diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 635c7efa5566aad93a9a36f5b7aee6fad1978161..46411dbe6687195d037bc4343bfeb7c786038ac7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Once the server has started, it will begin syncing up with the network. At that
 
 ## Configuration
 
-See commented template config at [server_config.toml](server_config.toml). This will be written as part of the `eris chains make` [process](https://monax.io/docs/documentation/cli/latest/eris_chains_make/) and can be edited prior to the `eris chains start` [process](https://monax.io/docs/documentation/cli/latest/eris_chains_start/).
+A commented template config will be written as part of the `eris chains make` [process](https://monax.io/docs/documentation/cli/latest/eris_chains_make/) and can be edited prior to the `eris chains start` [process](https://monax.io/docs/documentation/cli/latest/eris_chains_start/).
 
 ## Contribute
 
diff --git a/server_config.toml b/server_config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 80e88a933e6a90972156beb0ec3738b0be191416..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/server_config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,241 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015, 2016 Eris Industries (UK) Ltd.
-# This file is part of Eris-RT
-#
-# Eris-RT is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Eris-RT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Eris-RT.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-# This is a TOML configuration for Eris-DB chains
-
-[chain]
-
-# ChainId is a human-readable name to identify the chain.
-# This must correspond to the chain_id defined in the genesis file
-# and the assertion here provides a safe-guard on misconfiguring chains.
-assert_chain_id = "MyChainId"
-# semantic major and minor version
-major_version = 0
-minor_version = 12
-# genesis file, relative path is to eris-db working directory
-genesis_file = "genesis.json"
-
-
-###############################################################################
-##
-##  consensus
-##
-###############################################################################
-
-  [chain.consensus]
-  # consensus defines the module to use for consensus and
-  # this will define the peer-to-peer consensus network;
-  # accepted values are "noops", "tmsp", "tendermint"
-  name = "tendermint"
-  # version is the major and minor semantic version;
-  # the version will be asserted on
-  major_version = 0
-  minor_version = 6
-  # relative path to consensus' module root folder
-  relative_root = "tendermint"
-
-###############################################################################
-##
-##  application manager
-##
-###############################################################################
-
-  [chain.manager]
-  # application manager name defines the module to use for handling
-  # the transactions.  Supported names are `erismint`
-  name = "erismint"
-  # version is the major and minor semantic version;
-  # the version will be asserted on
-  major_version = 0
-  minor_version = 12
-  # relative path to application manager root folder
-  relative_root = "erismint"
-
-################################################################################
-################################################################################
-##
-## Server configurations
-##
-################################################################################
-################################################################################
-
-[servers]
-
-  [servers.bind]
-  address = ""
-  port = 1337
-
-  [servers.tls]
-  tls = false
-  cert_path = ""
-  key_path = ""
-
-  [servers.cors]
-  enable = false
-  allow_origins = []
-  allow_credentials = false
-  allow_methods = []
-  allow_headers = []
-  expose_headers = []
-  max_age = 0
-
-  [servers.http]
-  json_rpc_endpoint = "/rpc"
-
-  [servers.websocket]
-  endpoint = "/socketrpc"
-  max_sessions = 50
-  read_buffer_size = 4096
-  write_buffer_size = 4096
-
-  [servers.tendermint]
-  # Multiple listeners can be separated with a comma
-  rpc_local_address = "0.0.0.0:46657"
-  endpoint = "/websocket"
-
-  [servers.logging]
-  console_log_level = "info"
-  file_log_level = "warn"
-  log_file = ""
-
-################################################################################
-################################################################################
-##
-## Module configurations - dynamically loaded based on chain configuration
-##
-################################################################################
-################################################################################
-
-
-################################################################################
-##
-## Tendermint Socket Protocol (TMSP)
-## version 0.6.0
-##
-## TMSP expects a tendermint consensus process to run and connect to Eris-DB
-##
-################################################################################
-
-[tmsp]
-# listener address for accepting tendermint socket protocol connections
-listener = "tcp://0.0.0.0:46658"
-
-################################################################################
-##
-## Tendermint
-## version 0.6.0
-##
-## in-process execution of Tendermint consensus engine
-##
-################################################################################
-
-[tendermint]
-# private validator file is used by tendermint to keep the status
-# of the private validator, but also (currently) holds the private key
-# for the private vaildator to sign with.  This private key needs to be moved
-# out and directly managed by eris-keys
-# This file needs to be in the root directory
-private_validator_file = "priv_validator.json"
-
-  # Tendermint requires additional configuration parameters.
-  # Eris-DB's tendermint consensus module will load [tendermint.configuration]
-  # as the configuration for Tendermint.
-  # Eris-DB will respect the configurations set in this file where applicable,
-  # but reserves the option to override or block conflicting settings.
-  [tendermint.configuration]
-  # moniker is the name of the node on the tendermint p2p network
-  moniker = "anonymous_marmot"
-  # seeds lists the peers tendermint can connect to join the network
-  seeds = ""
-  # fast_sync allows a tendermint node to catch up faster when joining
-  # the network.
-  # NOTE: Tendermint has reported potential issues with fast_sync enabled.
-  # The recommended setting is for keeping it disabled.
-  fast_sync = false
-  # database backend to use for Tendermint. Supported `leveldb` and `memdb`.
-  db_backend = "leveldb"
-  # logging level. Suppored `debug`, `notice`, `info` [ben: incomplete, see Tendermint]
-  log_level = "info"
-  # node local address
-  node_laddr = "0.0.0.0:46656"
-  # rpc local address
-  # NOTE: value is ignored when run in-process as RPC is
-  # handled by [servers.tendermint]
-  rpc_laddr = ""
-  # proxy application address - used for tmsp connections,
-  # and this port should not be exposed for in-process Tendermint
-  proxy_app = "tcp://127.0.0.1:46658"
-
-  # Extended Tendermint configuration settings
-  # for reference to Tendermint see https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/config/tendermint/config.go
-
-  # genesis_file = "./data/tendermint/genesis.json"
-  # skip_upnp = false
-  # addrbook_file = "./data/tendermint/addrbook.json"
-  # priv_validator_file = "./data/tendermint/priv_validator.json"
-  # db_dir = "./data/tendermint/data"
-  # prof_laddr = ""
-  # revision_file = "./data/tendermint/revision"
-  # cswal = "./data/tendermint/data/cswal"
-  # cswal_light = false
-
-  # block_size = 10000
-  # disable_data_hash = false
-  # timeout_propose = 3000
-  # timeout_propose_delta = 500
-  # timeout_prevote = 1000
-  # timeout_prevote_delta = 500
-  # timeout_precommit = 1000
-  # timeout_precommit_delta = 500
-  # timeout_commit = 1000
-  # mempool_recheck = true
-  # mempool_recheck_empty = true
-  # mempool_broadcast = true
-
-		[tendermint.configuration.p2p]
-		# Switch config keys
-		dial_timeout_seconds = 3
-		handshake_timeout_seconds = 20
-		max_num_peers = 20
-		authenticated_encryption = true
-
-		# MConnection config keys
-		send_rate = 512000
-		recv_rate = 512000
-
-		# Fuzz params
-		fuzz_enable = false # use the fuzz wrapped conn
-		fuzz_active = false # toggle fuzzing
-		fuzz_mode = "drop"  # eg. drop, delay
-		fuzz_max_delay_milliseconds = 3000
-		fuzz_prob_drop_rw = 0.2
-		fuzz_prob_drop_conn = 0.00
-		fuzz_prob_sleep = 0.00
-
-################################################################################
-##
-## Eris-Mint
-## version 0.12.0
-##
-## The original Ethereum virtual machine with IAVL merkle trees
-## and tendermint/go-wire encoding
-##
-################################################################################
-
-[erismint]
-# Database backend to use for ErisMint state database.
-# Supported `leveldb` and `memdb`.
-db_backend = "leveldb"
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 5ecee7c6fc52600b390090c1cdc3c42d5b89423c..d285dbecac9f2028de9896410cebf1caf07d721d 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ func (version *VersionIdentifier) MatchesMinorVersion(
 
 // IMPORTANT: Eris-DB version must be on the last line of this file for
 // the deployment script tests/build_tool.sh to pick up the right label.
-const VERSION = "0.12.0-RC3"
+const VERSION = "0.12.0-rc3"