diff --git a/flytectl/pkg/configutil/configutil.go b/flytectl/pkg/configutil/configutil.go
index df2f099da5..c018052d91 100644
--- a/flytectl/pkg/configutil/configutil.go
+++ b/flytectl/pkg/configutil/configutil.go
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@ const (
 console:
   endpoint: {{.Console}}
 {{- end}}
-{{- if .DataConfig}}
-# This is not a needed configuration, only useful if you want to explore the data in sandbox. For non sandbox, please
-# do not use this configuration, instead prefer to use aws, gcs, azure sessions. Flytekit, should use fsspec to
-# auto select the right backend to pull data as long as the sessions are configured. For Sandbox, this is special, as
-# minio is s3 compatible and we ship with minio in sandbox.
-storage:
-  connection:
-    endpoint: {{.DataConfig.Endpoint}}
-    access-key: {{.DataConfig.AccessKey}}
-    secret-key: {{.DataConfig.SecretKey}}
-{{- end}}
 `
 )
 
diff --git a/flytectl/pkg/configutil/configutil_test.go b/flytectl/pkg/configutil/configutil_test.go
index ccdf5035ef..d5094fa914 100644
--- a/flytectl/pkg/configutil/configutil_test.go
+++ b/flytectl/pkg/configutil/configutil_test.go
@@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ console:
   # For GRPC endpoints you might want to use dns:///flyte.myexample.com
   endpoint: dns:///admin.example.com
   insecure: true
-# This is not a needed configuration, only useful if you want to explore the data in sandbox. For non sandbox, please
-# do not use this configuration, instead prefer to use aws, gcs, azure sessions. Flytekit, should use fsspec to
-# auto select the right backend to pull data as long as the sessions are configured. For Sandbox, this is special, as
-# minio is s3 compatible and we ship with minio in sandbox.
-storage:
-  connection:
-    endpoint: http://localhost:9000
-    access-key: my-access-key
-    secret-key: my-secret-key
 `
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, string(configBytes))
 
diff --git a/flytectl/pkg/sandbox/start.go b/flytectl/pkg/sandbox/start.go
index 8689aca6f2..6681baf5e1 100644
--- a/flytectl/pkg/sandbox/start.go
+++ b/flytectl/pkg/sandbox/start.go
@@ -175,13 +175,8 @@ func startSandbox(ctx context.Context, cli docker.Docker, g github.GHRepoService
 	}
 
 	templateValues := configutil.ConfigTemplateSpec{
-		Host:     "localhost:30080",
+		Host:     "dns:///localhost:30080",
 		Insecure: true,
-		DataConfig: &configutil.DataConfig{
-			Endpoint:  "http://localhost:30002",
-			AccessKey: "minio",
-			SecretKey: "miniostorage",
-		},
 	}
 	if err := configutil.SetupConfig(configutil.FlytectlConfig, configutil.GetTemplate(), templateValues); err != nil {
 		return nil, err