diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7bd29b5..51af78c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 /bash_completion.d
 /usr/share/man/man1/
 /etc/bash_completion.d/
-/etc/warewulf.conf
 warewulf.spec
 internal/pkg/buildconfig/buildconfig.go
 include/systemd/warewulfd.service
diff --git a/etc/warewulf.conf.in b/etc/warewulf.conf
similarity index 91%
rename from etc/warewulf.conf.in
rename to etc/warewulf.conf
index e9f185f3..794674f6 100644
--- a/etc/warewulf.conf.in
+++ b/etc/warewulf.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ warewulf:
   autobuild overlays: true
   update interval: 60
   syslog: false
-  datastore: @WWPROVISIONDIR@
 dhcp:
   enabled: true
   range start: 192.168.200.50
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ dhcp:
   systemd name: dhcpd
 tftp:
   enabled: true
-  tftproot: @TFTPDIR@
   systemd name: tftp
 nfs:
   systemd name: nfs-server