diff --git a/lib/default.php b/lib/default.php
index 431eb6d9e6..55ef65e81f 100644
--- a/lib/default.php
+++ b/lib/default.php
@@ -172,17 +172,6 @@ $default =
         array('enabled' => false, // whether to throttle edits; false by default
               'count' => 20, // number of allowed messages in timespan
               'timespan' => 600), // timespan for throttling
-        'xmpp' =>
-        array('enabled' => false,
-              'server' => 'INVALID SERVER',
-              'port' => 5222,
-              'user' => 'update',
-              'encryption' => true,
-              'resource' => 'uniquename',
-              'password' => 'blahblahblah',
-              'host' => null, # only set if != server
-              'debug' => false, # print extra debug info
-              'public' => array()), # JIDs of users who want to receive the public stream
         'invite' =>
         array('enabled' => true),
         'tag' =>
diff --git a/lib/statusnet.php b/lib/statusnet.php
index 56ac0cb1d3..432c5b8a20 100644
--- a/lib/statusnet.php
+++ b/lib/statusnet.php
@@ -379,33 +379,6 @@ class StatusNet
                                         $config_files);
         }
 
-        // Backwards compatibility
-        if (array_key_exists('memcached', $config)) {
-            if ($config['memcached']['enabled']) {
-                addPlugin('Memcache', array('servers' => $config['memcached']['server']));
-            }
-
-            if (!empty($config['memcached']['base'])) {
-                $config['cache']['base'] = $config['memcached']['base'];
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (array_key_exists('xmpp', $config)) {
-            if ($config['xmpp']['enabled']) {
-                addPlugin('xmpp', array(
-                    'server' => $config['xmpp']['server'],
-                    'port' => $config['xmpp']['port'],
-                    'user' => $config['xmpp']['user'],
-                    'resource' => $config['xmpp']['resource'],
-                    'encryption' => $config['xmpp']['encryption'],
-                    'password' => $config['xmpp']['password'],
-                    'host' => $config['xmpp']['host'],
-                    'debug' => $config['xmpp']['debug'],
-                    'public' => $config['xmpp']['public']
-                ));
-            }
-        }
-
         // Check for database server; must exist!
 
         if (empty($config['db']['database'])) {
diff --git a/plugins/Xmpp/XmppPlugin.php b/plugins/Xmpp/XmppPlugin.php
index 0c414998e0..17e8b8d50a 100644
--- a/plugins/Xmpp/XmppPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/Xmpp/XmppPlugin.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class XmppPlugin extends ImPlugin
     public $server = null;
     public $port = 5222;
     public $user =  'update';
-    public $resource = null;
+    public $resource = 'gnusocial';
     public $encryption = true;
     public $password = null;
     public $host = null;  // only set if != server