diff --git a/spinnaker_graph_front_end/spiNNakerGraphFrontEnd.cfg b/spinnaker_graph_front_end/spiNNakerGraphFrontEnd.cfg
index a004b34f..af4de4b3 100644
--- a/spinnaker_graph_front_end/spiNNakerGraphFrontEnd.cfg
+++ b/spinnaker_graph_front_end/spiNNakerGraphFrontEnd.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-# DO NOT EDIT
-# See spinnakermanchester.github.io/common_pages/Algorithms.html
+# DO NOT EDIT!
+# The are the default values
+# Edit the cfg in your home directory to change your preferences
+# Add / Edit a cfg in the run directory for script specific changes
+
+# Would Add to values in SpiNNFrontEndCommon/spinn_front_end_common/interface/spinnaker.cfg
+# Which in turn adds to values in PACMAN/pacman/pacman.cfg,
+# SpiNNMan/spinnman/spinnman.cfg, SpiNNUtils/spinn_utilities/spinn_utilities.cfg
+# and SpiNNMachine/spinn_machine/spinn_machine.cfg
 
 # Copyright (c) 2015 The University of Manchester
 #
@@ -15,27 +22,3 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-[Mapping]
-# These algorithms should be run
-placer = ApplicationPlacer
-router = ApplicationRouter
-info_allocator = ZonedRoutingInfoAllocator
-compressor = PairOnChipRouterCompression
-
-[Buffers]
-# Host and port on which to receive buffer requests
-receive_buffer_port = None
-receive_buffer_host = 0.0.0.0
-
-# Buffered recording can be enabled below.  Note that spike source array
-# recording is always buffered.
-enable_buffered_recording = False
-
-# Advanced parameters to further control buffering
-buffer_size_before_receive = 16384
-time_between_requests = 50
-
-minimum_buffer_sdram = 1048576
-
-[Database]
-create_routing_info_to_atom_id_mapping = True
diff --git a/unittests/test_cfg_checker.py b/unittests/test_cfg_checker.py
index 98818ea2..a5dc95dc 100644
--- a/unittests/test_cfg_checker.py
+++ b/unittests/test_cfg_checker.py
@@ -30,8 +30,5 @@ def test_config_checks(self):
         gfe_examples = os.path.join(parent, "gfe_examples")
         gfe_integration_tests = os.path.join(parent, "gfe_integration_tests")
         gfe = spinnaker_graph_front_end.__path__[0]
-        repeaters = [
-            "placer", "router", "info_allocator", "compressor"]
         run_config_checks(
-            directories=[gfe_examples, gfe_integration_tests, gfe, unittests],
-            repeaters=repeaters)
+            directories=[gfe_examples, gfe_integration_tests, gfe, unittests])