diff --git a/charts/kafka.md b/charts/kafka.md
index 1095486..80807fe 100644
--- a/charts/kafka.md
+++ b/charts/kafka.md
@@ -3,35 +3,19 @@
 The *kafka* helm chart is not maintained by CORD, but it is available online
 at: <https://github.com/kubernetes/charts/tree/master/incubator/kafka>
 
-To install kafka using the *cord-kafka* name, create a YAML values file to
-configure Kafka (for developers, this is in *helm-charts/example/kafka-single.yaml*):
-
-```yaml
----
-# Deploy a single replica of Kafka during development
-
-# configuration ref: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#configuration
-configurationOverrides:
-  "offsets.topic.replication.factor": 1
-  "log.retention.hours": 4
-  "log.message.timestamp.type": "LogAppendTime"
-
-replicas: 1
-
-persistence:
-  enabled: false
-
-zookeeper:
-  replicaCount: 1
-  persistence:
-    enabled: false
-```
-
-Then run the following commands to start Kafka:
+To install Kafka using the `cord-kafka` name run the following commands:
 
 ```shell
 helm repo add incubator http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-charts-incubator
-helm install -f kafka-single.yaml --version 0.8.8 -n cord-kafka incubator/kafka
+helm install --version 0.8.8 \
+             --set configurationOverrides."offsets.topic.replication.factor"=1 \
+             --set configurationOverrides."log.retention.hours"=4 \
+             --set configurationOverrides."log.message.timestamp.type"="LogAppendTime" \
+             --set replicas=1 \
+             --set persistence.enabled=false \
+             --set zookeeper.replicaCount=1 \
+             --set zookeeper.persistence.enabled=false \
+             -n cord-kafka incubator/kafka
 ```
 
 > NOTE: Historically there were two kafka busses deployed (another one named
diff --git a/charts/logging-monitoring.md b/charts/logging-monitoring.md
index ad30bb3..81845c1 100644
--- a/charts/logging-monitoring.md
+++ b/charts/logging-monitoring.md
@@ -33,45 +33,21 @@
 charts to provide a persistent ElasticSearch database.  You must install those
 first before running the `logging` chart.
 
-In development scenarios where persistence isn't required, it can be disabled
-by using the following values file (if developing, this is located in
-`helm-charts/examples/logging-single.yaml`):
-
-```yaml
----
-# For development and testing logging, don't persist data and
-# run a minimum number of instances of elasticsearch components
-
-elasticsearch:
-
-  cluster:
-    env:
-      MINIMUM_MASTER_NODES: "1"
-
-  client:
-    replicas: 1
-
-  master:
-    replicas: 2
-    persistence:
-      enabled: false
-
-  data:
-    replicas: 1
-    persistence:
-      enabled: false
-```
-
-Then either install the logging chart with persistent storage:
-
 ```shell
 helm install -n logging cord/logging
 ```
 
-Or without:
+In development or testing scenarios where persistence isn't required, this
+command will load the logging chart without persistence:
 
 ```shell
-helm install -f logging-single.yaml -n logging cord/logging
+helm install --set elasticsearch.cluster.env.MINIMUM_MASTER_NODES="1" \
+             --set elasticsearch.client.replicas=1 \
+             --set elasticsearch.master.replicas=2 \
+             --set elasticsearch.master.persistence.enabled=false \
+             --set elasticsearch.data.replicas=1 \
+             --set elasticsearch.data.persistence.enabled=false \
+             -n logging cord/logging
 ```
 
 ### Logging Dashboard