diff --git a/examples/config.yml b/examples/config.yml
index c91c28c6..2f223137 100644
--- a/examples/config.yml
+++ b/examples/config.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 :verbose:      false
 :concurrency:  25
 :queues:
-  - [often, 2]
-  - [seldom, 1]
+  - often
+  - seldom
diff --git a/examples/por.rb b/examples/por.rb
index 29f8fa1e..f3b53803 100644
--- a/examples/por.rb
+++ b/examples/por.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ require 'sidekiq'
 
 # If your client is single-threaded, we just need a single connection in our Redis connection pool
 Sidekiq.configure_client do |config|
-  config.redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create(:namespace => 'x', :size => 1, :url => 'redis://redis.host:1234/14')
+  config.redis = { :namespace => 'x', :size => 1, :url => 'redis://redis.host:1234/14' }
 end
 
 # Sidekiq server is multi-threaded so our Redis connection pool size defaults to concurrency (-c)
 Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
-  config.redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create(:namespace => 'x', :url => 'redis://redis.host:1234/14')
+  config.redis = { :namespace => 'x', :url => 'redis://redis.host:1234/14' }
 end
 
 # Start up sidekiq via
diff --git a/examples/sinkiq.rb b/examples/sinkiq.rb
index 9f3578df..83d95df9 100644
--- a/examples/sinkiq.rb
+++ b/examples/sinkiq.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 # and then browse to http://localhost:4567
 #
 require 'sinatra'
-require 'sidekiq/worker'
-$redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create
+require 'sidekiq'
+require 'redis'
+
+$redis = Redis.connect
 
 class SinatraWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
diff --git a/test/config.yml b/test/config.yml
index 736e6fa5..74e57095 100644
--- a/test/config.yml
+++ b/test/config.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 :pidfile:      /tmp/sidekiq-config-test.pid
 :concurrency:  50
 :queues:
-  - [often, 2]
-  - [seldom, 1]
+  - often
+  - seldom