diff --git a/cmd/manager/deployments.go b/cmd/manager/deployments.go
index e2702fb7a3031d848398f08d9eebc92da6fdd2c8..318faec77a4cdcfeda0040eea709b21ef5411b3c 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/deployments.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/deployments.go
@@ -83,15 +83,19 @@ func setupDependencies(c *router.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-const expanderPort = "8080"
-const deployerPort = "8080"
+const (
+	expanderName = "expander-service"
+	expanderPort = "8080"
+	expanderURL  = "http://localhost:8081"
+	deployerPort = "8080"
+)
 
 func newManager(c *router.Context) manager.Manager {
 	cfg := c.Config
 	service := repo.NewInmemRepoService()
 	cp := c.CredentialProvider
 	rp := repo.NewRepoProvider(service, repo.NewGCSRepoProvider(cp), cp)
-	expander := manager.NewExpander(util.GetServiceURL(cfg.ExpanderURL, cfg.ExpanderName, expanderPort), rp)
+	expander := manager.NewExpander(util.GetServiceURL(expanderURL, expanderName, expanderPort), rp)
 	deployer := manager.NewDeployer(util.GetServiceURL(cfg.DeployerURL, cfg.DeployerName, deployerPort))
 	address := strings.TrimPrefix(util.GetServiceURL(cfg.MongoAddress, cfg.MongoName, cfg.MongoPort), "http://")
 	repository := createRepository(address)
diff --git a/cmd/manager/main.go b/cmd/manager/main.go
index 7005b888c1fb284c5378d8cd9f271f9a5212eed8..d79c919964df2e5039326cdf895b7a3e81b9c7d9 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/main.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/main.go
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import (
 var (
 	port              = flag.Int("port", 8080, "The port to listen on")
 	maxLength         = flag.Int64("maxLength", 1024, "The maximum length (KB) of a template.")
-	expanderName      = flag.String("expander", "expandybird-service", "The DNS name of the expander service.")
-	expanderURL       = flag.String("expanderURL", "", "The URL for the expander service.")
 	deployerName      = flag.String("deployer", "resourcifier-service", "The DNS name of the deployer service.")
 	deployerURL       = flag.String("deployerURL", "", "The URL for the deployer service.")
 	credentialFile    = flag.String("credentialFile", "", "Local file to use for credentials.")
@@ -73,8 +71,6 @@ func parseFlags() *router.Config {
 	return &router.Config{
 		Address:           fmt.Sprintf(":%d", *port),
 		MaxTemplateLength: *maxLength,
-		ExpanderName:      *expanderName,
-		ExpanderURL:       *expanderURL,
 		DeployerName:      *deployerName,
 		DeployerURL:       *deployerURL,
 		CredentialFile:    *credentialFile,
diff --git a/cmd/manager/router/context.go b/cmd/manager/router/context.go
index e7c6408d6a862da2fba5141c594fbaafadf37071..9a4ebe49fdeeb6e95dcb7476a67b38dfc0897773 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/router/context.go
+++ b/cmd/manager/router/context.go
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	Address string
 	// MaxTemplateLength is the maximum length of a template.
 	MaxTemplateLength int64
-	// ExpanderName is the DNS name of the expansion service.
-	ExpanderName string
-	// ExpanderURL is the expander service's URL.
-	ExpanderURL string
 	// DeployerName is the deployer's DNS name
 	DeployerName string
 	// DeployerURL is the deployer's URL