diff --git a/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh b/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 882a22153d2b..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-xml is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-accumulo ingest -u user -p password -i inst -z zoo -c catalog -s example-avro -C example-avro-no-header example_no_header.avro
-
-bin/geomesa-accumulo ingest -u user -p password -i inst -z zoo -c catalog -s example-avro -C example-avro-header example_with_header.avro
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh b/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 5189c6063a94..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-csv is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-accumulo ingest -u user -p password -i inst -z zoo -c catalog -s example-csv -C example-csv example.csv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh b/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ce8bc7e52b2c..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-bin/geomesa-accumulo ingest -u user -p pass -i inst -z zoo -c catalog -s example-json -C example-json example.json
-
-# this uses a file to define the converter
-bin/geomesa-accumulo ingest -u user -p pass -i inst -z zoo -c catalog2 -s example-json -C example_multi_line.conf example_multi_line.json
-
diff --git a/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh b/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 46e9da93ac23..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-accumulo/geomesa-accumulo-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-xml is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-accumulo ingest -u user -p password -i inst -z zoo -c catalog -s example-xml -C example-xml example.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/geomesa-archetypes/geomesa-archetypes-binary-dist/assembly.xml b/geomesa-archetypes/geomesa-archetypes-binary-dist/assembly.xml
index 26370177f8bb..3c4f249887d4 100644
--- a/geomesa-archetypes/geomesa-archetypes-binary-dist/assembly.xml
+++ b/geomesa-archetypes/geomesa-archetypes-binary-dist/assembly.xml
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@
       <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
       <filtered>true</filtered>
     </fileSet>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>../geomesa-${tools.module}-tools/examples</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>examples</outputDirectory>
-      <directoryMode>755</directoryMode>
-      <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
-      <filtered>false</filtered>
-    </fileSet>
 
     <!-- common tools filesets -->
     <fileSet>
@@ -138,6 +131,16 @@
       <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
       <filtered>false</filtered>
     </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>../../geomesa-tools/examples</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>conf/sfts/examples</outputDirectory>
+      <directoryMode>755</directoryMode>
+      <fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+      <filtered>false</filtered>
+      <includes>
+        <include>**/application.conf</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
     <fileSet>
       <directory>./</directory>
       <outputDirectory>logs</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh b/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 66dad0691a4c..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-xml is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-gt ingest --param dbtype=postgis --param host=localhost --param port=5432 --param schema=public --param database=database --param user=postgres --param passwd=postgres -s example-avro -C example-avro-no-header example_no_header.avro
-
-bin/geomesa-gt ingest --param dbtype=postgis --param host=localhost --param port=5432 --param schema=public --param database=database --param user=postgres --param passwd=postgres -s example-avro -C example-avro-header example_with_header.avro
-
diff --git a/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh b/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 39749c54c4ef..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-csv is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-gt ingest --param dbtype=postgis --param host=localhost --param port=5432 --param schema=public --param database=database --param user=postgres --param passwd=postgres -s example-csv -C example-csv example.csv
diff --git a/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh b/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 23cd6337979a..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-bin/geomesa-gt ingest --param dbtype=postgis --param host=localhost --param port=5432 --param schema=public --param database=database --param user=postgres --param passwd=postgres -s example-json -C example-json example.json
-
-# this uses a file to define the converter
-bin/geomesa-gt ingest --param dbtype=postgis --param host=localhost --param port=5432 --param schema=public --param database=database --param user=postgres --param passwd=postgres -s example-json -C example_multi_line.conf example_multi_line.json
-
diff --git a/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh b/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1368370b9379..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-gt/geomesa-gt-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-xml is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-gt ingest --param dbtype=postgis --param host=localhost --param port=5432 --param schema=public --param database=database --param user=postgres --param passwd=postgres -s example-xml -C example-xml example.xml
diff --git a/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh b/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b3f629316df..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/avro/ingest_avro.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-xml is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-hbase ingest -c catalog -s example-avro -C example-avro-no-header example_no_header.avro
-
-bin/geomesa-hbase ingest -c catalog -s example-avro -C example-avro-header example_with_header.avro
diff --git a/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh b/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 577f320217d6..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/csv/ingest_csv.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-csv is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-hbase ingest -c catalog -s example-csv -C example-csv example.csv
diff --git a/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh b/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b006aa430595..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/json/ingest_json.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-bin/geomesa-hbase ingest -c catalog -s example-json -C example-json example.json
-
-# this uses a file to define the converter
-bin/geomesa-hbase ingest -c catalog2 -s example-json -C example_multi_line.conf example_multi_line.json
-
diff --git a/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh b/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 48d82091bc15..000000000000
--- a/geomesa-hbase/geomesa-hbase-tools/examples/ingest/xml/ingest_xml.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# type and converter example-xml is registered in $GEOMESA_HOME/conf/application.conf
-bin/geomesa-hbase ingest -c catalog -s example-xml -C example-xml example.xml
diff --git a/geomesa-tools/conf/application.conf b/geomesa-tools/conf/application.conf
index 94d6f1d08cf3..e0606ee6dee7 100644
--- a/geomesa-tools/conf/application.conf
+++ b/geomesa-tools/conf/application.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include file("../examples/avro/application.conf")
-include file("../examples/csv/application.conf")
-include file("../examples/json/application.conf")
-include file("../examples/xml/application.conf")
+include "sfts/examples/avro/application.conf"
+include "sfts/examples/csv/application.conf"
+include "sfts/examples/json/application.conf"
+include "sfts/examples/xml/application.conf"