diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplication.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplication.java
index 65bd6a958fd..24d5f6e151a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplication.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,26 +16,20 @@
 
 package sample.tomcat;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector;
-import org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
-import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.SocketUtils;
 
 /**
- * Sample Application to show Tomcat running 2 connectors
+ * Sample Application to show Tomcat running two connectors
  *
  * @author Brock Mills
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
  */
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplication {
@@ -54,37 +48,8 @@ public class SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplication {
 
 	private Connector createSslConnector() {
 		Connector connector = new Connector("org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol");
-		Http11NioProtocol protocol = (Http11NioProtocol) connector.getProtocolHandler();
-		try {
-			File keystore = getKeyStoreFile();
-			File truststore = keystore;
-			connector.setScheme("https");
-			connector.setSecure(true);
-			connector.setPort(port());
-			protocol.setSSLEnabled(true);
-			protocol.setKeystoreFile(keystore.getAbsolutePath());
-			protocol.setKeystorePass("changeit");
-			protocol.setTruststoreFile(truststore.getAbsolutePath());
-			protocol.setTruststorePass("changeit");
-			protocol.setKeyAlias("apitester");
-			return connector;
-		}
-		catch (IOException ex) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("cant access keystore: [" + "keystore"
-					+ "] or truststore: [" + "keystore" + "]", ex);
-		}
-	}
-
-	private File getKeyStoreFile() throws IOException {
-		ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("keystore");
-		try {
-			return resource.getFile();
-		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
-			File temp = File.createTempFile("keystore", ".tmp");
-			FileCopyUtils.copy(resource.getInputStream(), new FileOutputStream(temp));
-			return temp;
-		}
+		connector.setPort(port());
+		return connector;
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..37199bfd256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+server.port = 8443
+server.ssl.key-store = classpath:sample.jks
+server.ssl.key-store-password = secret
+server.ssl.key-password = password
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/resources/keystore b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/resources/keystore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6547e5b5194..00000000000
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diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/resources/sample.jks b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/main/resources/sample.jks
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6aa9a28053a
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diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplicationTests.java
index 55e479a624c..2d9465d20c6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat-multi-connectors/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplicationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 /**
- * Basic integration tests for 2 connector demo application.
+ * Basic integration tests for {@link SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplication}.
  *
  * @author Brock Mills
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplication.class)
@@ -109,14 +110,14 @@ public class SampleTomcatTwoConnectorsApplicationTests {
 				});
 		template.setRequestFactory(factory);
 
-		ResponseEntity<String> entity = template
-				.getForEntity("http://localhost:" + this.port + "/hello", String.class);
+		ResponseEntity<String> entity = template.getForEntity(
+				"http://localhost:" + this.context.getBean("port") + "/hello",
+				String.class);
 		assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, entity.getStatusCode());
 		assertEquals("hello", entity.getBody());
 
-		ResponseEntity<String> httpsEntity = template.getForEntity(
-				"https://localhost:" + this.context.getBean("port") + "/hello",
-				String.class);
+		ResponseEntity<String> httpsEntity = template
+				.getForEntity("https://localhost:" + this.port + "/hello", String.class);
 		assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, httpsEntity.getStatusCode());
 		assertEquals("hello", httpsEntity.getBody());