diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/Deployment.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/Deployment.java
index cb06e25fd..7186eef39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/Deployment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/Deployment.java
@@ -442,31 +442,16 @@ public byte[] generateBuildConfig() throws IOException {
         }
         return customBuildConfig != null
             ? customBuildConfig.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
-            : getProjectBuildConfig();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * If a project build config exists, return this as a byte array, or null if not available.
-     */
-    private byte[] getProjectBuildConfig() {
-        Project project = parentProject();
-        return project.buildConfig != null
-            ? writeToBytes(project.buildConfig)
             : null;
     }
 
     public String generateBuildConfigAsString() {
-        if (customBuildConfig != null) return customBuildConfig;
-        return writeToString(this.parentProject().buildConfig);
-    }
-
-    /** Convenience method to write serializable object (primarily for router/build config objects) to byte array. */
-    private <O extends Serializable> byte[] writeToBytes(O object) {
         try {
-            return otpConfigMapper.writer().writeValueAsBytes(object);
-        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-            LOG.error("Value contains malformed JSON", e);
-            return null;
+            return new String(generateBuildConfig(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            // TODO: Correctly generate default build config
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOG.error("Failed to generate build config: ", e);
+            return "";
         }
     }
 
@@ -487,37 +472,17 @@ public byte[] generateRouterConfig() throws IOException {
             customRouterConfig = downloadedConfig;
         }
 
-        byte[] customRouterConfigString = customRouterConfig != null
+        return customRouterConfig != null
             ? customRouterConfig.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
             : null;
-
-        byte[] routerConfigString = parentProject().routerConfig != null
-            ? writeToBytes(parentProject().routerConfig)
-            : null;
-
-        // If both router configs are present, merge the JSON before returning
-        // Merger code from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35747813/how-to-merge-two-json-strings-into-one-in-java
-        if (customRouterConfigString != null && routerConfigString != null) {
-            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            Map<String, Object> map1 = mapper.readValue(customRouterConfigString, Map.class);
-            Map<String, Object> map2 = mapper.readValue(routerConfigString, Map.class);
-            Map<String, Object> merged = new HashMap<String, Object>(map2);
-            merged.putAll(map1);
-            return mapper.writeValueAsString(merged).getBytes();
-        }
-
-        return customRouterConfigString != null
-            ? customRouterConfigString
-            : routerConfigString != null
-                ? routerConfigString
-                : null;
     }
 
     /** Generate router config for deployment as byte array (for writing to file output stream). */
     public String generateRouterConfigAsString() {
             try {
                 return new String(generateRouterConfig(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+                // TODO: Correctly generate default router config
+            } catch (Exception e) {
                 LOG.error("Failed to generate router config: ", e);
                 return "";
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/OtpBuildConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/OtpBuildConfig.java
index 760a0a11f..d0f385ef4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/OtpBuildConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/OtpBuildConfig.java
@@ -6,28 +6,11 @@
 
 /**
  * Created by demory on 3/8/15.
+ *
+ * TODO: Figure out how to remove this class without causing problems in the DB migration
  */
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class OtpBuildConfig implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-    public Boolean fetchElevationUS;
-    // FIXME: elevation bucket causing NPE issue if missing values when deploying to OTP
-    // public S3Bucket elevationBucket;
-
-    public Boolean stationTransfers;
-
-    public Double subwayAccessTime;
-
-    /** Currently only supports no-configuration fares, e.g. New York or San Francisco */
-    public String fares;
-
-    public OtpBuildConfig() {}
-
-    public static class S3Bucket implements Serializable {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-        public String accessKey;
-        public String secretKey;
-        public String bucketName;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/OtpRouterConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/OtpRouterConfig.java
index 09771fb76..da2d1961d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/OtpRouterConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/OtpRouterConfig.java
@@ -7,35 +7,11 @@
 
 /**
  * Created by demory on 3/8/15.
+ *
+ * TODO: Figure out how to remove this class without causing problems in the DB migration
  */
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class OtpRouterConfig implements Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-    public Double driveDistanceReluctance;
 
-    public Double stairsReluctance;
-
-    public Collection<Updater> updaters;
-
-    public ItineraryFilter itineraryFilters;
-
-    public static class ItineraryFilter implements Serializable {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-        public String nonTransitGeneralizedCostLimit;
-    }
-
-    public static class Updater implements Serializable {
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-        public String type;
-
-        public Integer frequencySec;
-
-        public String sourceType;
-
-        public String url;
-
-        public String feedId;
-    }
-    
-    public String requestLogFile;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/Project.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/Project.java
index eccb7d33a..073405297 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/datatools/manager/models/Project.java
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ public class Project extends Model {
 
     public boolean useCustomOsmBounds;
 
-    public OtpBuildConfig buildConfig;
-
-    public OtpRouterConfig routerConfig;
-
     public String organizationId;
 
     /** Last successful auto deploy. **/
@@ -111,8 +107,6 @@ public List<OtpServer> availableOtpServers() {
 
 
     public Project() {
-        this.buildConfig = new OtpBuildConfig();
-        this.routerConfig = new OtpRouterConfig();
         this.useCustomOsmBounds = false;
     }