.
-      "interval": 60
-    }
-  },
-
-  // Decorators are normal queries that append data to every query.
-  "decorators": {
-    "load": [
-      "SELECT uuid AS host_uuid FROM system_info;",
-      "SELECT user AS username FROM logged_in_users ORDER BY time DESC LIMIT 1;"
-    ]
-  },
-
-  // Add default osquery packs or install your own.
-  //
-  // There are several 'default' packs installed with 'make install' or via
-  // packages and/or Homebrew.
-  //
-  // Linux:        /usr/share/osquery/packs
-  // OS X:         /var/osquery/packs
-  // Homebrew:     /usr/local/share/osquery/packs
-  // make install: {PREFIX}/share/osquery/packs
-  //
-  "packs": {
-    // "osquery-monitoring": "/usr/share/osquery/packs/osquery-monitoring.conf",
-    // "incident-response": "/usr/share/osquery/packs/incident-response.conf",
-    // "it-compliance": "/usr/share/osquery/packs/it-compliance.conf",
-    // "osx-attacks": "/usr/share/osquery/packs/osx-attacks.conf",
-    // "vuln-management": "/usr/share/osquery/packs/vuln-management.conf",
-    // "hardware-monitoring": "/usr/share/osquery/packs/hardware-monitoring.conf"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/tools/osquery/example_osquery.flags b/tools/osquery/example_osquery.flags
index 04bb9a6e77..256d725c44 100644
--- a/tools/osquery/example_osquery.flags
+++ b/tools/osquery/example_osquery.flags
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 --force=true
---config_path=/etc/osquery/osquery.conf
---enroll_secret_env=ENROLL_SECRET
---enroll_tls_endpoint=/api/v1/osquery/enroll
---tls_hostname=dockerhost:8080
---tls_server_certs=/etc/osquery/kolide.crt
+--host_identifier=hostname
 --verbose=true
 --tls_dump=true
---host_identifier=hostname
+
+--tls_hostname=dockerhost:8080
+--tls_server_certs=/etc/osquery/kolide.crt
+
+--enroll_secret_env=ENROLL_SECRET
+--enroll_tls_endpoint=/api/v1/osquery/enroll
+
+--config_plugin=tls
+--config_tls_endpoint=/api/v1/osquery/config
+--config_tls_refresh=10
+
+--disable_distributed=false
+--distributed_plugin=tls
+--distributed_interval=10
+--distributed_tls_max_attempts=3
+--distributed_tls_read_endpoint=/api/v1/osquery/distributed/read
+--distributed_tls_write_endpoint=/api/v1/osquery/distributed/write
+
+--logger_plugin=tls
+--logger_tls_endpoint=/api/v1/osquery/log
+--logger_tls_period=10
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