diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Aluminum.config b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Aluminum.config
index 938961d8e..72421a640 100644
--- a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Aluminum.config
+++ b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Aluminum.config
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ elasticity              hooke
 plasticity              phenopowerlaw
 
 (output)                resistance_slip
-(output)                shearrate_slip
-(output)                resolvedstress_slip
-(output)                accumulated_shear_slip
+(output)                accumulatedshear_slip
 
 lattice_structure       fcc
 Nslip                   12                # per family
-Ntwin                    0                # per family
 
 c11                     106.75e9
 c12                     60.41e9
@@ -22,4 +19,3 @@ tausat_slip               63e6                # per family
 a_slip                  2.25
 h0_slipslip             75e6
 interaction_slipslip    1 1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
-atol_resistance         1
diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Gold.config b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Gold.config
index bb6f8fc83..c7fc670ac 100644
--- a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Gold.config
+++ b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Gold.config
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 # parameters fitted by D. Ma to:
 # I. Kovács, G. Vörös
 # On the mathematical description of the tensile stress-strain curves of polycrystalline face centered cubic metals
@@ -7,20 +5,13 @@
 # DOI: 10.1016/S0749-6419(95)00043-7
 
 [gold_phenopowerlaw]
-# slip only
 elasticity              hooke
 plasticity              phenopowerlaw
 
 (output)                resistance_slip
-(output)                shearrate_slip
-(output)                resolvedstress_slip
-(output)                resistance_twin
-(output)                shearrate_twin
-(output)                resolvedstress_twin
 
 lattice_structure       fcc
 Nslip                   12              # per family
-Ntwin                    0              # per family
 
 c11                     191.0e9
 c12                     162.0e9
@@ -31,9 +22,6 @@ n_slip                  83.3
 tau0_slip               26.25e6                # per family
 tausat_slip             53.00e6                # per family
 a_slip                  1.0
-gdot0_twin              0.001
-n_twin                  20
 h0_slipslip             75e6
 interaction_slipslip    1 1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
-atol_resistance         1
 
diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Magnesium.config b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Magnesium.config
index 7f14174cc..c633885f0 100644
--- a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Magnesium.config
+++ b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Magnesium.config
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ plasticity            phenopowerlaw
 elasticity            hooke
 
 (output)                resistance_slip
-(output)                shearrate_slip
-(output)                resolvedstress_slip
 (output)                resistance_twin
-(output)                shearrate_twin
-(output)                resolvedstress_twin
 
 lattice_structure       hex
 c/a                     1.62350                          # from Tromans 2011, Elastic Anisotropy of HCP Metal Crystals and Polycrystals
@@ -45,7 +41,6 @@ interaction_twinslip    1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1    1 1 1 1
 ####################################################
 # open for discussion
 ####################################################
-atol_resistance         1
 atol_shear              1e-6
 atol_twinfrac           1e-6
 n_twin                  20
diff --git a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_cpTi-alpha.config b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_cpTi-alpha.config
index 565cf02d9..93d45def7 100644
--- a/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_cpTi-alpha.config
+++ b/examples/ConfigFiles/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_cpTi-alpha.config
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
 plasticity	phenopowerlaw
 elasticity	hooke
 
-# (output)                resistance_slip
-# (output)                shearrate_slip
-# (output)                resolvedstress_slip
-# (output)                resistance_twin
-# (output)                shearrate_twin
-# (output)                resolvedstress_twin
-
 lattice_structure	hex
 covera_ratio	1.587
 
@@ -21,28 +14,10 @@ c44	 46.5e9
 # C. Zambaldi, "Orientation informed nanoindentation of a-titanium: Indentation pileup in hexagonal metals deforming by prismatic slip", J. Mater. Res., Vol. 27, No. 1, Jan 14, 2012
 gdot0_slip	0.001
 n_slip	20
-nslip	            3        3 0        6 0 0
-tau0_slip	  349.3e6    150e6 0 1107.9e6 0 0
-tausat_slip	  568.6e6 1502.2e6 0 3420.1e6 0 0
+nslip	            3        3 0        6
+tau0_slip	  349.3e6    150e6 0 1107.9e6
+tausat_slip	  568.6e6 1502.2e6 0 3420.1e6
 a_slip	2
-ntwin	0 0 0 0
-gdot0_twin	0.001 0 0 0
-n_twin	20
-tau0_twin	31e6 0 0 0 0
-s_pr	0
-twin_b	0
-twin_c	0
-twin_d	0
-twin_e	0
 h0_slipslip	15e6
-h0_twinslip	15e6
-h0_twintwin	15e6
-atol_resistance	1
-#atol_shear	1e-6
-#atol_twinfrac	1e-7
 
 interaction_slipslip	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-interaction_sliptwin	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-interaction_twinslip	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-interaction_twintwin	1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
-#nonschmid_coefficients	0