diff --git a/Shorewall2/changelog.txt b/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
index 433d44f4e..84c11ccec 100644
--- a/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
+++ b/Shorewall2/changelog.txt
@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ Changes since 2.0.3
        firewall
 
 10) Port "shorewall status" changes from 2.0.7.
+
+11) All config files are now empty.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Shorewall2/firewall b/Shorewall2/firewall
index 8e162be9b..10d1e5b55 100755
--- a/Shorewall2/firewall
+++ b/Shorewall2/firewall
@@ -2823,7 +2823,7 @@ find_logactionchain() # $1 = Action Name, $2 = Log Level
 }
 
 #
-# Read /etc/shorewall/actions and for each defined <action>, pre-process 
+# Read /etc/shorewall/actions and /usr/share/shorewall/actions.std and for each defined <action>, pre-process 
 # /etc/shorewall/action.<action>
 #
 
@@ -2941,7 +2941,6 @@ process_actions2() {
 	fi
 
 	process_action $xaction $xtarget $xclients $xservers $xprotocol $xports $xcports $xratelimit $xuserspec
-
     }
 
     log_action() {
diff --git a/Shorewall2/policy b/Shorewall2/policy
index e32083116..d3c862b38 100644
--- a/Shorewall2/policy
+++ b/Shorewall2/policy
@@ -76,10 +76,4 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #SOURCE		DEST		POLICY		LOG		LIMIT:BURST
 #						LEVEL
-loc		net		ACCEPT
-net		all		DROP		info
-#
-# THE FOLLOWING POLICY MUST BE LAST
-#	
-all		all		REJECT		info 
 #LAST LINE -- DO NOT REMOVE
diff --git a/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt b/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt
index c7d877ad4..c5049f59e 100755
--- a/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt
+++ b/Shorewall2/releasenotes.txt
@@ -64,4 +64,10 @@ New Features:
     you to override the setting of ADD_IP_ALIASES=Yes by following the
     interface name with ":" but no digit.
 
+4)  All configuration files in the Shorewall distribution are now
+    empty. In particular, the /etc/shorewall/zones,
+    /etc/shorewall/policy and /etc/shorewall/tos files now have no
+    active entries. Hopefully this will stop the questions on the
+    support and development lists regarding why the default entries
+    are the way they are.
 
diff --git a/Shorewall2/tos b/Shorewall2/tos
index c77651475..ff3864449 100755
--- a/Shorewall2/tos
+++ b/Shorewall2/tos
@@ -43,10 +43,4 @@
 #
 ##############################################################################
 #SOURCE DEST		PROTOCOL	SOURCE PORTS	DEST PORTS	TOS
-all	all		tcp		-		ssh		16
-all	all		tcp		ssh		-		16
-all	all		tcp		-		ftp		16
-all	all		tcp		ftp		-		16
-all	all		tcp		ftp-data	-		8
-all	all		tcp		-		ftp-data	8
 #LAST LINE -- Add your entries above -- DO NOT REMOVE
diff --git a/Shorewall2/zones b/Shorewall2/zones
index 18829019f..6dd73259c 100644
--- a/Shorewall2/zones
+++ b/Shorewall2/zones
@@ -13,7 +13,4 @@
 # See http://www.shorewall.net/Documentation.htm#Nested
 #
 #ZONE	DISPLAY		COMMENTS
-net	Net		Internet
-loc	Local		Local networks
-dmz	DMZ		Demilitarized zone
 #LAST LINE - ADD YOUR ENTRIES ABOVE THIS ONE - DO NOT REMOVE