diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e04746e..b4d8ee8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
 rootfs/bin/minio
 rootfs/bin/boot
 vendor/
-genssl/server.cert
-genssl/server.csr
-genssl/server.key
-genssl/server.pem
-manifests/deis-minio-secretssl-final.yaml
-mc/mc
-server/minio
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6902cb9..7c7005f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ build:
 test:
 	${DEV_ENV_CMD} go test ${TEST_PACKAGES}
 
-docker-build: build build-server
-	# copy the server binary from where it was built to the final image's file system.
-	# note that the minio server is built as a dependency of this build target.
-	cp server/minio ${BINDIR}
+docker-build: build
 
 	# build the main image
 	docker build --rm -t ${IMAGE} rootfs
@@ -47,8 +44,4 @@ docker-build: build build-server
 
 deploy: build docker-build docker-push
 
-# build the minio server
-build-server:
-	docker run -e GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1 -e GOROOT=/usr/local/go --rm -v "${CURDIR}/server":/pwd -w /pwd golang:1.6 ./install.sh
-
 .PHONY: all bootstrap glideup build test docker-build deploy build-server
diff --git a/boot.go b/boot.go
index 0838230..ac9be08 100644
--- a/boot.go
+++ b/boot.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type Secret struct {
 	Host      string
 	KeyID     string
 	AccessKey string
+	Region    string
 }
 
 const configdir = "/home/minio/.minio/"
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ const templv2 = `{
 	"credentials": {
   {{range .}}
 		"accessKeyId": "{{.KeyID}}",
-		"secretAccessKey": "{{.AccessKey}}"
+		"secretAccessKey": "{{.AccessKey}}",
+		"region": "{{.Region}}"
   {{end}}
 	},
 	"mongoLogger": {
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ func main() {
 			Host:      pod.IP,
 			KeyID:     key,
 			AccessKey: access,
+			Region:    "us-east-1",
 		},
 	}
 	t := template.New("MinioTpl")
diff --git a/genssl/gen.sh b/genssl/gen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9bfa847..0000000
--- a/genssl/gen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# this script intended to be run inside a centurylink/openssl:0.0.1 Docker container.
-# it expects that its parent directory (minio/) is mounted to this container and also is its current working directory.
-
-# these commands are adapted from the very clear and extensive Heroku documents on creating a self-signed SSL certificate: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/ssl-certificate-self#generate-private-key-and-certificate-signing-request
-
-openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:x -out ./genssl/server.pass.key 2048
-openssl rsa -passin pass:x -in ./genssl/server.pass.key -out ./genssl/server.key
-rm ./genssl/server.pass.key
-# generate a cert signing request for wildcard domain *.internal-minio.
-# note that we don't currently run minio with ssl, but when we do, we'll require a DNS name like '$(SOMETHING).internal-minio' that points to the minio service.
-# also note that we are making this a wildcard cert so that we have the option of running multiple minio servers in the cluster
-openssl req -new -key ./genssl/server.key -subj "/C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=Engine Yard/CN=*.internal-minio/" -out ./genssl/server.csr
-# generate the cert
-openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in ./genssl/server.csr -signkey ./genssl/server.key -out ./genssl/server.cert
diff --git a/genssl/manifest_replace.go b/genssl/manifest_replace.go
deleted file mode 100755
index 555807c..0000000
--- a/genssl/manifest_replace.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/base64"
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"text/template"
-)
-
-const (
-	defaultAccessCertName = "./genssl/server.cert"
-	defaultAccessKeyName  = "./genssl/server.key"
-	defaultTplName        = "./manifests/deis-minio-secretssl-tpl.yaml"
-	defaultOutName        = "./manifests/deis-minio-secretssl-final.yaml"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	accessCertName := flag.String("cert", defaultAccessCertName, "the path to the SSL certificate file")
-	accessKeyName := flag.String("key", defaultAccessKeyName, "the path to the SSL key file")
-	tplName := flag.String("tpl", defaultTplName, "the path to the template name")
-	outName := flag.String("out", defaultOutName, "the path to the output file")
-
-	certBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(*accessCertName)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("ERROR: reading cert file (%s)\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	keyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(*accessKeyName)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("ERROR: reading key file (%s)\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	tpl, err := template.ParseFiles(*tplName)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("ERROR: parsing template (%s)\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	outFile, err := os.Create(*outName)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("ERROR: creating new out file (%s)\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	accessCertEncoded := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(certBytes)
-	accessKeyEncoded := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(keyBytes)
-
-	s := map[string]string{"AccessCert": accessCertEncoded, "AccessPem": accessKeyEncoded}
-
-	if err := tpl.Execute(outFile, s); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("ERROR: executing template (%s)\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/rootfs/Dockerfile b/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 616b6b7..db74f6f 100644
--- a/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ COPY . /
 RUN curl -f -SL https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/archive/mc.OFFICIAL.2015-09-05T23-43-46Z -o /usr/bin/mc \
 	&& chmod 755 /usr/bin/mc \
 	&& mkdir /home/minio/.minio \
-	&& chown minio:minio /home/minio/.minio
+	&& chown minio:minio /home/minio/.minio \
+	&& curl https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio.RELEASE.2016-04-17T22-09-24Z > /bin/minio \
+	&& chmod 755 /bin/minio
 
 USER minio
 
diff --git a/server/install.sh b/server/install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 24f8c42..0000000
--- a/server/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This script builds the minio server (https://github.com/minio/minio) inside a Docker container. It should be run inside a golang:1.5.2 container, with the following environment variables set.
-#
-# - GOROOT=/usr/local/go
-# - GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1
-#
-# It also expects the current directory (mc/) to be mounted at /pwd, and for /pwd to be the current working directory
-#
-# See the 'mc' build target in the Makefile (in the parent directory) for an example of how to use this script.
-
-apt-get update && apt-get install -yq yasm
-mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/minio
-cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/minio
-git clone -b master --single-branch https://github.com/minio/minio.git minio
-cd minio
-git reset --hard 356b889
-# HACK remove the "go vet" installation line
-sed -i.bak '63 d' Makefile
-make install
-cp $GOPATH/bin/minio /pwd/minio