diff --git a/cheat/configuration.py b/cheat/configuration.py
index de4d104..939a96a 100644
--- a/cheat/configuration.py
+++ b/cheat/configuration.py
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ class Configuration:
         config_file_path_global = self._select([
             os.environ.get('CHEAT_GLOBAL_CONF_PATH'),
             appdirs.site_config_dir('cheat', 'cheat'),
-            '/etc/cheat',
         ])
         config_file_path_local = self._select([
             os.environ.get('CHEAT_LOCAL_CONF_PATH'),
             appdirs.user_config_dir('cheat', 'cheat'),
-            os.path.expanduser('~/.config/cheat/cheat'),
         ])
 
         # attempt to read the global config file
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ class Configuration:
             os.environ.get('CHEAT_USER_DIR'),
             os.environ.get('CHEAT_DEFAULT_DIR'),
             os.environ.get('DEFAULT_CHEAT_DIR'),
-            # TODO: XDG home?
             os.path.expanduser(
                 os.path.expandvars(os.path.join('~', '.cheat'))
                 ),
@@ -86,8 +83,6 @@ class Configuration:
             os.environ.get('CHEATPATH'),
             config.get('CHEAT_PATH'),
             appdirs.user_data_dir('cheat', 'cheat'),
-            appdirs.site_data_dir('cheat', 'cheat'),
-            '/usr/share/cheat',
         ])
 
     def _read_config_file(self, path):
diff --git a/config/cheat b/config/cheat.example.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from config/cheat
rename to config/cheat.example.conf
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a6188b..d4f83af 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from cheat.appdirs import user_config_dir, user_data_dir
+from cheat.appdirs import user_data_dir
 from distutils.core import setup
 import os
 
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ import os
 cheat_path = os.environ.get('CHEAT_PATH') or \
                 user_data_dir('cheat', 'cheat')
 
-# determine the path in which to install the config file
-config_path = os.environ.get('CHEAT_GLOBAL_CONF_PATH') or \
-                os.environ.get('CHEAT_LOCAL_CONF_PATH') or \
-                user_config_dir('cheat', 'cheat')
-
 # aggregate the systme-wide cheatsheets
 cheat_files = []
 for f in os.listdir('cheat/cheatsheets/'):
@@ -41,6 +36,5 @@ setup(
     ],
     data_files=[
         (cheat_path, cheat_files),
-        (config_path, ['config/cheat']),
     ],
 )