diff --git a/components/notifications-service2/cmd/notifications-service/commands/root.go b/components/notifications-service2/cmd/notifications-service/commands/root.go
index 4d03e0cd559..0b8a80e7171 100644
--- a/components/notifications-service2/cmd/notifications-service/commands/root.go
+++ b/components/notifications-service2/cmd/notifications-service/commands/root.go
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ func RootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	return r
 }
 
-// Execute adds all child commands to the root command sets flags appropriately.
-// This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
 func Execute() {
 	if err := RootCmd().Execute(); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
diff --git a/components/notifications-service2/habitat/config/config.toml b/components/notifications-service2/habitat/config/config.toml
index 6189f412047..17784f8fe84 100644
--- a/components/notifications-service2/habitat/config/config.toml
+++ b/components/notifications-service2/habitat/config/config.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ port = {{cfg.service.port}}
 external_fqdn = "{{cfg.service.external_fqdn}}"
 log_level = "{{cfg.log.level}}"
 
-## TODO: is this needed?
-# export CACHE_TIMEOUT_MS_EVENT_RULE="{{cfg.cache.event_rule_timeout_ms}}"
-# export EVENT_DEDUP_WINDOW_SECONDS="{{cfg.service.dedup_window_seconds}}"
-
 [postgres]
 database = "{{cfg.storage.database}}"
 schema_path = "{{pkg.path}}/schema"
diff --git a/components/notifications-service2/habitat/default.toml b/components/notifications-service2/habitat/default.toml
index ba154d609b7..7051bc7e6b8 100644
--- a/components/notifications-service2/habitat/default.toml
+++ b/components/notifications-service2/habitat/default.toml
@@ -4,17 +4,10 @@ accept = false
 [service]
 external_fqdn="http://localhost"
 host = "localhost"
-port = 4001
-
-# How long in seconds must pass before we consider
-# an inbound event with the same id and type as not a duplicate
-dedup_window_seconds = 300
+port = 10125
 
 [storage]
 database = "notifications_service"
 max_open_conns = 10
 max_idle_conns = 10
 
-
-[cache]
-event_rule_timeout_ms = 5000
diff --git a/components/notifications-service2/habitat/plan.sh b/components/notifications-service2/habitat/plan.sh
index 98c19fc4c8e..f49e4ad1e27 100644
--- a/components/notifications-service2/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/components/notifications-service2/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -29,21 +29,6 @@ pkg_binds=(
 pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
 pkg_lib_dirs=(lib)
 
-# The service files and directories
-# NOTE: this has nothing to do with habitat. It is used for
-#       determining when a build is stale in the studiorc
-pkg_srcs=(
-  server/lib
-  server/priv
-  server/rel
-  server/config.exs
-  server/Makefile
-  server/mix.exs
-  server/mix.lock
-
-  # TODO: VERSION should be in this list
-)
-
 pkg_scaffolding="${local_scaffolding_origin:-chef}/automate-scaffolding-go"
 scaffolding_go_base_path=github.com/chef
 scaffolding_go_repo_name=automate
@@ -55,10 +40,10 @@ scaffolding_go_binary_list=(
   "${scaffolding_go_import_path}/cmd/${pkg_name}"
 )
 
-## . scaffolding_go_import_path="${scaffolding_go_base_path}/${scaffolding_go_repo_name}/components/${pkg_name}"
-## . scaffolding_go_binary_list=(
-## .   "${scaffolding_go_import_path}/cmd/${pkg_name}"
-## . )
+##  scaffolding_go_import_path="${scaffolding_go_base_path}/${scaffolding_go_repo_name}/components/${pkg_name}"
+##  scaffolding_go_binary_list=(
+##    "${scaffolding_go_import_path}/cmd/${pkg_name}"
+##  )
 
 do_install() {
   do_default_install
@@ -72,4 +57,3 @@ do_strip() {
   return 0
 }
 
-
diff --git a/components/notifications-service2/pkg/config/service.go b/components/notifications-service2/pkg/config/service.go
index 549067f6e19..4c0f26c5517 100644
--- a/components/notifications-service2/pkg/config/service.go
+++ b/components/notifications-service2/pkg/config/service.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type Secrets struct {
 // certs), sets derived config and populates global state (e.g., log level,
 // etc.)
 func FromFile(path string) (*Notifications, error) {
-	n, err := marshalFromFile(path)
+	n, err := MarshalFromFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ func FromFile(path string) (*Notifications, error) {
 	if err := n.SetLogLevel(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if err := n.readCerts(); err != nil {
+	if err := n.ReadCerts(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return n, nil
 }
 
-func marshalFromFile(path string) (*Notifications, error) {
+func MarshalFromFile(path string) (*Notifications, error) {
 	viper.SetConfigFile(path)
 
 	err := viper.ReadInConfig()
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (n *Notifications) SetLogLevel() error {
 	return n.Service.SetLogLevel()
 }
 
-func (n *Notifications) readCerts() error {
+func (n *Notifications) ReadCerts() error {
 	certs, err := n.TLSConfig.ReadCerts()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/components/notifications-service2/pkg/config/service_test.go b/components/notifications-service2/pkg/config/service_test.go
index 9d74e06dd2b..fe29cb4675c 100644
--- a/components/notifications-service2/pkg/config/service_test.go
+++ b/components/notifications-service2/pkg/config/service_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestConfigMarshaling(t *testing.T) {
 	err = f.Close()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	unmarshaled, err := marshalFromFile(f.Name())
+	unmarshaled, err := MarshalFromFile(f.Name())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, original, unmarshaled)
 }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestConfigReadCerts(t *testing.T) {
 			RootCACertPath: "/src/dev/certs/Chef_Automate_FAKE_Dev.crt",
 		},
 	}
-	err := nValid.readCerts()
+	err := nValid.ReadCerts()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 }