diff --git a/examples/config.json b/examples/config.json
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--- a/examples/config.json
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-{
-    "caPath": "/path/to/intermediate-certificate",
-    "caPrivateKeyPath": "/path/to/intermediate-private-key",
-    "caPasscode": "very-secure-passcode",
-    "listenAddress": "127.0.0.1:9000"
-}
diff --git a/examples/csr-config.yaml b/examples/csr-config.yaml
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--- a/examples/csr-config.yaml
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-country: USA
-locality: San Francisco
-organization: smallstep
-common_name: internal.smallstep.com
-key_type: rsa
-rsa_bits: 4096