diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 106b671b5..624245807 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ before_install:
   - export PATH="/home/travis/.evm/bin:$PATH"
   - evm config path /tmp
   - evm install $EVM_EMACS --use --skip
-  - cp init.test.el init.el
+  - mkdir -p ~/.doom.d
+  - cp init.test.el ~/.doom.d/init.el
   - INSECURE=1 YES=1 make install
 env:
   - EVM_EMACS=emacs-25.1-travis
diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index 200b8211a..7ebd2be18 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -1,33 +1,4 @@
-;;; init.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
-;;
-;; Author:  Henrik Lissner <henrik@lissner.net>
-;; URL:     https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs
-;;
-;;   =================     ===============     ===============   ========  ========
-;;   \\ . . . . . . .\\   //. . . . . . .\\   //. . . . . . .\\  \\. . .\\// . . //
-;;   ||. . ._____. . .|| ||. . ._____. . .|| ||. . ._____. . .|| || . . .\/ . . .||
-;;   || . .||   ||. . || || . .||   ||. . || || . .||   ||. . || ||. . . . . . . ||
-;;   ||. . ||   || . .|| ||. . ||   || . .|| ||. . ||   || . .|| || . | . . . . .||
-;;   || . .||   ||. _-|| ||-_ .||   ||. . || || . .||   ||. _-|| ||-_.|\ . . . . ||
-;;   ||. . ||   ||-'  || ||  `-||   || . .|| ||. . ||   ||-'  || ||  `|\_ . .|. .||
-;;   || . _||   ||    || ||    ||   ||_ . || || . _||   ||    || ||   |\ `-_/| . ||
-;;   ||_-' ||  .|/    || ||    \|.  || `-_|| ||_-' ||  .|/    || ||   | \  / |-_.||
-;;   ||    ||_-'      || ||      `-_||    || ||    ||_-'      || ||   | \  / |  `||
-;;   ||    `'         || ||         `'    || ||    `'         || ||   | \  / |   ||
-;;   ||            .===' `===.         .==='.`===.         .===' /==. |  \/  |   ||
-;;   ||         .=='   \_|-_ `===. .==='   _|_   `===. .===' _-|/   `==  \/  |   ||
-;;   ||      .=='    _-'    `-_  `='    _-'   `-_    `='  _-'   `-_  /|  \/  |   ||
-;;   ||   .=='    _-'          '-__\._-'         '-_./__-'         `' |. /|  |   ||
-;;   ||.=='    _-'                                                     `' |  /==.||
-;;   =='    _-'                                                            \/   `==
-;;   \   _-'                                                                `-_   /
-;;    `''                                                                      ``'
-;;
-;; These demons are not part of GNU Emacs.
-;;
-;;; License: MIT
-
-(require 'core (concat user-emacs-directory "core/core"))
+;;; init.example.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
 (doom! :feature
        (popup            ; tame sudden yet inevitable temporary windows
diff --git a/init.test.el b/init.test.el
index 6c125db70..83dfa6ac2 100644
--- a/init.test.el
+++ b/init.test.el
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 ;;; init.test.el -- for automated unit tests -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(setq doom-private-dir nil)
-(require 'core (concat user-emacs-directory "core/core"))
-
 (doom! :feature
        evil
        workspaces
-
        :completion
        company
-
        :ui
        doom-dashboard
-
        :tools
        password-store
-
        :lang
        org
        web)