diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/clusters/local/local.xml b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/clusters/local/local.xml
index 3f739de..58d0f97 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/clusters/local/local.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/clusters/local/local.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
 	</working_dir>
 	<log_dir>/tmp/asterix/logs</log_dir>
 	<txn_log_dir>/tmp/asterix/logs</txn_log_dir>
-	<ports>
-		<cluster_port>1099</cluster_port>
-		<client_port>1098</client_port>
-		<http_port>8888</http_port>
-	</ports>
 	<iodevices>/tmp</iodevices>
 	<store>asterix/storage</store>
 	<java_home></java_home>
@@ -18,6 +13,9 @@
 		<id>master</id>
 		<client_ip>127.0.0.1</client_ip>
 		<cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+		<cluster_port>1099</cluster_port>
+		<client_port>1098</client_port>
+		<http_port>8888</http_port>
 	</master_node>
 	<node>
 		<id>node1</id>
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
index 8394a96..c9907e3 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@
 	</property>
 
 	<property>
-		<name>txn.log.directory</name>
-		<value>asterix_logs/</value>
-		<description>The directory location for transaction logs. (Default =
-			"asterix_logs/")
-		</description>
-	</property>
-
-	<property>
 		<name>txn.log.buffer.numpages</name>
 		<value>8</value>
 		<description>The number of in-memory log buffer pages. (Default = "8")