diff --git a/controller/config/config.go b/controller/config/config.go
index 44414b3de3a1fe1ae930dfe5567a7c820f40a375..27cb224ff638926e076a312b2442ea713b099a8d 100644
--- a/controller/config/config.go
+++ b/controller/config/config.go
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ const (
 // BasePndUUID is an uuid for the base PND.
 var BasePndUUID uuid.UUID
 
-// BaseSouthBoundType is the type of the base SBI.
-var BaseSouthBoundType int32
-
-// BaseSouthBoundUUID is an uuid for the base SBI.
-var BaseSouthBoundUUID uuid.UUID
-
 // ChangeTimeout is the default timeout for a change.
 var ChangeTimeout time.Duration
 
diff --git a/controller/configs/containerlab-gosdn.toml.example b/controller/configs/containerlab-gosdn.toml.example
index 0148c1442c5cc3a065b5294c7d88e4342e7e029b..1bd7c9fb987492b5d1805d1ee66879faadd0d591 100644
--- a/controller/configs/containerlab-gosdn.toml.example
+++ b/controller/configs/containerlab-gosdn.toml.example
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 basepnduuid = "5f20f34b-cbd0-4511-9ddc-c50cf6a3b49d"
-csbi-orchestrator = "clab-gosdn_csbi_arista_base-csbi-orchestrator:55056"
 plugin-registry = "clab-gosdn_csbi_arista_base-plugin-registry:55057"
 help = false
 plugin-folder = "plugins"
diff --git a/controller/configs/development-gosdn.toml.example b/controller/configs/development-gosdn.toml.example
index beaf1b2c008475d9c8ec82693598545bac824af0..2d9dc2ec15ca1bcbeeb2d9e8954808dd2aabaff3 100644
--- a/controller/configs/development-gosdn.toml.example
+++ b/controller/configs/development-gosdn.toml.example
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ amqpport = '5672'
 amqpprefix = 'amqp://'
 amqpuser = 'guest'
 basepnduuid = '5f20f34b-cbd0-4511-9ddc-c50cf6a3b49d'
-cli_pnd = '0455b241-5863-4660-ad15-dfde7617738e'
-cli_sbi = 'a249f2d2-f7da-481d-8a99-b7f11471e0af'
-config = '/home/neil/code/gosdn/controller/configs/development-gosdn.toml'
-csbi-orchestrator = 'localhost:55056'
+config = './gosdn/controller/configs/development-gosdn.toml'
 databaseconnection = 'mongodb://root:example@localhost:27017'
 defaultjwtduration = 24
 filesystempathtostores = 'stores'
@@ -16,6 +13,5 @@ plugin-registry = "localhost:55057"
 help = false
 log-level = 'debug'
 plugin-folder = 'plugins'
-pnduuid = 'bf8160d4-4659-4a1b-98fd-f409a04111ec'
 security = 'insecure'
 socket = ':55055'