diff --git a/rsrc/config/crowd/server.properties b/rsrc/config/crowd/server.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e2e4276e..000000000
--- a/rsrc/config/crowd/server.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: server.properties,v 1.4 2001/12/04 01:12:50 mdb Exp $
-#
-# Configuration for the Crowd server
-
-# These invocation service providers will be registered with the
-# invocation manager during the server init process
-providers = \
-	chat = com.threerings.crowd.chat.ChatProvider
diff --git a/rsrc/config/micasa/dbmap.properties b/rsrc/config/micasa/dbmap.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index bd488e640..000000000
--- a/rsrc/config/micasa/dbmap.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: dbmap.properties,v 1.1 2001/10/03 23:24:09 mdb Exp $
-#
-# This provides information on the JDBC connections that are used by
-# MiCasa server services.
-
-#
-# The database mapping for the user database.
-#
-userdb.driver = org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
-userdb.url = jdbc:mysql://depravity:3306/usermgmt
-userdb.username = www
-userdb.password = Il0ve2PL@Y
diff --git a/rsrc/config/presents/server.properties b/rsrc/config/presents/server.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bafa7dc5..000000000
--- a/rsrc/config/presents/server.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: server.properties,v 1.4 2001/10/11 04:07:50 mdb Exp $
-#
-# Configuration for the Presents server
-
-# These invocation service providers will be registered with the
-# invocation manager during the server init process
-providers = 
-
-# The port on which the connection manager listens for clients.
-conmgr_port = 4007
diff --git a/rsrc/config/whirled/dbmap.properties b/rsrc/config/whirled/dbmap.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 24ad1c81d..000000000
--- a/rsrc/config/whirled/dbmap.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: dbmap.properties,v 1.1 2001/09/28 22:23:48 mdb Exp $
-#
-# Database map for the Whirled server. This provides information on the
-# JDBC connections that are used by Whirled server services.
-
-#
-# A sample database mapping for a database identified as "scenedb".
-#
-scenedb.driver = org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
-scenedb.url = jdbc:mysql://DBHOSTNAME:3306/DBNAME
-scenedb.username = MYUSERNAME
-scenedb.password = MYPASSWORD
diff --git a/rsrc/config/whirled/server.properties b/rsrc/config/whirled/server.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a8c5a677..000000000
--- a/rsrc/config/whirled/server.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#
-# $Id: server.properties,v 1.2 2001/09/28 22:23:48 mdb Exp $
-#
-# Configuration for the Whirled server
-
-#
-# These invocation service providers will be registered with the
-# invocation manager during the server init process.
-#
-providers = \
-	whirled!scene = com.threerings.whirled.server.SceneProvider
-
-#
-# This specifies the path (in the classpath) to a properties file which
-# configures the StaticConnectionProvider that is used to provide database
-# connections to the Whirled server.
-#
-dbmap = rsrc/config/whirled/dbmap.properties
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/CrowdConfig.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/CrowdConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fa48bec24..000000000
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/CrowdConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-//
-// $Id: CrowdConfig.java,v 1.1 2002/03/28 22:32:31 mdb Exp $
-
-package com.threerings.crowd.server;
-
-import com.samskivert.util.Config;
-
-/**
- * Provides access to the Crowd server configuration.
- */
-public class CrowdConfig
-{
-    /** Provides access to configuration data for this package. */
-    public static Config config = new Config("rsrc/config/crowd/server");
-}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/CrowdServer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/CrowdServer.java
index c141082ea..f5f74e66e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/CrowdServer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/crowd/server/CrowdServer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: CrowdServer.java,v 1.13 2002/08/14 19:07:49 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: CrowdServer.java,v 1.14 2002/10/21 20:56:20 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.crowd.server;
 
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ import com.threerings.crowd.data.BodyObject;
  */
 public class CrowdServer extends PresentsServer
 {
-    /** The namespace used for server config properties. */
-    public static final String CONFIG_KEY = "crowd";
-
     /** The place registry. */
     public static PlaceRegistry plreg;
 
@@ -44,11 +41,6 @@ public class CrowdServer extends PresentsServer
         // initialize the chat services
         ChatProvider.init(invmgr, omgr);
 
-//         // register our invocation service providers
-//         String[] providers = null;
-//         providers = CrowdConfig.config.getValue(PROVIDERS_KEY, providers);
-//         registerProviders(providers);
-
         Log.info("Crowd server initialized.");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/micasa/server/MiCasaServer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/micasa/server/MiCasaServer.java
index 561e0fe21..fb3f8d915 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/micasa/server/MiCasaServer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/micasa/server/MiCasaServer.java
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 //
-// $Id: MiCasaServer.java,v 1.6 2002/08/14 19:07:49 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: MiCasaServer.java,v 1.7 2002/10/21 20:56:20 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.micasa.server;
 
-import com.samskivert.jdbc.ConnectionProvider;
-import com.samskivert.jdbc.StaticConnectionProvider;
-
 import com.threerings.crowd.server.CrowdServer;
 import com.threerings.parlor.server.ParlorManager;
 
@@ -18,9 +15,6 @@ import com.threerings.micasa.lobby.LobbyRegistry;
  */
 public class MiCasaServer extends CrowdServer
 {
-    /** The database connection provider in use by this server. */
-    public static ConnectionProvider conprov;
-
     /** The parlor manager in operation on this server. */
     public static ParlorManager parmgr = new ParlorManager();
 
@@ -45,10 +39,6 @@ public class MiCasaServer extends CrowdServer
         // initialize the lobby registry
         lobreg.init(invmgr);
 
-        // create our connection provider
-        String dbmap = MiCasaConfig.config.getValue(DBMAP_KEY, DEF_DBMAP);
-        conprov = new StaticConnectionProvider(dbmap);
-
         Log.info("MiCasa server initialized.");
     }
 
@@ -63,9 +53,4 @@ public class MiCasaServer extends CrowdServer
             Log.logStackTrace(e);
         }
     }
-
-    // connection provider related configuration info
-    protected final static String DBMAP_KEY = "dbmap";
-    protected final static String DEF_DBMAP =
-        "rsrc/config/micasa/dbmap.properties";
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsConfig.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a5e6cb1b5..000000000
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-//
-// $Id: PresentsConfig.java,v 1.2 2002/05/28 22:25:44 mdb Exp $
-
-package com.threerings.presents.server;
-
-import com.samskivert.util.Config;
-
-/**
- * Provides access to the Presents server configuration.
- */
-public class PresentsConfig
-{
-    /** Provides access to configuration data for this package. */
-    public static Config config = new Config("rsrc/config/presents/server");
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the list of invocation service providers to be registered
-     * at server startup.
-     */
-    public static String[] getProviders ()
-    {
-        return config.getValue(PROVIDERS_KEY, (String[])null);
-    }
-
-    /** The config key for our list of invocation provider mappings. */
-    protected final static String PROVIDERS_KEY = "providers";
-}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
index 68b59f621..e8b6074d3 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 //
-// $Id: PresentsServer.java,v 1.25 2002/10/01 05:15:45 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: PresentsServer.java,v 1.26 2002/10/21 20:56:20 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.server;
 
 import com.threerings.presents.Log;
+import com.threerings.presents.client.Client;
 import com.threerings.presents.dobj.DObjectManager;
 import com.threerings.presents.server.net.ConnectionManager;
 import com.threerings.presents.util.Invoker;
@@ -20,9 +21,6 @@ import com.threerings.presents.util.Invoker;
  */
 public class PresentsServer
 {
-    /** The namespace used for server config properties. */
-    public static final String CONFIG_KEY = "presents";
-
     /** The manager of network connections. */
     public static ConnectionManager conmgr;
 
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ public class PresentsServer
         invoker.start();
 
         // create our connection manager
-        conmgr = new ConnectionManager();
+        conmgr = new ConnectionManager(getListenPort());
         conmgr.setAuthenticator(new DummyAuthenticator());
 
         // create our client manager
@@ -65,58 +63,16 @@ public class PresentsServer
 
         // initialize the time base services
         TimeBaseProvider.init(invmgr, omgr);
-
-//         // register our invocation service providers
-//         registerProviders(PresentsConfig.getProviders());
     }
 
-//     /**
-//      * Registers invocation service providers as parsed from a
-//      * configuration file. Each string in the array should contain an
-//      * expression of the form:
-//      *
-//      * <pre>
-//      * module = provider fully-qualified class name
-//      * </pre>
-//      *
-//      * A comma separated list of these can be specified in the
-//      * configuration file and loaded into a string array easily. These
-//      * providers will be instantiated and registered with the invocation
-//      * manager.
-//      */
-//     protected void registerProviders (String[] providers)
-//     {
-//         // ignore null arrays to make life easier for the caller
-//         if (providers == null) {
-//             return;
-//         }
-
-//         for (int i = 0; i < providers.length; i++) {
-//             int eidx = providers[i].indexOf("=");
-//             if (eidx == -1) {
-//                 Log.warning("Ignoring bogus provider declaration " +
-//                             "[decl=" + providers[i] + "].");
-//                 continue;
-//             }
-
-//             String module = providers[i].substring(0, eidx).trim();
-//             String pname = providers[i].substring(eidx+1).trim();
-
-//             // instantiate the provider class and register it
-//             try {
-//                 Class pclass = Class.forName(pname);
-//                 InvocationProvider provider = (InvocationProvider)
-//                     pclass.newInstance();
-//                 invmgr.registerProvider(module, provider);
-//                 Log.info("Registered provider [module=" + module +
-//                          ", provider=" + pname + "].");
-
-//             } catch (Exception e) {
-//                 Log.warning("Unable to register provider [module=" + module +
-//                             ", provider=" + pname + ", error=" + e + "].");
-//             }
-//         }
-//     }
+    /**
+     * Returns the port on which the connection manager will listen for
+     * client connections.
+     */
+    protected int getListenPort ()
+    {
+        return Client.DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Starts up all of the server services and enters the main server
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/ConnectionManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/ConnectionManager.java
index 07d529fbf..73c8e6442 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/ConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/net/ConnectionManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ConnectionManager.java,v 1.21 2002/07/25 20:23:25 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ConnectionManager.java,v 1.22 2002/10/21 20:56:21 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.server.net;
 
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import com.threerings.presents.net.AuthResponse;
 import com.threerings.presents.net.DownstreamMessage;
 
 import com.threerings.presents.server.Authenticator;
-import com.threerings.presents.server.PresentsConfig;
 import com.threerings.presents.server.PresentsServer;
 
 /**
@@ -36,18 +35,11 @@ public class ConnectionManager extends LoopingThread
     /**
      * Constructs and initialized a connection manager (binding the socket
      * on which it will listen for client connections).
-     *
-     * @param config A config object from which the connection manager
-     * will fetch its configuration parameters.
      */
-    public ConnectionManager ()
+    public ConnectionManager (int port)
         throws IOException
     {
-        // the listen port is specified in our configuration
-        _port = PresentsConfig.config.getValue(
-            CM_PORT_KEY, Client.DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT);
-
-        // we use this to wait for activity on our sockets
+        _port = port;
         _selset = new SelectSet();
 
         try {
@@ -378,9 +370,6 @@ public class ConnectionManager extends LoopingThread
 
     protected ArrayList _observers = new ArrayList();
 
-    /** The config key for our listening port. */
-    protected static final String CM_PORT_KEY = "conmgr_port";
-
     /**
      * How long we wait for network events before checking our running
      * flag to see if we should still be running.
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledConfig.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ea99ad7f..000000000
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-//
-// $Id: WhirledConfig.java,v 1.1 2002/03/28 22:32:33 mdb Exp $
-
-package com.threerings.whirled.server;
-
-import com.samskivert.util.Config;
-
-/**
- * Provides access to the Whirled server configuration.
- */
-public class WhirledConfig
-{
-    /** Provides access to configuration data for this package. */
-    public static Config config = new Config("rsrc/config/whirled/server");
-}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
index c1a465509..77d9bff6e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/whirled/server/WhirledServer.java
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 //
-// $Id: WhirledServer.java,v 1.14 2002/04/08 18:36:42 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: WhirledServer.java,v 1.15 2002/10/21 20:56:21 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.whirled.server;
 
-import com.samskivert.jdbc.ConnectionProvider;
-import com.samskivert.jdbc.StaticConnectionProvider;
-
 import com.threerings.crowd.server.CrowdServer;
 
 import com.threerings.whirled.Log;
@@ -13,14 +10,11 @@ import com.threerings.whirled.server.persist.SceneRepository;
 import com.threerings.whirled.server.persist.DummySceneRepository;
 
 /**
- * The whirled server extends the crowd server and provides access to
- * managers and the like that are needed by the whirled serviecs.
+ * The whirled server extends the {@link CrowdServer} and provides access
+ * to managers and the like that are needed by the Whirled serviecs.
  */
 public class WhirledServer extends CrowdServer
 {
-    /** The database connection provider in use by this server. */
-    public static ConnectionProvider conprov;
-
     /** The scene registry. */
     public static SceneRegistry screg;
 
@@ -36,11 +30,8 @@ public class WhirledServer extends CrowdServer
         // configure the client to use our whirled client
         clmgr.setClientClass(WhirledClient.class);
 
-        // create our connection provider
-        conprov = createConnectionProvider();
-
         // create the scene repository
-        _screp = createSceneRepository(conprov);
+        _screp = createSceneRepository();
 
         // create our scene registry
         screg = new SceneRegistry(invmgr, _screp);
@@ -48,25 +39,6 @@ public class WhirledServer extends CrowdServer
         Log.info("Whirled server initialized.");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates the connection provider that will be used by this server.
-     * If a derived class wishes to use a particular kind of connection
-     * provider, it can override this method. The default mechanism is to
-     * load a properties file referenced by <code>dbmap</code> in the
-     * whirled server configuration and use those properties to create a
-     * {@link StaticConnectionProvider}.
-     *
-     * @exception Exception thrown if an error occurs creating the
-     * connection provider.
-     */
-    protected ConnectionProvider createConnectionProvider ()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        String dbmap = WhirledConfig.config.getValue(DBMAP_KEY, DEF_DBMAP);
-        Log.info("Configuring db connections via '" + dbmap + "'.");
-        return new StaticConnectionProvider(dbmap);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates the scene repository that will be used by this server. If a
      * derived class wishes to use a particular kind of scene repository
@@ -76,30 +48,12 @@ public class WhirledServer extends CrowdServer
      * @exception Exception thrown if any error occurs while instantiating
      * or initializing the scene repository.
      */
-    protected SceneRepository createSceneRepository (
-        ConnectionProvider conprov)
+    protected SceneRepository createSceneRepository ()
         throws Exception
     {
         return new DummySceneRepository();
     }
 
-    public static void main (String[] args)
-    {
-        WhirledServer server = new WhirledServer();
-        try {
-            server.init();
-            server.run();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            Log.warning("Unable to initialize server.");
-            Log.logStackTrace(e);
-        }
-    }
-
     /** The scene repository in use by this server. */
     protected SceneRepository _screp;
-
-    // connection provider related configuration info
-    protected final static String DBMAP_KEY = "dbmap";
-    protected final static String DEF_DBMAP =
-        "rsrc/config/whirled/dbmap";
 }