diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/consolidate-selects-complex.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/consolidate-selects-complex.aql
index ed9bbb4..c3a2988 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/consolidate-selects-complex.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/consolidate-selects-complex.aql
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   primary key id on group1;
 
 load dataset DBLP 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
 
 write output to asterix_nc1:"rttest/consolidate-complex-selects.aql";
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/count-tweets.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/count-tweets.aql
index b46d573..f018358 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/count-tweets.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/count-tweets.aql
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 }
 
 create external dataset TwitterData(Tweet)
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/twitter/smalltweets.txt"),("format"="adm"));
 
 write output to asterix_nc1:"/tmp/count-tweets.adm";
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_01.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_01.aql
index 1b19225..544e715 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_01.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_01.aql
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   primary key o_orderkey on group1;
 
 load dataset Orders 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 create index idx_Orders_Custkey on Orders(o_custkey);
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_02.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_02.aql
index f2543f9..3f9aa3f 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_02.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_02.aql
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   primary key o_orderkey on group1;
 
 load dataset Orders 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 create index idx_Orders_Custkey on Orders(o_custkey);
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive_01.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive_01.aql
index b6f7a7f..4eaf437 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive_01.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive_01.aql
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   primary key o_orderkey on group1;
 
 load dataset Orders 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 create index idx_Orders_Custkey on Orders(o_custkey);
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive_02.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive_02.aql
index 99d879d..b2adee0 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive_02.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/orders-index-search-conjunctive_02.aql
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   primary key o_orderkey on group1;
 
 load dataset Orders 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 create index idx_Orders_Custkey on Orders(o_custkey);
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/q01_pricing_summary_report_nt.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/q01_pricing_summary_report_nt.aql
index aeb1ada..f8774de 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/q01_pricing_summary_report_nt.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/q01_pricing_summary_report_nt.aql
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   primary key l_orderkey, l_linenumber;
 
 load dataset LineItem 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 write output to asterix_nc1:"rttest/tpch_q1_pricing_summary_report_nt.adm";
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/rtree-secondary-index-open.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/rtree-secondary-index-open.aql
index f7369d8..8e7420e 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/rtree-secondary-index-open.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/rtree-secondary-index-open.aql
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   primary key id on group1;
 
 load dataset MyData
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
 
 create index rtree_index_point on MyData(point) type rtree;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/rtree-secondary-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/rtree-secondary-index.aql
index c0d2062..54bcef1 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/rtree-secondary-index.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/rtree-secondary-index.aql
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   primary key id on group1;
 
 load dataset MyData 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
 
 create index rtree_index_point on MyData(point) type rtree;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.aql
index 702fc06..6ac940c 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.aql
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   primary key id on group1;
 
 load dataset MyData 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
 
 create index rtree_index_point on MyData(point) type rtree;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/skip-index/skip-rtree-secondary-index.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/skip-index/skip-rtree-secondary-index.aql
index 537c9a0..eedaecb 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/skip-index/skip-rtree-secondary-index.aql
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/skip-index/skip-rtree-secondary-index.aql
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   primary key id on group1;
 
 load dataset MyData 
-using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"
+using localfs
 (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
 
 create index rtree_index_point on MyData(point) type rtree;
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/consolidate-selects-complex.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/consolidate-selects-complex.sqlpp
index 4e870e2..bac779d 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/consolidate-selects-complex.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/consolidate-selects-complex.sqlpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 ;
 create  table DBLP(DBLPType) primary key id on group1;
 
-load  table DBLP using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
+load  table DBLP using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/dblp-small/dblp-small-id.txt"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"=":")) pre-sorted;
 
 write output to asterix_nc1:"rttest/consolidate-complex-selects.aql"
 select element {'Paper':paper_tokens,'Query':query_tokens}
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/count-tweets.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/count-tweets.sqlpp
index 4c41d62..a2ddf4b 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/count-tweets.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/count-tweets.sqlpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   text : string
 }
 
-create external  table TwitterData(Tweet) using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter"(("path"="asterix_nc1://data/twitter/smalltweets.txt"),("format"="adm"));
+create external  table TwitterData(Tweet) using localfs(("path"="asterix_nc1://data/twitter/smalltweets.txt"),("format"="adm"));
 
 write output to asterix_nc1:"/tmp/count-tweets.adm"
 select element {'word':tok,'count':twitter.count(token)}
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_01.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_01.sqlpp
index 5800d73..0424ac8 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_01.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_01.sqlpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ;
 create  table Orders(OrderType) primary key o_orderkey on group1;
 
-load  table Orders using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+load  table Orders using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 create  index idx_Orders_Custkey  on Orders (o_custkey) type btree;
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_02.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_02.sqlpp
index d116c7e..0b59ee7 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_02.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive-open_02.sqlpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ;
 create  table Orders(OrderType) primary key o_orderkey on group1;
 
-load  table Orders using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+load  table Orders using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 create  index idx_Orders_Custkey  on Orders (o_custkey) type btree;
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive_01.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive_01.sqlpp
index 88bf2154..d1aa9c6 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive_01.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive_01.sqlpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ;
 create  table Orders(OrderType) primary key o_orderkey on group1;
 
-load  table Orders using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+load  table Orders using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 create  index idx_Orders_Custkey  on Orders (o_custkey) type btree;
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive_02.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive_02.sqlpp
index 059534d..9cd9a69 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive_02.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/orders-index-search-conjunctive_02.sqlpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ;
 create  table Orders(OrderType) primary key o_orderkey on group1;
 
-load  table Orders using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+load  table Orders using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 create  index idx_Orders_Custkey  on Orders (o_custkey) type btree;
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/q01_pricing_summary_report_nt.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/q01_pricing_summary_report_nt.sqlpp
index 1ed51f0..c6c79b9 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/q01_pricing_summary_report_nt.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/q01_pricing_summary_report_nt.sqlpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 create  table LineItem(LineItemType) primary key l_orderkey,l_linenumber;
 
-load  table LineItem using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
+load  table LineItem using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl"),("format"="delimited-text"),("delimiter"="|")) pre-sorted;
 
 write output to asterix_nc1:"rttest/tpch_q1_pricing_summary_report_nt.adm"
 select element {'l_returnflag':l_returnflag,'l_linestatus':l_linestatus,'sum_qty':tpch.sum((
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/rtree-secondary-index-open.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/rtree-secondary-index-open.sqlpp
index 5495f86..4205f3d 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/rtree-secondary-index-open.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/rtree-secondary-index-open.sqlpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ;
 create  table MyData(MyRecord) primary key id on group1;
 
-load  table MyData using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+load  table MyData using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
 
 create  index rtree_index_point  on MyData (point) type rtree;
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
index eaaf3db..d9f15e1 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ;
 create  table MyData(MyRecord) primary key id on group1;
 
-load  table MyData using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+load  table MyData using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
 
 create  index rtree_index_point  on MyData (point) type rtree;
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
index 2c85142..eb78120 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/scan-delete-rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 ;
 create  table MyData(MyRecord) primary key id on group1;
 
-load  table MyData using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+load  table MyData using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
 
 create  index rtree_index_point  on MyData (point) type rtree;
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/skip-index/skip-rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/skip-index/skip-rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
index 809d42c..eccf667 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/skip-index/skip-rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries_sqlpp/skip-index/skip-rtree-secondary-index.sqlpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 ;
 create  table MyData(MyRecord) primary key id on group1;
 
-load  table MyData using "org.apache.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.NCFileSystemAdapter" (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
+load  table MyData using localfs (("path"="asterix_nc1://data/spatial/spatialData.json"),("format"="adm")) pre-sorted;
 
 create  index rtree_index_point  on MyData (point) type rtree;