diff --git a/bin/create b/bin/create
index 1f2a4210..c659a013 100755
--- a/bin/create
+++ b/bin/create
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ cp ./framework/assets/www/cordova-$VERSION.js $PROJECT_PATH/.cordova/android/cor
 # copy in cordova.jar
 cp ./framework/cordova-$VERSION.jar $PROJECT_PATH/.cordova/android/cordova-$VERSION.jar
 
+# copy in res/xml
+cp ./framework/res/xml/cordova.xml $PROJECT_PATH/.cordova/android/cordova.xml
+cp ./framework/res/xml/plugins.xml $PROJECT_PATH/.cordova/android/plugins.xml
+
 # app properties
 cat > $PROJECT_PATH/.cordova/config <<eom
 VERSION=$VERSION
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/cordova/create b/bin/templates/project/cordova/create
index 32f1e165..5cf185b0 100755
--- a/bin/templates/project/cordova/create
+++ b/bin/templates/project/cordova/create
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ cp ./.cordova/android/cordova-$VERSION.js ./assets/www
 # copy in cordova.jar
 cp ./.cordova/android/cordova-$VERSION.jar ./libs
 
+# copy in res/xml
+mkdir ./res/xml
+cp ./.cordova/android/cordova.xml ./res/xml
+cp ./.cordova/android/plugins.xml ./res/xml
+
 # copy in default activity
 cat ./cordova/templates/Activity.java > $ACTIVITY_PATH
 
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/cordova/templates/project/res/xml/cordova.xml b/bin/templates/project/cordova/templates/project/res/xml/cordova.xml
deleted file mode 100755
index 8f347e7d..00000000
--- a/bin/templates/project/cordova/templates/project/res/xml/cordova.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- 
-       Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-       or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-       distributed with this work for additional information
-       regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-       to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-       "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-       with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-       software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-       "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-       KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-       specific language governing permissions and limitations
-       under the License.
--->
-<cordova>
-	<!--  
-	access elements control the Android whitelist.  
-	Domains are assumed blocked unless set otherwise
-	 -->
-
-    <access origin="http://127.0.0.1*"/> <!-- allow local pages -->
-
-	<!-- <access origin="https://example.com" /> allow any secure requests to example.com -->
-	<!-- <access origin="https://example.com" subdomains="true" /> such as above, but including subdomains, such as www -->
-	<!-- <access origin=".*"/> Allow all domains, suggested development use only -->
-
-    <log level="DEBUG"/>
-    <preference name="classicRender" value="true" />
-</cordova>
-
-
-
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/cordova/templates/project/res/xml/plugins.xml b/bin/templates/project/cordova/templates/project/res/xml/plugins.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ce978fb4..00000000
--- a/bin/templates/project/cordova/templates/project/res/xml/plugins.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<!-- 
-       Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-       or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-       distributed with this work for additional information
-       regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-       to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-       "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-       with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-       Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-       software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-       "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-       KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-       specific language governing permissions and limitations
-       under the License.
--->
-<plugins>
-    <plugin name="App" value="org.apache.cordova.App"/>
-    <plugin name="Geolocation" value="org.apache.cordova.GeoBroker"/>
-    <plugin name="Device" value="org.apache.cordova.Device"/>
-    <plugin name="Accelerometer" value="org.apache.cordova.AccelListener"/>
-    <plugin name="Compass" value="org.apache.cordova.CompassListener"/>
-    <plugin name="Media" value="org.apache.cordova.AudioHandler"/>
-    <plugin name="Camera" value="org.apache.cordova.CameraLauncher"/>
-    <plugin name="Contacts" value="org.apache.cordova.ContactManager"/>
-    <plugin name="File" value="org.apache.cordova.FileUtils"/>
-    <plugin name="NetworkStatus" value="org.apache.cordova.NetworkManager"/>
-    <plugin name="Notification" value="org.apache.cordova.Notification"/>
-    <plugin name="Storage" value="org.apache.cordova.Storage"/>
-    <plugin name="Temperature" value="org.apache.cordova.TempListener"/>
-    <plugin name="FileTransfer" value="org.apache.cordova.FileTransfer"/>
-    <plugin name="Capture" value="org.apache.cordova.Capture"/>
-    <plugin name="Battery" value="org.apache.cordova.BatteryListener"/>
-</plugins>