diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/GenDObjectTask.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/GenDObjectTask.java
index ab05544bc..19dc2b45b 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/GenDObjectTask.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/GenDObjectTask.java
@@ -216,13 +216,14 @@ public class GenDObjectTask extends Task
             }
             String transport;
             if (hint == null) {
-                transport = "DEFAULT";
+                transport = "";
             } else {
-                transport = "getInstance(\n" +
+                transport = ",\n" +
+                    "            com.threerings.presents.net.Transport.getInstance(\n" +
                     "                com.threerings.presents.net.Transport.Type." +
                         hint.type().name() + ", " + hint.channel() + ")";
             }
-            ctx.put("transport", "com.threerings.presents.net.Transport." + transport);
+            ctx.put("transport", transport);
 
             // if this field is an array, we need its component types
             if (ftype.isArray()) {
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/InvocationTask.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/InvocationTask.java
index d9b6fc8fd..a4cb4b32a 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/InvocationTask.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/InvocationTask.java
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ public abstract class InvocationTask extends Task
                 hint = method.getDeclaringClass().getAnnotation(TransportHint.class);
             }
             if (hint == null) {
-                return "Transport.DEFAULT";
+                return "";
             }
-            return "Transport.getInstance(Transport.Type." +
+            return ", Transport.getInstance(Transport.Type." +
                 hint.type().name() + ", " + hint.channel() + ")";
         }
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/dobject_field.tmpl b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/dobject_field.tmpl
index 4fcecbfeb..6fbc712cd 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/dobject_field.tmpl
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/dobject_field.tmpl
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
     {
         $type ovalue = this.$field;
         requestAttributeChange(
-            $capfield, $wrapfield, $wrapofield,
-            $transport);
+            $capfield, $wrapfield, $wrapofield$transport);
         this.$field = $clonefield;
     }
 #if ($elemtype)
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@
     {
         $elemtype ovalue = this.$field[index];
         requestElementUpdate(
-            $capfield, index, $wrapelem, $wrapoelem,
-            $transport);
+            $capfield, index, $wrapelem, $wrapoelem$transport);
         this.$field[index] = value;
     }
 #end
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/dobject_set.tmpl b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/dobject_set.tmpl
index a6480909e..26f572591 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/dobject_set.tmpl
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/dobject_set.tmpl
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
      */
     public void update$upfield ($etype elem)
     {
-        requestEntryUpdate(
-            $capfield, $field, elem,
-            $transport);
+        requestEntryUpdate($capfield, $field, elem$transport);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/marshaller.tmpl b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/marshaller.tmpl
index e2c06a7a3..21b1f69be 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/marshaller.tmpl
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/marshaller.tmpl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class ${name}Marshaller extends InvocationMarshaller
 #end
         sendRequest(arg1, $m.code, new Object[] {
             $m.getWrappedArgList(true)
-        }, $m.transport);
+        }$m.transport);
     }
 #end
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/sender.tmpl b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/sender.tmpl
index c8ca62a2b..5774bb569 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/sender.tmpl
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/tools/sender.tmpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class ${name}Sender extends InvocationSender
     {
         sendNotification(
             target, ${name}Decoder.RECEIVER_CODE, ${name}Decoder.$m.code,
-            new Object[] { $m.getWrappedArgList(false) }, $m.transport);
+            new Object[] { $m.getWrappedArgList(false) }$m.transport);
     }
 
 #end