diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4d88752da2..f32f4fff30 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -112,25 +112,11 @@ docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml -p danswer-stack up -d index relational
 (index refers to Vespa and relational_db refers to Postgres)
 
 #### Running Danswer
-
-Setup a folder to store config. Navigate to `danswer/backend` and run:
-```bash
-mkdir dynamic_config_storage
-```
-
 To start the frontend, navigate to `danswer/web` and run:
 ```bash
 npm run dev
 ```
 
-Package the Vespa schema. This will only need to be done when the Vespa schema is updated locally.
-
-Navigate to `danswer/backend/danswer/document_index/vespa/app_config` and run:
-```bash
-zip -r ../vespa-app.zip .
-```
-- Note: If you don't have the `zip` utility, you will need to install it prior to running the above
-
 The first time running Danswer, you will also need to run the DB migrations for Postgres.
 After the first time, this is no longer required unless the DB models change.
 
@@ -149,17 +135,12 @@ python ./scripts/dev_run_background_jobs.py
 
 To run the backend API server, navigate back to `danswer/backend` and run:
 ```bash
-AUTH_TYPE=disabled \
-DYNAMIC_CONFIG_DIR_PATH=./dynamic_config_storage \
-VESPA_DEPLOYMENT_ZIP=./danswer/document_index/vespa/vespa-app.zip \
-uvicorn danswer.main:app --reload --port 8080
+AUTH_TYPE=disabled uvicorn danswer.main:app --reload --port 8080
 ```
 _For Windows (for compatibility with both PowerShell and Command Prompt):_
 ```bash
 powershell -Command "
     $env:AUTH_TYPE='disabled'
-    $env:DYNAMIC_CONFIG_DIR_PATH='./dynamic_config_storage'
-    $env:VESPA_DEPLOYMENT_ZIP='./danswer/document_index/vespa/vespa-app.zip'
     uvicorn danswer.main:app --reload --port 8080 
 "
 ```
@@ -178,20 +159,16 @@ pre-commit install
 
 Additionally, we use `mypy` for static type checking.
 Danswer is fully type-annotated, and we would like to keep it that way! 
-Right now, there is no automated type checking at the moment (coming soon), but we ask you to manually run it before
-creating a pull requests with `python -m mypy .` from the `danswer/backend` directory.
+To run the mypy checks manually, run `python -m mypy .` from the `danswer/backend` directory.
 
 
 #### Web
 We use `prettier` for formatting. The desired version (2.8.8) will be installed via a `npm i` from the `danswer/web` directory. 
 To run the formatter, use `npx prettier --write .` from the `danswer/web` directory.
-Like `mypy`, we have no automated formatting yet (coming soon), but we request that, for now,
-you run this manually before creating a pull request.
+Please double check that prettier passes before creating a pull request.
 
 
 ### Release Process
 Danswer follows the semver versioning standard.
 A set of Docker containers will be pushed automatically to DockerHub with every tag.
 You can see the containers [here](https://hub.docker.com/search?q=danswer%2F).
-
-As pre-1.0 software, even patch releases may contain breaking or non-backwards-compatible changes.