diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9a29e32b8..37aadfc2d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ script:
   # Update blt symlink prior to deploy.
   - composer config repositories.blt.url '"../../blt"'
   - rm composer.lock
+  # Define BLT's deployment endpoints.
+  - yaml-cli update:value blt/project.yml git.remotes.0 bolt8@svn-5223.devcloud.hosting.acquia.com:bolt8.git
+  - yaml-cli update:value blt/project.yml git.remotes.1 https://github.com/acquia-pso/blted8.git
   # Deploy build artifact.
   - blt deploy:build
   # Switch back to 'blt' directory.
diff --git a/phing/tasks/blt.xml b/phing/tasks/blt.xml
index 2141b0f9d..f54a69d77 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/blt.xml
+++ b/phing/tasks/blt.xml
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
     <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="result=${PWD##*/}; printf '%s\n' &quot;${PWD##*/}&quot;" logoutput="false" checkreturn="true" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="false" outputProperty="dirname"/>
     <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="${composer.bin}/yaml-cli update:value ${blt.config-files.project} project.machine_name '${dirname}'" logoutput="true" checkreturn="false" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
 
-    <!-- Remove default git remote -->
-    <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="${composer.bin}/yaml-cli update:value ${blt.config-files.project} git.remotes.0 ''"  logoutput="true" checkreturn="false" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
-    <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="${composer.bin}/yaml-cli unset:key ${blt.config-files.project} git.remotes.1"  logoutput="true" checkreturn="false" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
-
     <echo>Installing new Composer dependencies provided by BLT. This make take a while...</echo>
     <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="composer update --no-interaction" logoutput="true" checkreturn="true" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
     <copy file="${repo.root}/docroot/profiles/contrib/lightning/lightning.extend.yml" tofile="${repo.root}/docroot/sites/default/lightning.extend.yml"/>
diff --git a/template/blt/project.yml b/template/blt/project.yml
index e979d324d..493b91b0d 100644
--- a/template/blt/project.yml
+++ b/template/blt/project.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ project:
 # Configuration settings for new git repository.
 git:
   default_branch: master
-  remotes:
-    # Defining git remotes allows builds deployed via CI.
-    - bolt8@svn-5223.devcloud.hosting.acquia.com:bolt8.git
-    - https://github.com/acquia-pso/blted8.git
+  remotes: []
 
 drush:
   # You can set custom project aliases in drush/site-aliases/aliases.drushrc.php.