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-rw-r--r--synapse/config/_base.py10
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/api.py48
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/appservice.py14
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/auth.py75
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/background_updates.py34
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/cache.py91
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/captcha.py27
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/cas.py31
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/consent.py55
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/database.py50
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/emailconfig.py154
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/federation.py39
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/groups.py27
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/jwt.py64
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/key.py93
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/logger.py5
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/metrics.py44
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/modules.py17
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/oembed.py23
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/oidc.py197
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/push.py33
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/ratelimiting.py122
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/redis.py21
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/registration.py279
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/repository.py166
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/retention.py72
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/room.py56
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/room_directory.py66
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/saml2.py183
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/server.py494
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/server_notices.py24
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/sso.py40
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/stats.py13
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/tls.py90
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/tracer.py50
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/user_directory.py39
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/voip.py31
-rw-r--r--synapse/config/workers.py49
38 files changed, 53 insertions, 2873 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/config/_base.py b/synapse/config/_base.py
index 42364fc133..095eca16c5 100644
--- a/synapse/config/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/config/_base.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import argparse
 import errno
 import logging
 import os
+import re
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from hashlib import sha256
 from textwrap import dedent
@@ -123,7 +124,10 @@ CONFIG_FILE_HEADER = """\
 # should have the same indentation.
 #
 # [1] https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/YAMLSyntax.html
-
+#
+# For more information on how to configure Synapse, including a complete accounting of
+# each option, go to docs/usage/configuration/config_documentation.md or
+# https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/configuration/config_documentation.html
 """
 
 
@@ -470,7 +474,7 @@ class RootConfig:
             The yaml config file
         """
 
-        return CONFIG_FILE_HEADER + "\n\n".join(
+        conf = CONFIG_FILE_HEADER + "\n".join(
             dedent(conf)
             for conf in self.invoke_all(
                 "generate_config_section",
@@ -485,6 +489,8 @@ class RootConfig:
                 tls_private_key_path=tls_private_key_path,
             ).values()
         )
+        conf = re.sub("\n{2,}", "\n", conf)
+        return conf
 
     @classmethod
     def load_config(
diff --git a/synapse/config/api.py b/synapse/config/api.py
index 2cc6305340..e46728e73f 100644
--- a/synapse/config/api.py
+++ b/synapse/config/api.py
@@ -31,54 +31,6 @@ class ApiConfig(Config):
         self.room_prejoin_state = list(self._get_prejoin_state_types(config))
         self.track_puppeted_user_ips = config.get("track_puppeted_user_ips", False)
 
-    def generate_config_section(cls, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        formatted_default_state_types = "\n".join(
-            "           # - %s" % (t,) for t in _DEFAULT_PREJOIN_STATE_TYPES
-        )
-
-        return """\
-        ## API Configuration ##
-
-        # Controls for the state that is shared with users who receive an invite
-        # to a room
-        #
-        room_prejoin_state:
-           # By default, the following state event types are shared with users who
-           # receive invites to the room:
-           #
-%(formatted_default_state_types)s
-           #
-           # Uncomment the following to disable these defaults (so that only the event
-           # types listed in 'additional_event_types' are shared). Defaults to 'false'.
-           #
-           #disable_default_event_types: true
-
-           # Additional state event types to share with users when they are invited
-           # to a room.
-           #
-           # By default, this list is empty (so only the default event types are shared).
-           #
-           #additional_event_types:
-           #  - org.example.custom.event.type
-
-        # We record the IP address of clients used to access the API for various
-        # reasons, including displaying it to the user in the "Where you're signed in"
-        # dialog.
-        #
-        # By default, when puppeting another user via the admin API, the client IP
-        # address is recorded against the user who created the access token (ie, the
-        # admin user), and *not* the puppeted user.
-        #
-        # Uncomment the following to also record the IP address against the puppeted
-        # user. (This also means that the puppeted user will count as an "active" user
-        # for the purpose of monthly active user tracking - see 'limit_usage_by_mau' etc
-        # above.)
-        #
-        #track_puppeted_user_ips: true
-        """ % {
-            "formatted_default_state_types": formatted_default_state_types
-        }
-
     def _get_prejoin_state_types(self, config: JsonDict) -> Iterable[str]:
         """Get the event types to include in the prejoin state
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/appservice.py b/synapse/config/appservice.py
index 16f93273b3..00182090b2 100644
--- a/synapse/config/appservice.py
+++ b/synapse/config/appservice.py
@@ -35,20 +35,6 @@ class AppServiceConfig(Config):
         self.app_service_config_files = config.get("app_service_config_files", [])
         self.track_appservice_user_ips = config.get("track_appservice_user_ips", False)
 
-    def generate_config_section(cls, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        # A list of application service config files to use
-        #
-        #app_service_config_files:
-        #  - app_service_1.yaml
-        #  - app_service_2.yaml
-
-        # Uncomment to enable tracking of application service IP addresses. Implicitly
-        # enables MAU tracking for application service users.
-        #
-        #track_appservice_user_ips: true
-        """
-
 
 def load_appservices(
     hostname: str, config_files: List[str]
diff --git a/synapse/config/auth.py b/synapse/config/auth.py
index 265a554a5d..35774962c0 100644
--- a/synapse/config/auth.py
+++ b/synapse/config/auth.py
@@ -53,78 +53,3 @@ class AuthConfig(Config):
         self.ui_auth_session_timeout = self.parse_duration(
             ui_auth.get("session_timeout", 0)
         )
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        password_config:
-           # Uncomment to disable password login.
-           # Set to `only_for_reauth` to permit reauthentication for users that
-           # have passwords and are already logged in.
-           #
-           #enabled: false
-
-           # Uncomment to disable authentication against the local password
-           # database. This is ignored if `enabled` is false, and is only useful
-           # if you have other password_providers.
-           #
-           #localdb_enabled: false
-
-           # Uncomment and change to a secret random string for extra security.
-           # DO NOT CHANGE THIS AFTER INITIAL SETUP!
-           #
-           #pepper: "EVEN_MORE_SECRET"
-
-           # Define and enforce a password policy. Each parameter is optional.
-           # This is an implementation of MSC2000.
-           #
-           policy:
-              # Whether to enforce the password policy.
-              # Defaults to 'false'.
-              #
-              #enabled: true
-
-              # Minimum accepted length for a password.
-              # Defaults to 0.
-              #
-              #minimum_length: 15
-
-              # Whether a password must contain at least one digit.
-              # Defaults to 'false'.
-              #
-              #require_digit: true
-
-              # Whether a password must contain at least one symbol.
-              # A symbol is any character that's not a number or a letter.
-              # Defaults to 'false'.
-              #
-              #require_symbol: true
-
-              # Whether a password must contain at least one lowercase letter.
-              # Defaults to 'false'.
-              #
-              #require_lowercase: true
-
-              # Whether a password must contain at least one uppercase letter.
-              # Defaults to 'false'.
-              #
-              #require_uppercase: true
-
-        ui_auth:
-            # The amount of time to allow a user-interactive authentication session
-            # to be active.
-            #
-            # This defaults to 0, meaning the user is queried for their credentials
-            # before every action, but this can be overridden to allow a single
-            # validation to be re-used.  This weakens the protections afforded by
-            # the user-interactive authentication process, by allowing for multiple
-            # (and potentially different) operations to use the same validation session.
-            #
-            # This is ignored for potentially "dangerous" operations (including
-            # deactivating an account, modifying an account password, and
-            # adding a 3PID).
-            #
-            # Uncomment below to allow for credential validation to last for 15
-            # seconds.
-            #
-            #session_timeout: "15s"
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/background_updates.py b/synapse/config/background_updates.py
index 07fadbe041..1c6cd97de8 100644
--- a/synapse/config/background_updates.py
+++ b/synapse/config/background_updates.py
@@ -21,40 +21,6 @@ from ._base import Config
 class BackgroundUpdateConfig(Config):
     section = "background_updates"
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Background Updates ##
-
-        # Background updates are database updates that are run in the background in batches.
-        # The duration, minimum batch size, default batch size, whether to sleep between batches and if so, how long to
-        # sleep can all be configured. This is helpful to speed up or slow down the updates.
-        #
-        background_updates:
-            # How long in milliseconds to run a batch of background updates for. Defaults to 100. Uncomment and set
-            # a time to change the default.
-            #
-            #background_update_duration_ms: 500
-
-            # Whether to sleep between updates. Defaults to True. Uncomment to change the default.
-            #
-            #sleep_enabled: false
-
-            # If sleeping between updates, how long in milliseconds to sleep for. Defaults to 1000. Uncomment
-            # and set a duration to change the default.
-            #
-            #sleep_duration_ms: 300
-
-            # Minimum size a batch of background updates can be. Must be greater than 0. Defaults to 1. Uncomment and
-            # set a size to change the default.
-            #
-            #min_batch_size: 10
-
-            # The batch size to use for the first iteration of a new background update. The default is 100.
-            # Uncomment and set a size to change the default.
-            #
-            #default_batch_size: 50
-        """
-
     def read_config(self, config: JsonDict, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         bg_update_config = config.get("background_updates") or {}
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/cache.py b/synapse/config/cache.py
index d2f55534d7..d0b491ea6c 100644
--- a/synapse/config/cache.py
+++ b/synapse/config/cache.py
@@ -113,97 +113,6 @@ class CacheConfig(Config):
         with _CACHES_LOCK:
             _CACHES.clear()
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Caching ##
-
-        # Caching can be configured through the following options.
-        #
-        # A cache 'factor' is a multiplier that can be applied to each of
-        # Synapse's caches in order to increase or decrease the maximum
-        # number of entries that can be stored.
-        #
-        # The configuration for cache factors (caches.global_factor and
-        # caches.per_cache_factors) can be reloaded while the application is running,
-        # by sending a SIGHUP signal to the Synapse process. Changes to other parts of
-        # the caching config will NOT be applied after a SIGHUP is received; a restart
-        # is necessary.
-
-        # The number of events to cache in memory. Not affected by
-        # caches.global_factor.
-        #
-        #event_cache_size: 10K
-
-        caches:
-          # Controls the global cache factor, which is the default cache factor
-          # for all caches if a specific factor for that cache is not otherwise
-          # set.
-          #
-          # This can also be set by the "SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR" environment
-          # variable. Setting by environment variable takes priority over
-          # setting through the config file.
-          #
-          # Defaults to 0.5, which will half the size of all caches.
-          #
-          #global_factor: 1.0
-
-          # A dictionary of cache name to cache factor for that individual
-          # cache. Overrides the global cache factor for a given cache.
-          #
-          # These can also be set through environment variables comprised
-          # of "SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_" + the name of the cache in capital
-          # letters and underscores. Setting by environment variable
-          # takes priority over setting through the config file.
-          # Ex. SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_GET_USERS_WHO_SHARE_ROOM_WITH_USER=2.0
-          #
-          # Some caches have '*' and other characters that are not
-          # alphanumeric or underscores. These caches can be named with or
-          # without the special characters stripped. For example, to specify
-          # the cache factor for `*stateGroupCache*` via an environment
-          # variable would be `SYNAPSE_CACHE_FACTOR_STATEGROUPCACHE=2.0`.
-          #
-          per_cache_factors:
-            #get_users_who_share_room_with_user: 2.0
-
-          # Controls whether cache entries are evicted after a specified time
-          # period. Defaults to true. Uncomment to disable this feature.
-          #
-          #expire_caches: false
-
-          # If expire_caches is enabled, this flag controls how long an entry can
-          # be in a cache without having been accessed before being evicted.
-          # Defaults to 30m. Uncomment to set a different time to live for cache entries.
-          #
-          #cache_entry_ttl: 30m
-
-          # This flag enables cache autotuning, and is further specified by the sub-options `max_cache_memory_usage`,
-          # `target_cache_memory_usage`, `min_cache_ttl`. These flags work in conjunction with each other to maintain
-          # a balance between cache memory usage and cache entry availability. You must be using jemalloc to utilize
-          # this option, and all three of the options must be specified for this feature to work.
-          #cache_autotuning:
-            # This flag sets a ceiling on much memory the cache can use before caches begin to be continuously evicted.
-            # They will continue to be evicted until the memory usage drops below the `target_memory_usage`, set in
-            # the flag below, or until the `min_cache_ttl` is hit.
-            #max_cache_memory_usage: 1024M
-
-            # This flag sets a rough target for the desired memory usage of the caches.
-            #target_cache_memory_usage: 758M
-
-            # 'min_cache_ttl` sets a limit under which newer cache entries are not evicted and is only applied when
-            # caches are actively being evicted/`max_cache_memory_usage` has been exceeded. This is to protect hot caches
-            # from being emptied while Synapse is evicting due to memory.
-            #min_cache_ttl: 5m
-
-          # Controls how long the results of a /sync request are cached for after
-          # a successful response is returned. A higher duration can help clients with
-          # intermittent connections, at the cost of higher memory usage.
-          #
-          # By default, this is zero, which means that sync responses are not cached
-          # at all.
-          #
-          #sync_response_cache_duration: 2m
-        """
-
     def read_config(self, config: JsonDict, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Populate this config object with values from `config`.
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/captcha.py b/synapse/config/captcha.py
index 92c603f224..1737d5e327 100644
--- a/synapse/config/captcha.py
+++ b/synapse/config/captcha.py
@@ -45,30 +45,3 @@ class CaptchaConfig(Config):
             "https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api/siteverify",
         )
         self.recaptcha_template = self.read_template("recaptcha.html")
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Captcha ##
-        # See docs/CAPTCHA_SETUP.md for full details of configuring this.
-
-        # This homeserver's ReCAPTCHA public key. Must be specified if
-        # enable_registration_captcha is enabled.
-        #
-        #recaptcha_public_key: "YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY"
-
-        # This homeserver's ReCAPTCHA private key. Must be specified if
-        # enable_registration_captcha is enabled.
-        #
-        #recaptcha_private_key: "YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY"
-
-        # Uncomment to enable ReCaptcha checks when registering, preventing signup
-        # unless a captcha is answered. Requires a valid ReCaptcha
-        # public/private key. Defaults to 'false'.
-        #
-        #enable_registration_captcha: true
-
-        # The API endpoint to use for verifying m.login.recaptcha responses.
-        # Defaults to "https://www.recaptcha.net/recaptcha/api/siteverify".
-        #
-        #recaptcha_siteverify_api: "https://my.recaptcha.site"
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/cas.py b/synapse/config/cas.py
index 8af0794ba4..9152c06bd6 100644
--- a/synapse/config/cas.py
+++ b/synapse/config/cas.py
@@ -53,37 +53,6 @@ class CasConfig(Config):
             self.cas_displayname_attribute = None
             self.cas_required_attributes = []
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        # Enable Central Authentication Service (CAS) for registration and login.
-        #
-        cas_config:
-          # Uncomment the following to enable authorization against a CAS server.
-          # Defaults to false.
-          #
-          #enabled: true
-
-          # The URL of the CAS authorization endpoint.
-          #
-          #server_url: "https://cas-server.com"
-
-          # The attribute of the CAS response to use as the display name.
-          #
-          # If unset, no displayname will be set.
-          #
-          #displayname_attribute: name
-
-          # It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if CAS attributes
-          # match particular values. All of the keys in the mapping below must exist
-          # and the values must match the given value. Alternately if the given value
-          # is None then any value is allowed (the attribute just must exist).
-          # All of the listed attributes must match for the login to be permitted.
-          #
-          #required_attributes:
-          #  userGroup: "staff"
-          #  department: None
-        """
-
 
 # CAS uses a legacy required attributes mapping, not the one provided by
 # SsoAttributeRequirement.
diff --git a/synapse/config/consent.py b/synapse/config/consent.py
index 8ee3d34521..be74609dc4 100644
--- a/synapse/config/consent.py
+++ b/synapse/config/consent.py
@@ -20,58 +20,6 @@ from synapse.types import JsonDict
 
 from ._base import Config
 
-DEFAULT_CONFIG = """\
-# User Consent configuration
-#
-# for detailed instructions, see
-# https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/consent_tracking.html
-#
-# Parts of this section are required if enabling the 'consent' resource under
-# 'listeners', in particular 'template_dir' and 'version'.
-#
-# 'template_dir' gives the location of the templates for the HTML forms.
-# This directory should contain one subdirectory per language (eg, 'en', 'fr'),
-# and each language directory should contain the policy document (named as
-# '<version>.html') and a success page (success.html).
-#
-# 'version' specifies the 'current' version of the policy document. It defines
-# the version to be served by the consent resource if there is no 'v'
-# parameter.
-#
-# 'server_notice_content', if enabled, will send a user a "Server Notice"
-# asking them to consent to the privacy policy. The 'server_notices' section
-# must also be configured for this to work. Notices will *not* be sent to
-# guest users unless 'send_server_notice_to_guests' is set to true.
-#
-# 'block_events_error', if set, will block any attempts to send events
-# until the user consents to the privacy policy. The value of the setting is
-# used as the text of the error.
-#
-# 'require_at_registration', if enabled, will add a step to the registration
-# process, similar to how captcha works. Users will be required to accept the
-# policy before their account is created.
-#
-# 'policy_name' is the display name of the policy users will see when registering
-# for an account. Has no effect unless `require_at_registration` is enabled.
-# Defaults to "Privacy Policy".
-#
-#user_consent:
-#  template_dir: res/templates/privacy
-#  version: 1.0
-#  server_notice_content:
-#    msgtype: m.text
-#    body: >-
-#      To continue using this homeserver you must review and agree to the
-#      terms and conditions at %(consent_uri)s
-#  send_server_notice_to_guests: true
-#  block_events_error: >-
-#    To continue using this homeserver you must review and agree to the
-#    terms and conditions at %(consent_uri)s
-#  require_at_registration: false
-#  policy_name: Privacy Policy
-#
-"""
-
 
 class ConsentConfig(Config):
 
@@ -118,6 +66,3 @@ class ConsentConfig(Config):
         self.user_consent_policy_name = consent_config.get(
             "policy_name", "Privacy Policy"
         )
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return DEFAULT_CONFIG
diff --git a/synapse/config/database.py b/synapse/config/database.py
index de0d3ca0f0..928fec8dfe 100644
--- a/synapse/config/database.py
+++ b/synapse/config/database.py
@@ -28,56 +28,6 @@ Ignoring 'database_path' setting: not using a sqlite3 database.
 """
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = """\
-## Database ##
-
-# The 'database' setting defines the database that synapse uses to store all of
-# its data.
-#
-# 'name' gives the database engine to use: either 'sqlite3' (for SQLite) or
-# 'psycopg2' (for PostgreSQL).
-#
-# 'txn_limit' gives the maximum number of transactions to run per connection
-# before reconnecting. Defaults to 0, which means no limit.
-#
-# 'allow_unsafe_locale' is an option specific to Postgres. Under the default behavior, Synapse will refuse to
-# start if the postgres db is set to a non-C locale. You can override this behavior (which is *not* recommended)
-# by setting 'allow_unsafe_locale' to true. Note that doing so may corrupt your database. You can find more information
-# here: https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html#fixing-incorrect-collate-or-ctype and here:
-# https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes
-#
-# 'args' gives options which are passed through to the database engine,
-# except for options starting 'cp_', which are used to configure the Twisted
-# connection pool. For a reference to valid arguments, see:
-#   * for sqlite: https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.connect
-#   * for postgres: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-PARAMKEYWORDS
-#   * for the connection pool: https://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/twisted.enterprise.adbapi.ConnectionPool.html#__init__
-#
-#
-# Example SQLite configuration:
-#
-#database:
-#  name: sqlite3
-#  args:
-#    database: /path/to/homeserver.db
-#
-#
-# Example Postgres configuration:
-#
-#database:
-#  name: psycopg2
-#  txn_limit: 10000
-#  args:
-#    user: synapse_user
-#    password: secretpassword
-#    database: synapse
-#    host: localhost
-#    port: 5432
-#    cp_min: 5
-#    cp_max: 10
-#
-# For more information on using Synapse with Postgres,
-# see https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/postgres.html.
-#
 database:
   name: sqlite3
   args:
diff --git a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
index 5b5c2f4fff..c82f3ee7a3 100644
--- a/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
+++ b/synapse/config/emailconfig.py
@@ -357,160 +357,6 @@ class EmailConfig(Config):
                     path=("email", "invite_client_location"),
                 )
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return (
-            """\
-        # Configuration for sending emails from Synapse.
-        #
-        # Server admins can configure custom templates for email content. See
-        # https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/templates.html for more information.
-        #
-        email:
-          # The hostname of the outgoing SMTP server to use. Defaults to 'localhost'.
-          #
-          #smtp_host: mail.server
-
-          # The port on the mail server for outgoing SMTP. Defaults to 25.
-          #
-          #smtp_port: 587
-
-          # Username/password for authentication to the SMTP server. By default, no
-          # authentication is attempted.
-          #
-          #smtp_user: "exampleusername"
-          #smtp_pass: "examplepassword"
-
-          # Uncomment the following to require TLS transport security for SMTP.
-          # By default, Synapse will connect over plain text, and will then switch to
-          # TLS via STARTTLS *if the SMTP server supports it*. If this option is set,
-          # Synapse will refuse to connect unless the server supports STARTTLS.
-          #
-          #require_transport_security: true
-
-          # Uncomment the following to disable TLS for SMTP.
-          #
-          # By default, if the server supports TLS, it will be used, and the server
-          # must present a certificate that is valid for 'smtp_host'. If this option
-          # is set to false, TLS will not be used.
-          #
-          #enable_tls: false
-
-          # notif_from defines the "From" address to use when sending emails.
-          # It must be set if email sending is enabled.
-          #
-          # The placeholder '%%(app)s' will be replaced by the application name,
-          # which is normally 'app_name' (below), but may be overridden by the
-          # Matrix client application.
-          #
-          # Note that the placeholder must be written '%%(app)s', including the
-          # trailing 's'.
-          #
-          #notif_from: "Your Friendly %%(app)s homeserver <noreply@example.com>"
-
-          # app_name defines the default value for '%%(app)s' in notif_from and email
-          # subjects. It defaults to 'Matrix'.
-          #
-          #app_name: my_branded_matrix_server
-
-          # Uncomment the following to enable sending emails for messages that the user
-          # has missed. Disabled by default.
-          #
-          #enable_notifs: true
-
-          # Uncomment the following to disable automatic subscription to email
-          # notifications for new users. Enabled by default.
-          #
-          #notif_for_new_users: false
-
-          # Custom URL for client links within the email notifications. By default
-          # links will be based on "https://matrix.to".
-          #
-          # (This setting used to be called riot_base_url; the old name is still
-          # supported for backwards-compatibility but is now deprecated.)
-          #
-          #client_base_url: "http://localhost/riot"
-
-          # Configure the time that a validation email will expire after sending.
-          # Defaults to 1h.
-          #
-          #validation_token_lifetime: 15m
-
-          # The web client location to direct users to during an invite. This is passed
-          # to the identity server as the org.matrix.web_client_location key. Defaults
-          # to unset, giving no guidance to the identity server.
-          #
-          #invite_client_location: https://app.element.io
-
-          # Subjects to use when sending emails from Synapse.
-          #
-          # The placeholder '%%(app)s' will be replaced with the value of the 'app_name'
-          # setting above, or by a value dictated by the Matrix client application.
-          #
-          # If a subject isn't overridden in this configuration file, the value used as
-          # its example will be used.
-          #
-          #subjects:
-
-            # Subjects for notification emails.
-            #
-            # On top of the '%%(app)s' placeholder, these can use the following
-            # placeholders:
-            #
-            #   * '%%(person)s', which will be replaced by the display name of the user(s)
-            #      that sent the message(s), e.g. "Alice and Bob".
-            #   * '%%(room)s', which will be replaced by the name of the room the
-            #      message(s) have been sent to, e.g. "My super room".
-            #
-            # See the example provided for each setting to see which placeholder can be
-            # used and how to use them.
-            #
-            # Subject to use to notify about one message from one or more user(s) in a
-            # room which has a name.
-            #message_from_person_in_room: "%(message_from_person_in_room)s"
-            #
-            # Subject to use to notify about one message from one or more user(s) in a
-            # room which doesn't have a name.
-            #message_from_person: "%(message_from_person)s"
-            #
-            # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages from one or more users in
-            # a room which doesn't have a name.
-            #messages_from_person: "%(messages_from_person)s"
-            #
-            # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages in a room which has a
-            # name.
-            #messages_in_room: "%(messages_in_room)s"
-            #
-            # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages in multiple rooms.
-            #messages_in_room_and_others: "%(messages_in_room_and_others)s"
-            #
-            # Subject to use to notify about multiple messages from multiple persons in
-            # multiple rooms. This is similar to the setting above except it's used when
-            # the room in which the notification was triggered has no name.
-            #messages_from_person_and_others: "%(messages_from_person_and_others)s"
-            #
-            # Subject to use to notify about an invite to a room which has a name.
-            #invite_from_person_to_room: "%(invite_from_person_to_room)s"
-            #
-            # Subject to use to notify about an invite to a room which doesn't have a
-            # name.
-            #invite_from_person: "%(invite_from_person)s"
-
-            # Subject for emails related to account administration.
-            #
-            # On top of the '%%(app)s' placeholder, these one can use the
-            # '%%(server_name)s' placeholder, which will be replaced by the value of the
-            # 'server_name' setting in your Synapse configuration.
-            #
-            # Subject to use when sending a password reset email.
-            #password_reset: "%(password_reset)s"
-            #
-            # Subject to use when sending a verification email to assert an address's
-            # ownership.
-            #email_validation: "%(email_validation)s"
-        """
-            % DEFAULT_SUBJECTS
-        )
-
 
 class ThreepidBehaviour(Enum):
     """
diff --git a/synapse/config/federation.py b/synapse/config/federation.py
index f83f93c0ef..336fca578a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/config/federation.py
@@ -49,44 +49,5 @@ class FederationConfig(Config):
             "allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation", False
         )
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Federation ##
-
-        # Restrict federation to the following whitelist of domains.
-        # N.B. we recommend also firewalling your federation listener to limit
-        # inbound federation traffic as early as possible, rather than relying
-        # purely on this application-layer restriction.  If not specified, the
-        # default is to whitelist everything.
-        #
-        #federation_domain_whitelist:
-        #  - lon.example.com
-        #  - nyc.example.com
-        #  - syd.example.com
-
-        # Report prometheus metrics on the age of PDUs being sent to and received from
-        # the following domains. This can be used to give an idea of "delay" on inbound
-        # and outbound federation, though be aware that any delay can be due to problems
-        # at either end or with the intermediate network.
-        #
-        # By default, no domains are monitored in this way.
-        #
-        #federation_metrics_domains:
-        #  - matrix.org
-        #  - example.com
-
-        # Uncomment to disable profile lookup over federation. By default, the
-        # Federation API allows other homeservers to obtain profile data of any user
-        # on this homeserver. Defaults to 'true'.
-        #
-        #allow_profile_lookup_over_federation: false
-
-        # Uncomment to allow device display name lookup over federation. By default, the
-        # Federation API prevents other homeservers from obtaining the display names of
-        # user devices on this homeserver. Defaults to 'false'.
-        #
-        #allow_device_name_lookup_over_federation: true
-        """
-
 
 _METRICS_FOR_DOMAINS_SCHEMA = {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}}
diff --git a/synapse/config/groups.py b/synapse/config/groups.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..baa051fdd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/config/groups.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright 2017 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from synapse.types import JsonDict
+
+from ._base import Config
+
+
+class GroupsConfig(Config):
+    section = "groups"
+
+    def read_config(self, config: JsonDict, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        self.enable_group_creation = config.get("enable_group_creation", False)
+        self.group_creation_prefix = config.get("group_creation_prefix", "")
diff --git a/synapse/config/jwt.py b/synapse/config/jwt.py
index 2a756d1a7c..7e3c764b2c 100644
--- a/synapse/config/jwt.py
+++ b/synapse/config/jwt.py
@@ -55,67 +55,3 @@ class JWTConfig(Config):
             self.jwt_subject_claim = None
             self.jwt_issuer = None
             self.jwt_audiences = None
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        # JSON web token integration. The following settings can be used to make
-        # Synapse JSON web tokens for authentication, instead of its internal
-        # password database.
-        #
-        # Each JSON Web Token needs to contain a "sub" (subject) claim, which is
-        # used as the localpart of the mxid.
-        #
-        # Additionally, the expiration time ("exp"), not before time ("nbf"),
-        # and issued at ("iat") claims are validated if present.
-        #
-        # Note that this is a non-standard login type and client support is
-        # expected to be non-existent.
-        #
-        # See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/jwt.html.
-        #
-        #jwt_config:
-            # Uncomment the following to enable authorization using JSON web
-            # tokens. Defaults to false.
-            #
-            #enabled: true
-
-            # This is either the private shared secret or the public key used to
-            # decode the contents of the JSON web token.
-            #
-            # Required if 'enabled' is true.
-            #
-            #secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
-
-            # The algorithm used to sign the JSON web token.
-            #
-            # Supported algorithms are listed at
-            # https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/algorithms.html
-            #
-            # Required if 'enabled' is true.
-            #
-            #algorithm: "provided-by-your-issuer"
-
-            # Name of the claim containing a unique identifier for the user.
-            #
-            # Optional, defaults to `sub`.
-            #
-            #subject_claim: "sub"
-
-            # The issuer to validate the "iss" claim against.
-            #
-            # Optional, if provided the "iss" claim will be required and
-            # validated for all JSON web tokens.
-            #
-            #issuer: "provided-by-your-issuer"
-
-            # A list of audiences to validate the "aud" claim against.
-            #
-            # Optional, if provided the "aud" claim will be required and
-            # validated for all JSON web tokens.
-            #
-            # Note that if the "aud" claim is included in a JSON web token then
-            # validation will fail without configuring audiences.
-            #
-            #audiences:
-            #    - "provided-by-your-issuer"
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/key.py b/synapse/config/key.py
index b250912e38..cc75efdf8f 100644
--- a/synapse/config/key.py
+++ b/synapse/config/key.py
@@ -184,111 +184,22 @@ class KeyConfig(Config):
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> str:
         base_key_name = os.path.join(config_dir_path, server_name)
+        macaroon_secret_key = ""
+        form_secret = ""
 
         if generate_secrets:
             macaroon_secret_key = 'macaroon_secret_key: "%s"' % (
                 random_string_with_symbols(50),
             )
             form_secret = 'form_secret: "%s"' % random_string_with_symbols(50)
-        else:
-            macaroon_secret_key = "#macaroon_secret_key: <PRIVATE STRING>"
-            form_secret = "#form_secret: <PRIVATE STRING>"
 
         return (
             """\
-        # a secret which is used to sign access tokens. If none is specified,
-        # the registration_shared_secret is used, if one is given; otherwise,
-        # a secret key is derived from the signing key.
-        #
         %(macaroon_secret_key)s
-
-        # a secret which is used to calculate HMACs for form values, to stop
-        # falsification of values. Must be specified for the User Consent
-        # forms to work.
-        #
         %(form_secret)s
-
-        ## Signing Keys ##
-
-        # Path to the signing key to sign messages with
-        #
         signing_key_path: "%(base_key_name)s.signing.key"
-
-        # The keys that the server used to sign messages with but won't use
-        # to sign new messages.
-        #
-        old_signing_keys:
-          # For each key, `key` should be the base64-encoded public key, and
-          # `expired_ts`should be the time (in milliseconds since the unix epoch) that
-          # it was last used.
-          #
-          # It is possible to build an entry from an old signing.key file using the
-          # `export_signing_key` script which is provided with synapse.
-          #
-          # For example:
-          #
-          #"ed25519:id": { key: "base64string", expired_ts: 123456789123 }
-
-        # How long key response published by this server is valid for.
-        # Used to set the valid_until_ts in /key/v2 APIs.
-        # Determines how quickly servers will query to check which keys
-        # are still valid.
-        #
-        #key_refresh_interval: 1d
-
-        # The trusted servers to download signing keys from.
-        #
-        # When we need to fetch a signing key, each server is tried in parallel.
-        #
-        # Normally, the connection to the key server is validated via TLS certificates.
-        # Additional security can be provided by configuring a `verify key`, which
-        # will make synapse check that the response is signed by that key.
-        #
-        # This setting supercedes an older setting named `perspectives`. The old format
-        # is still supported for backwards-compatibility, but it is deprecated.
-        #
-        # 'trusted_key_servers' defaults to matrix.org, but using it will generate a
-        # warning on start-up. To suppress this warning, set
-        # 'suppress_key_server_warning' to true.
-        #
-        # Options for each entry in the list include:
-        #
-        #    server_name: the name of the server. required.
-        #
-        #    verify_keys: an optional map from key id to base64-encoded public key.
-        #       If specified, we will check that the response is signed by at least
-        #       one of the given keys.
-        #
-        #    accept_keys_insecurely: a boolean. Normally, if `verify_keys` is unset,
-        #       and federation_verify_certificates is not `true`, synapse will refuse
-        #       to start, because this would allow anyone who can spoof DNS responses
-        #       to masquerade as the trusted key server. If you know what you are doing
-        #       and are sure that your network environment provides a secure connection
-        #       to the key server, you can set this to `true` to override this
-        #       behaviour.
-        #
-        # An example configuration might look like:
-        #
-        #trusted_key_servers:
-        #  - server_name: "my_trusted_server.example.com"
-        #    verify_keys:
-        #      "ed25519:auto": "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmopqr"
-        #  - server_name: "my_other_trusted_server.example.com"
-        #
         trusted_key_servers:
           - server_name: "matrix.org"
-
-        # Uncomment the following to disable the warning that is emitted when the
-        # trusted_key_servers include 'matrix.org'. See above.
-        #
-        #suppress_key_server_warning: true
-
-        # The signing keys to use when acting as a trusted key server. If not specified
-        # defaults to the server signing key.
-        #
-        # Can contain multiple keys, one per line.
-        #
-        #key_server_signing_keys_path: "key_server_signing_keys.key"
         """
             % locals()
         )
diff --git a/synapse/config/logger.py b/synapse/config/logger.py
index 82a5b5fa12..6c1f78f8df 100644
--- a/synapse/config/logger.py
+++ b/synapse/config/logger.py
@@ -153,11 +153,6 @@ class LoggingConfig(Config):
         log_config = os.path.join(config_dir_path, server_name + ".log.config")
         return (
             """\
-        ## Logging ##
-
-        # A yaml python logging config file as described by
-        # https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema
-        #
         log_config: "%(log_config)s"
         """
             % locals()
diff --git a/synapse/config/metrics.py b/synapse/config/metrics.py
index aa360a417c..d636507886 100644
--- a/synapse/config/metrics.py
+++ b/synapse/config/metrics.py
@@ -73,46 +73,8 @@ class MetricsConfig(Config):
     def generate_config_section(
         self, report_stats: Optional[bool] = None, **kwargs: Any
     ) -> str:
-        res = """\
-        ## Metrics ###
-
-        # Enable collection and rendering of performance metrics
-        #
-        #enable_metrics: false
-
-        # Enable sentry integration
-        # NOTE: While attempts are made to ensure that the logs don't contain
-        # any sensitive information, this cannot be guaranteed. By enabling
-        # this option the sentry server may therefore receive sensitive
-        # information, and it in turn may then diseminate sensitive information
-        # through insecure notification channels if so configured.
-        #
-        #sentry:
-        #    dsn: "..."
-
-        # Flags to enable Prometheus metrics which are not suitable to be
-        # enabled by default, either for performance reasons or limited use.
-        #
-        metrics_flags:
-            # Publish synapse_federation_known_servers, a gauge of the number of
-            # servers this homeserver knows about, including itself. May cause
-            # performance problems on large homeservers.
-            #
-            #known_servers: true
-
-        # Whether or not to report anonymized homeserver usage statistics.
-        #
-        """
-
-        if report_stats is None:
-            res += "#report_stats: true|false\n"
+        if report_stats is not None:
+            res = "report_stats: %s\n" % ("true" if report_stats else "false")
         else:
-            res += "report_stats: %s\n" % ("true" if report_stats else "false")
-
-        res += """
-        # The endpoint to report the anonymized homeserver usage statistics to.
-        # Defaults to https://matrix.org/report-usage-stats/push
-        #
-        #report_stats_endpoint: https://example.com/report-usage-stats/push
-        """
+            res = "\n"
         return res
diff --git a/synapse/config/modules.py b/synapse/config/modules.py
index 0915014f7d..903637be8e 100644
--- a/synapse/config/modules.py
+++ b/synapse/config/modules.py
@@ -31,20 +31,3 @@ class ModulesConfig(Config):
                 raise ConfigError("expected a mapping", config_path)
 
             self.loaded_modules.append(load_module(module, config_path))
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """
-            ## Modules ##
-
-            # Server admins can expand Synapse's functionality with external modules.
-            #
-            # See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/modules/index.html for more
-            # documentation on how to configure or create custom modules for Synapse.
-            #
-            modules:
-              #- module: my_super_module.MySuperClass
-              #  config:
-              #    do_thing: true
-              #- module: my_other_super_module.SomeClass
-              #  config: {}
-            """
diff --git a/synapse/config/oembed.py b/synapse/config/oembed.py
index e9edea0731..0d32aba70a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/oembed.py
+++ b/synapse/config/oembed.py
@@ -143,29 +143,6 @@ class OembedConfig(Config):
         )
         return re.compile(pattern)
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        # oEmbed allows for easier embedding content from a website. It can be
-        # used for generating URLs previews of services which support it.
-        #
-        oembed:
-          # A default list of oEmbed providers is included with Synapse.
-          #
-          # Uncomment the following to disable using these default oEmbed URLs.
-          # Defaults to 'false'.
-          #
-          #disable_default_providers: true
-
-          # Additional files with oEmbed configuration (each should be in the
-          # form of providers.json).
-          #
-          # By default, this list is empty (so only the default providers.json
-          # is used).
-          #
-          #additional_providers:
-          #  - oembed/my_providers.json
-        """
-
 
 _OEMBED_PROVIDER_SCHEMA = {
     "type": "array",
diff --git a/synapse/config/oidc.py b/synapse/config/oidc.py
index b9c40522d8..98e8cd8b5a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/oidc.py
+++ b/synapse/config/oidc.py
@@ -66,203 +66,6 @@ class OIDCConfig(Config):
         # OIDC is enabled if we have a provider
         return bool(self.oidc_providers)
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        # List of OpenID Connect (OIDC) / OAuth 2.0 identity providers, for registration
-        # and login.
-        #
-        # Options for each entry include:
-        #
-        #   idp_id: a unique identifier for this identity provider. Used internally
-        #       by Synapse; should be a single word such as 'github'.
-        #
-        #       Note that, if this is changed, users authenticating via that provider
-        #       will no longer be recognised as the same user!
-        #
-        #       (Use "oidc" here if you are migrating from an old "oidc_config"
-        #       configuration.)
-        #
-        #   idp_name: A user-facing name for this identity provider, which is used to
-        #       offer the user a choice of login mechanisms.
-        #
-        #   idp_icon: An optional icon for this identity provider, which is presented
-        #       by clients and Synapse's own IdP picker page. If given, must be an
-        #       MXC URI of the format mxc://<server-name>/<media-id>. (An easy way to
-        #       obtain such an MXC URI is to upload an image to an (unencrypted) room
-        #       and then copy the "url" from the source of the event.)
-        #
-        #   idp_brand: An optional brand for this identity provider, allowing clients
-        #       to style the login flow according to the identity provider in question.
-        #       See the spec for possible options here.
-        #
-        #   discover: set to 'false' to disable the use of the OIDC discovery mechanism
-        #       to discover endpoints. Defaults to true.
-        #
-        #   issuer: Required. The OIDC issuer. Used to validate tokens and (if discovery
-        #       is enabled) to discover the provider's endpoints.
-        #
-        #   client_id: Required. oauth2 client id to use.
-        #
-        #   client_secret: oauth2 client secret to use. May be omitted if
-        #        client_secret_jwt_key is given, or if client_auth_method is 'none'.
-        #
-        #   client_secret_jwt_key: Alternative to client_secret: details of a key used
-        #      to create a JSON Web Token to be used as an OAuth2 client secret. If
-        #      given, must be a dictionary with the following properties:
-        #
-        #          key: a pem-encoded signing key. Must be a suitable key for the
-        #              algorithm specified. Required unless 'key_file' is given.
-        #
-        #          key_file: the path to file containing a pem-encoded signing key file.
-        #              Required unless 'key' is given.
-        #
-        #          jwt_header: a dictionary giving properties to include in the JWT
-        #              header. Must include the key 'alg', giving the algorithm used to
-        #              sign the JWT, such as "ES256", using the JWA identifiers in
-        #              RFC7518.
-        #
-        #          jwt_payload: an optional dictionary giving properties to include in
-        #              the JWT payload. Normally this should include an 'iss' key.
-        #
-        #   client_auth_method: auth method to use when exchanging the token. Valid
-        #       values are 'client_secret_basic' (default), 'client_secret_post' and
-        #       'none'.
-        #
-        #   scopes: list of scopes to request. This should normally include the "openid"
-        #       scope. Defaults to ["openid"].
-        #
-        #   authorization_endpoint: the oauth2 authorization endpoint. Required if
-        #       provider discovery is disabled.
-        #
-        #   token_endpoint: the oauth2 token endpoint. Required if provider discovery is
-        #       disabled.
-        #
-        #   userinfo_endpoint: the OIDC userinfo endpoint. Required if discovery is
-        #       disabled and the 'openid' scope is not requested.
-        #
-        #   jwks_uri: URI where to fetch the JWKS. Required if discovery is disabled and
-        #       the 'openid' scope is used.
-        #
-        #   skip_verification: set to 'true' to skip metadata verification. Use this if
-        #       you are connecting to a provider that is not OpenID Connect compliant.
-        #       Defaults to false. Avoid this in production.
-        #
-        #   user_profile_method: Whether to fetch the user profile from the userinfo
-        #       endpoint, or to rely on the data returned in the id_token from the
-        #       token_endpoint.
-        #
-        #       Valid values are: 'auto' or 'userinfo_endpoint'.
-        #
-        #       Defaults to 'auto', which uses the userinfo endpoint if 'openid' is
-        #       not included in 'scopes'. Set to 'userinfo_endpoint' to always use the
-        #       userinfo endpoint.
-        #
-        #   allow_existing_users: set to 'true' to allow a user logging in via OIDC to
-        #       match a pre-existing account instead of failing. This could be used if
-        #       switching from password logins to OIDC. Defaults to false.
-        #
-        #   user_mapping_provider: Configuration for how attributes returned from a OIDC
-        #       provider are mapped onto a matrix user. This setting has the following
-        #       sub-properties:
-        #
-        #       module: The class name of a custom mapping module. Default is
-        #           {mapping_provider!r}.
-        #           See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/sso_mapping_providers.html#openid-mapping-providers
-        #           for information on implementing a custom mapping provider.
-        #
-        #       config: Configuration for the mapping provider module. This section will
-        #           be passed as a Python dictionary to the user mapping provider
-        #           module's `parse_config` method.
-        #
-        #           For the default provider, the following settings are available:
-        #
-        #             subject_claim: name of the claim containing a unique identifier
-        #                 for the user. Defaults to 'sub', which OpenID Connect
-        #                 compliant providers should provide.
-        #
-        #             localpart_template: Jinja2 template for the localpart of the MXID.
-        #                 If this is not set, the user will be prompted to choose their
-        #                 own username (see the documentation for the
-        #                 'sso_auth_account_details.html' template). This template can
-        #                 use the 'localpart_from_email' filter.
-        #
-        #             confirm_localpart: Whether to prompt the user to validate (or
-        #                 change) the generated localpart (see the documentation for the
-        #                 'sso_auth_account_details.html' template), instead of
-        #                 registering the account right away.
-        #
-        #             display_name_template: Jinja2 template for the display name to set
-        #                 on first login. If unset, no displayname will be set.
-        #
-        #             email_template: Jinja2 template for the email address of the user.
-        #                 If unset, no email address will be added to the account.
-        #
-        #             extra_attributes: a map of Jinja2 templates for extra attributes
-        #                 to send back to the client during login.
-        #                 Note that these are non-standard and clients will ignore them
-        #                 without modifications.
-        #
-        #           When rendering, the Jinja2 templates are given a 'user' variable,
-        #           which is set to the claims returned by the UserInfo Endpoint and/or
-        #           in the ID Token.
-        #
-        #   It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if certain attributes
-        #   match particular values in the OIDC userinfo. The requirements can be listed under
-        #   `attribute_requirements` as shown below. All of the listed attributes must
-        #   match for the login to be permitted. Additional attributes can be added to
-        #   userinfo by expanding the `scopes` section of the OIDC config to retrieve
-        #   additional information from the OIDC provider.
-        #
-        #   If the OIDC claim is a list, then the attribute must match any value in the list.
-        #   Otherwise, it must exactly match the value of the claim. Using the example
-        #   below, the `family_name` claim MUST be "Stephensson", but the `groups`
-        #   claim MUST contain "admin".
-        #
-        #   attribute_requirements:
-        #     - attribute: family_name
-        #       value: "Stephensson"
-        #     - attribute: groups
-        #       value: "admin"
-        #
-        # See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/openid.html
-        # for information on how to configure these options.
-        #
-        # For backwards compatibility, it is also possible to configure a single OIDC
-        # provider via an 'oidc_config' setting. This is now deprecated and admins are
-        # advised to migrate to the 'oidc_providers' format. (When doing that migration,
-        # use 'oidc' for the idp_id to ensure that existing users continue to be
-        # recognised.)
-        #
-        oidc_providers:
-          # Generic example
-          #
-          #- idp_id: my_idp
-          #  idp_name: "My OpenID provider"
-          #  idp_icon: "mxc://example.com/mediaid"
-          #  discover: false
-          #  issuer: "https://accounts.example.com/"
-          #  client_id: "provided-by-your-issuer"
-          #  client_secret: "provided-by-your-issuer"
-          #  client_auth_method: client_secret_post
-          #  scopes: ["openid", "profile"]
-          #  authorization_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/auth"
-          #  token_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/oauth2/token"
-          #  userinfo_endpoint: "https://accounts.example.com/userinfo"
-          #  jwks_uri: "https://accounts.example.com/.well-known/jwks.json"
-          #  skip_verification: true
-          #  user_mapping_provider:
-          #    config:
-          #      subject_claim: "id"
-          #      localpart_template: "{{{{ user.login }}}}"
-          #      display_name_template: "{{{{ user.name }}}}"
-          #      email_template: "{{{{ user.email }}}}"
-          #  attribute_requirements:
-          #    - attribute: userGroup
-          #      value: "synapseUsers"
-        """.format(
-            mapping_provider=DEFAULT_USER_MAPPING_PROVIDER
-        )
-
 
 # jsonschema definition of the configuration settings for an oidc identity provider
 OIDC_PROVIDER_CONFIG_SCHEMA = {
diff --git a/synapse/config/push.py b/synapse/config/push.py
index 2e796d1c46..979b128eae 100644
--- a/synapse/config/push.py
+++ b/synapse/config/push.py
@@ -49,36 +49,3 @@ class PushConfig(Config):
                 "please set push.include_content instead"
             )
             self.push_include_content = not redact_content
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """
-        ## Push ##
-
-        push:
-          # Clients requesting push notifications can either have the body of
-          # the message sent in the notification poke along with other details
-          # like the sender, or just the event ID and room ID (`event_id_only`).
-          # If clients choose the former, this option controls whether the
-          # notification request includes the content of the event (other details
-          # like the sender are still included). For `event_id_only` push, it
-          # has no effect.
-          #
-          # For modern android devices the notification content will still appear
-          # because it is loaded by the app. iPhone, however will send a
-          # notification saying only that a message arrived and who it came from.
-          #
-          # The default value is "true" to include message details. Uncomment to only
-          # include the event ID and room ID in push notification payloads.
-          #
-          #include_content: false
-
-          # When a push notification is received, an unread count is also sent.
-          # This number can either be calculated as the number of unread messages
-          # for the user, or the number of *rooms* the user has unread messages in.
-          #
-          # The default value is "true", meaning push clients will see the number of
-          # rooms with unread messages in them. Uncomment to instead send the number
-          # of unread messages.
-          #
-          #group_unread_count_by_room: false
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py b/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
index 0587f5c10f..d4090a1f9a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
+++ b/synapse/config/ratelimiting.py
@@ -143,125 +143,3 @@ class RatelimitConfig(Config):
                 "burst_count": self.rc_message.burst_count,
             },
         )
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Ratelimiting ##
-
-        # Ratelimiting settings for client actions (registration, login, messaging).
-        #
-        # Each ratelimiting configuration is made of two parameters:
-        #   - per_second: number of requests a client can send per second.
-        #   - burst_count: number of requests a client can send before being throttled.
-        #
-        # Synapse currently uses the following configurations:
-        #   - one for messages that ratelimits sending based on the account the client
-        #     is using
-        #   - one for registration that ratelimits registration requests based on the
-        #     client's IP address.
-        #   - one for checking the validity of registration tokens that ratelimits
-        #     requests based on the client's IP address.
-        #   - one for login that ratelimits login requests based on the client's IP
-        #     address.
-        #   - one for login that ratelimits login requests based on the account the
-        #     client is attempting to log into.
-        #   - one for login that ratelimits login requests based on the account the
-        #     client is attempting to log into, based on the amount of failed login
-        #     attempts for this account.
-        #   - one for ratelimiting redactions by room admins. If this is not explicitly
-        #     set then it uses the same ratelimiting as per rc_message. This is useful
-        #     to allow room admins to deal with abuse quickly.
-        #   - two for ratelimiting number of rooms a user can join, "local" for when
-        #     users are joining rooms the server is already in (this is cheap) vs
-        #     "remote" for when users are trying to join rooms not on the server (which
-        #     can be more expensive)
-        #   - one for ratelimiting how often a user or IP can attempt to validate a 3PID.
-        #   - two for ratelimiting how often invites can be sent in a room or to a
-        #     specific user.
-        #   - one for ratelimiting 3PID invites (i.e. invites sent to a third-party ID
-        #     such as an email address or a phone number) based on the account that's
-        #     sending the invite.
-        #
-        # The defaults are as shown below.
-        #
-        #rc_message:
-        #  per_second: 0.2
-        #  burst_count: 10
-        #
-        #rc_registration:
-        #  per_second: 0.17
-        #  burst_count: 3
-        #
-        #rc_registration_token_validity:
-        #  per_second: 0.1
-        #  burst_count: 5
-        #
-        #rc_login:
-        #  address:
-        #    per_second: 0.17
-        #    burst_count: 3
-        #  account:
-        #    per_second: 0.17
-        #    burst_count: 3
-        #  failed_attempts:
-        #    per_second: 0.17
-        #    burst_count: 3
-        #
-        #rc_admin_redaction:
-        #  per_second: 1
-        #  burst_count: 50
-        #
-        #rc_joins:
-        #  local:
-        #    per_second: 0.1
-        #    burst_count: 10
-        #  remote:
-        #    per_second: 0.01
-        #    burst_count: 10
-        #
-        #rc_3pid_validation:
-        #  per_second: 0.003
-        #  burst_count: 5
-        #
-        #rc_invites:
-        #  per_room:
-        #    per_second: 0.3
-        #    burst_count: 10
-        #  per_user:
-        #    per_second: 0.003
-        #    burst_count: 5
-        #
-        #rc_third_party_invite:
-        #  per_second: 0.2
-        #  burst_count: 10
-
-        # Ratelimiting settings for incoming federation
-        #
-        # The rc_federation configuration is made up of the following settings:
-        #   - window_size: window size in milliseconds
-        #   - sleep_limit: number of federation requests from a single server in
-        #     a window before the server will delay processing the request.
-        #   - sleep_delay: duration in milliseconds to delay processing events
-        #     from remote servers by if they go over the sleep limit.
-        #   - reject_limit: maximum number of concurrent federation requests
-        #     allowed from a single server
-        #   - concurrent: number of federation requests to concurrently process
-        #     from a single server
-        #
-        # The defaults are as shown below.
-        #
-        #rc_federation:
-        #  window_size: 1000
-        #  sleep_limit: 10
-        #  sleep_delay: 500
-        #  reject_limit: 50
-        #  concurrent: 3
-
-        # Target outgoing federation transaction frequency for sending read-receipts,
-        # per-room.
-        #
-        # If we end up trying to send out more read-receipts, they will get buffered up
-        # into fewer transactions.
-        #
-        #federation_rr_transactions_per_room_per_second: 50
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/redis.py b/synapse/config/redis.py
index ec7a735418..b42dd2e93a 100644
--- a/synapse/config/redis.py
+++ b/synapse/config/redis.py
@@ -34,24 +34,3 @@ class RedisConfig(Config):
         self.redis_host = redis_config.get("host", "localhost")
         self.redis_port = redis_config.get("port", 6379)
         self.redis_password = redis_config.get("password")
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        # Configuration for Redis when using workers. This *must* be enabled when
-        # using workers (unless using old style direct TCP configuration).
-        #
-        redis:
-          # Uncomment the below to enable Redis support.
-          #
-          #enabled: true
-
-          # Optional host and port to use to connect to redis. Defaults to
-          # localhost and 6379
-          #
-          #host: localhost
-          #port: 6379
-
-          # Optional password if configured on the Redis instance
-          #
-          #password: <secret_password>
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/registration.py b/synapse/config/registration.py
index d2d0425e62..fcf99be092 100644
--- a/synapse/config/registration.py
+++ b/synapse/config/registration.py
@@ -206,284 +206,9 @@ class RegistrationConfig(Config):
             registration_shared_secret = 'registration_shared_secret: "%s"' % (
                 random_string_with_symbols(50),
             )
+            return registration_shared_secret
         else:
-            registration_shared_secret = "#registration_shared_secret: <PRIVATE STRING>"
-
-        return (
-            """\
-        ## Registration ##
-        #
-        # Registration can be rate-limited using the parameters in the "Ratelimiting"
-        # section of this file.
-
-        # Enable registration for new users. Defaults to 'false'. It is highly recommended that if you enable registration,
-        # you use either captcha, email, or token-based verification to verify that new users are not bots. In order to enable registration
-        # without any verification, you must also set `enable_registration_without_verification`, found below.
-        #
-        #enable_registration: false
-
-        # Enable registration without email or captcha verification. Note: this option is *not* recommended,
-        # as registration without verification is a known vector for spam and abuse. Defaults to false. Has no effect
-        # unless `enable_registration` is also enabled.
-        #
-        #enable_registration_without_verification: true
-
-        # Time that a user's session remains valid for, after they log in.
-        #
-        # Note that this is not currently compatible with guest logins.
-        #
-        # Note also that this is calculated at login time: changes are not applied
-        # retrospectively to users who have already logged in.
-        #
-        # By default, this is infinite.
-        #
-        #session_lifetime: 24h
-
-        # Time that an access token remains valid for, if the session is
-        # using refresh tokens.
-        # For more information about refresh tokens, please see the manual.
-        # Note that this only applies to clients which advertise support for
-        # refresh tokens.
-        #
-        # Note also that this is calculated at login time and refresh time:
-        # changes are not applied to existing sessions until they are refreshed.
-        #
-        # By default, this is 5 minutes.
-        #
-        #refreshable_access_token_lifetime: 5m
-
-        # Time that a refresh token remains valid for (provided that it is not
-        # exchanged for another one first).
-        # This option can be used to automatically log-out inactive sessions.
-        # Please see the manual for more information.
-        #
-        # Note also that this is calculated at login time and refresh time:
-        # changes are not applied to existing sessions until they are refreshed.
-        #
-        # By default, this is infinite.
-        #
-        #refresh_token_lifetime: 24h
-
-        # Time that an access token remains valid for, if the session is NOT
-        # using refresh tokens.
-        # Please note that not all clients support refresh tokens, so setting
-        # this to a short value may be inconvenient for some users who will
-        # then be logged out frequently.
-        #
-        # Note also that this is calculated at login time: changes are not applied
-        # retrospectively to existing sessions for users that have already logged in.
-        #
-        # By default, this is infinite.
-        #
-        #nonrefreshable_access_token_lifetime: 24h
-
-        # The user must provide all of the below types of 3PID when registering.
-        #
-        #registrations_require_3pid:
-        #  - email
-        #  - msisdn
-
-        # Explicitly disable asking for MSISDNs from the registration
-        # flow (overrides registrations_require_3pid if MSISDNs are set as required)
-        #
-        #disable_msisdn_registration: true
-
-        # Mandate that users are only allowed to associate certain formats of
-        # 3PIDs with accounts on this server.
-        #
-        #allowed_local_3pids:
-        #  - medium: email
-        #    pattern: '^[^@]+@matrix\\.org$'
-        #  - medium: email
-        #    pattern: '^[^@]+@vector\\.im$'
-        #  - medium: msisdn
-        #    pattern: '\\+44'
-
-        # Enable 3PIDs lookup requests to identity servers from this server.
-        #
-        #enable_3pid_lookup: true
-
-        # Require users to submit a token during registration.
-        # Tokens can be managed using the admin API:
-        # https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/registration_tokens.html
-        # Note that `enable_registration` must be set to `true`.
-        # Disabling this option will not delete any tokens previously generated.
-        # Defaults to false. Uncomment the following to require tokens:
-        #
-        #registration_requires_token: true
-
-        # Allow users to submit a token during registration to bypass any required 3pid
-        # steps configured in `registrations_require_3pid`.
-        # Defaults to false, requiring that registration tokens (if enabled) complete a 3pid flow.
-        #
-        #enable_registration_token_3pid_bypass: false
-
-        # If set, allows registration of standard or admin accounts by anyone who
-        # has the shared secret, even if registration is otherwise disabled.
-        #
-        %(registration_shared_secret)s
-
-        # Set the number of bcrypt rounds used to generate password hash.
-        # Larger numbers increase the work factor needed to generate the hash.
-        # The default number is 12 (which equates to 2^12 rounds).
-        # N.B. that increasing this will exponentially increase the time required
-        # to register or login - e.g. 24 => 2^24 rounds which will take >20 mins.
-        #
-        #bcrypt_rounds: 12
-
-        # Allows users to register as guests without a password/email/etc, and
-        # participate in rooms hosted on this server which have been made
-        # accessible to anonymous users.
-        #
-        #allow_guest_access: false
-
-        # The identity server which we suggest that clients should use when users log
-        # in on this server.
-        #
-        # (By default, no suggestion is made, so it is left up to the client.
-        # This setting is ignored unless public_baseurl is also explicitly set.)
-        #
-        #default_identity_server: https://matrix.org
-
-        # Handle threepid (email/phone etc) registration and password resets through a set of
-        # *trusted* identity servers. Note that this allows the configured identity server to
-        # reset passwords for accounts!
-        #
-        # Be aware that if `email` is not set, and SMTP options have not been
-        # configured in the email config block, registration and user password resets via
-        # email will be globally disabled.
-        #
-        # Additionally, if `msisdn` is not set, registration and password resets via msisdn
-        # will be disabled regardless, and users will not be able to associate an msisdn
-        # identifier to their account. This is due to Synapse currently not supporting
-        # any method of sending SMS messages on its own.
-        #
-        # To enable using an identity server for operations regarding a particular third-party
-        # identifier type, set the value to the URL of that identity server as shown in the
-        # examples below.
-        #
-        # Servers handling the these requests must answer the `/requestToken` endpoints defined
-        # by the Matrix Identity Service API specification:
-        # https://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/latest
-        #
-        account_threepid_delegates:
-            #email: https://example.com     # Delegate email sending to example.com
-            #msisdn: http://localhost:8090  # Delegate SMS sending to this local process
-
-        # Whether users are allowed to change their displayname after it has
-        # been initially set. Useful when provisioning users based on the
-        # contents of a third-party directory.
-        #
-        # Does not apply to server administrators. Defaults to 'true'
-        #
-        #enable_set_displayname: false
-
-        # Whether users are allowed to change their avatar after it has been
-        # initially set. Useful when provisioning users based on the contents
-        # of a third-party directory.
-        #
-        # Does not apply to server administrators. Defaults to 'true'
-        #
-        #enable_set_avatar_url: false
-
-        # Whether users can change the 3PIDs associated with their accounts
-        # (email address and msisdn).
-        #
-        # Defaults to 'true'
-        #
-        #enable_3pid_changes: false
-
-        # Users who register on this homeserver will automatically be joined
-        # to these rooms.
-        #
-        # By default, any room aliases included in this list will be created
-        # as a publicly joinable room when the first user registers for the
-        # homeserver. This behaviour can be customised with the settings below.
-        # If the room already exists, make certain it is a publicly joinable
-        # room. The join rule of the room must be set to 'public'.
-        #
-        #auto_join_rooms:
-        #  - "#example:example.com"
-
-        # Where auto_join_rooms are specified, setting this flag ensures that the
-        # the rooms exist by creating them when the first user on the
-        # homeserver registers.
-        #
-        # By default the auto-created rooms are publicly joinable from any federated
-        # server. Use the autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated and
-        # autocreate_auto_join_room_preset settings below to customise this behaviour.
-        #
-        # Setting to false means that if the rooms are not manually created,
-        # users cannot be auto-joined since they do not exist.
-        #
-        # Defaults to true. Uncomment the following line to disable automatically
-        # creating auto-join rooms.
-        #
-        #autocreate_auto_join_rooms: false
-
-        # Whether the auto_join_rooms that are auto-created are available via
-        # federation. Only has an effect if autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true.
-        #
-        # Note that whether a room is federated cannot be modified after
-        # creation.
-        #
-        # Defaults to true: the room will be joinable from other servers.
-        # Uncomment the following to prevent users from other homeservers from
-        # joining these rooms.
-        #
-        #autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated: false
-
-        # The room preset to use when auto-creating one of auto_join_rooms. Only has an
-        # effect if autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true.
-        #
-        # This can be one of "public_chat", "private_chat", or "trusted_private_chat".
-        # If a value of "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat" is used then
-        # auto_join_mxid_localpart must also be configured.
-        #
-        # Defaults to "public_chat", meaning that the room is joinable by anyone, including
-        # federated servers if autocreate_auto_join_rooms_federated is true (the default).
-        # Uncomment the following to require an invitation to join these rooms.
-        #
-        #autocreate_auto_join_room_preset: private_chat
-
-        # The local part of the user id which is used to create auto_join_rooms if
-        # autocreate_auto_join_rooms is true. If this is not provided then the
-        # initial user account that registers will be used to create the rooms.
-        #
-        # The user id is also used to invite new users to any auto-join rooms which
-        # are set to invite-only.
-        #
-        # It *must* be configured if autocreate_auto_join_room_preset is set to
-        # "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat".
-        #
-        # Note that this must be specified in order for new users to be correctly
-        # invited to any auto-join rooms which have been set to invite-only (either
-        # at the time of creation or subsequently).
-        #
-        # Note that, if the room already exists, this user must be joined and
-        # have the appropriate permissions to invite new members.
-        #
-        #auto_join_mxid_localpart: system
-
-        # When auto_join_rooms is specified, setting this flag to false prevents
-        # guest accounts from being automatically joined to the rooms.
-        #
-        # Defaults to true.
-        #
-        #auto_join_rooms_for_guests: false
-
-        # Whether to inhibit errors raised when registering a new account if the user ID
-        # already exists. If turned on, that requests to /register/available will always
-        # show a user ID as available, and Synapse won't raise an error when starting
-        # a registration with a user ID that already exists. However, Synapse will still
-        # raise an error if the registration completes and the username conflicts.
-        #
-        # Defaults to false.
-        #
-        #inhibit_user_in_use_error: true
-        """
-            % locals()
-        )
+            return ""
 
     @staticmethod
     def add_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
diff --git a/synapse/config/repository.py b/synapse/config/repository.py
index f9c55143c3..aadec1e54e 100644
--- a/synapse/config/repository.py
+++ b/synapse/config/repository.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from urllib.request import getproxies_environment  # type: ignore
 
 import attr
 
-from synapse.config.server import DEFAULT_IP_RANGE_BLACKLIST, generate_ip_set
+from synapse.config.server import generate_ip_set
 from synapse.types import JsonDict
 from synapse.util.check_dependencies import DependencyException, check_requirements
 from synapse.util.module_loader import load_module
@@ -242,166 +242,4 @@ class ContentRepositoryConfig(Config):
     def generate_config_section(self, data_dir_path: str, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
         assert data_dir_path is not None
         media_store = os.path.join(data_dir_path, "media_store")
-
-        formatted_thumbnail_sizes = "".join(
-            THUMBNAIL_SIZE_YAML % s for s in DEFAULT_THUMBNAIL_SIZES
-        )
-        # strip final NL
-        formatted_thumbnail_sizes = formatted_thumbnail_sizes[:-1]
-
-        ip_range_blacklist = "\n".join(
-            "        #  - '%s'" % ip for ip in DEFAULT_IP_RANGE_BLACKLIST
-        )
-
-        return (
-            r"""
-        ## Media Store ##
-
-        # Enable the media store service in the Synapse master. Uncomment the
-        # following if you are using a separate media store worker.
-        #
-        #enable_media_repo: false
-
-        # Directory where uploaded images and attachments are stored.
-        #
-        media_store_path: "%(media_store)s"
-
-        # Media storage providers allow media to be stored in different
-        # locations.
-        #
-        #media_storage_providers:
-        #  - module: file_system
-        #    # Whether to store newly uploaded local files
-        #    store_local: false
-        #    # Whether to store newly downloaded remote files
-        #    store_remote: false
-        #    # Whether to wait for successful storage for local uploads
-        #    store_synchronous: false
-        #    config:
-        #       directory: /mnt/some/other/directory
-
-        # The largest allowed upload size in bytes
-        #
-        # If you are using a reverse proxy you may also need to set this value in
-        # your reverse proxy's config. Notably Nginx has a small max body size by default.
-        # See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/reverse_proxy.html.
-        #
-        #max_upload_size: 50M
-
-        # Maximum number of pixels that will be thumbnailed
-        #
-        #max_image_pixels: 32M
-
-        # Whether to generate new thumbnails on the fly to precisely match
-        # the resolution requested by the client. If true then whenever
-        # a new resolution is requested by the client the server will
-        # generate a new thumbnail. If false the server will pick a thumbnail
-        # from a precalculated list.
-        #
-        #dynamic_thumbnails: false
-
-        # List of thumbnails to precalculate when an image is uploaded.
-        #
-        #thumbnail_sizes:
-%(formatted_thumbnail_sizes)s
-
-        # Is the preview URL API enabled?
-        #
-        # 'false' by default: uncomment the following to enable it (and specify a
-        # url_preview_ip_range_blacklist blacklist).
-        #
-        #url_preview_enabled: true
-
-        # List of IP address CIDR ranges that the URL preview spider is denied
-        # from accessing.  There are no defaults: you must explicitly
-        # specify a list for URL previewing to work.  You should specify any
-        # internal services in your network that you do not want synapse to try
-        # to connect to, otherwise anyone in any Matrix room could cause your
-        # synapse to issue arbitrary GET requests to your internal services,
-        # causing serious security issues.
-        #
-        # (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
-        # listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
-        #
-        # This must be specified if url_preview_enabled is set. It is recommended that
-        # you uncomment the following list as a starting point.
-        #
-        # Note: The value is ignored when an HTTP proxy is in use
-        #
-        #url_preview_ip_range_blacklist:
-%(ip_range_blacklist)s
-
-        # List of IP address CIDR ranges that the URL preview spider is allowed
-        # to access even if they are specified in url_preview_ip_range_blacklist.
-        # This is useful for specifying exceptions to wide-ranging blacklisted
-        # target IP ranges - e.g. for enabling URL previews for a specific private
-        # website only visible in your network.
-        #
-        #url_preview_ip_range_whitelist:
-        #   - '192.168.1.1'
-
-        # Optional list of URL matches that the URL preview spider is
-        # denied from accessing.  You should use url_preview_ip_range_blacklist
-        # in preference to this, otherwise someone could define a public DNS
-        # entry that points to a private IP address and circumvent the blacklist.
-        # This is more useful if you know there is an entire shape of URL that
-        # you know that will never want synapse to try to spider.
-        #
-        # Each list entry is a dictionary of url component attributes as returned
-        # by urlparse.urlsplit as applied to the absolute form of the URL.  See
-        # https://docs.python.org/2/library/urlparse.html#urlparse.urlsplit
-        # The values of the dictionary are treated as an filename match pattern
-        # applied to that component of URLs, unless they start with a ^ in which
-        # case they are treated as a regular expression match.  If all the
-        # specified component matches for a given list item succeed, the URL is
-        # blacklisted.
-        #
-        #url_preview_url_blacklist:
-        #  # blacklist any URL with a username in its URI
-        #  - username: '*'
-        #
-        #  # blacklist all *.google.com URLs
-        #  - netloc: 'google.com'
-        #  - netloc: '*.google.com'
-        #
-        #  # blacklist all plain HTTP URLs
-        #  - scheme: 'http'
-        #
-        #  # blacklist http(s)://www.acme.com/foo
-        #  - netloc: 'www.acme.com'
-        #    path: '/foo'
-        #
-        #  # blacklist any URL with a literal IPv4 address
-        #  - netloc: '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
-
-        # The largest allowed URL preview spidering size in bytes
-        #
-        #max_spider_size: 10M
-
-        # A list of values for the Accept-Language HTTP header used when
-        # downloading webpages during URL preview generation. This allows
-        # Synapse to specify the preferred languages that URL previews should
-        # be in when communicating with remote servers.
-        #
-        # Each value is a IETF language tag; a 2-3 letter identifier for a
-        # language, optionally followed by subtags separated by '-', specifying
-        # a country or region variant.
-        #
-        # Multiple values can be provided, and a weight can be added to each by
-        # using quality value syntax (;q=). '*' translates to any language.
-        #
-        # Defaults to "en".
-        #
-        # Example:
-        #
-        # url_preview_accept_language:
-        #   - en-UK
-        #   - en-US;q=0.9
-        #   - fr;q=0.8
-        #   - *;q=0.7
-        #
-        url_preview_accept_language:
-        #   - en
-        """
-            % locals()
-        )
+        return f"media_store_path: {media_store}"
diff --git a/synapse/config/retention.py b/synapse/config/retention.py
index 03b723b84b..033051a9c2 100644
--- a/synapse/config/retention.py
+++ b/synapse/config/retention.py
@@ -153,75 +153,3 @@ class RetentionConfig(Config):
             self.retention_purge_jobs = [
                 RetentionPurgeJob(self.parse_duration("1d"), None, None)
             ]
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        # Message retention policy at the server level.
-        #
-        # Room admins and mods can define a retention period for their rooms using the
-        # 'm.room.retention' state event, and server admins can cap this period by setting
-        # the 'allowed_lifetime_min' and 'allowed_lifetime_max' config options.
-        #
-        # If this feature is enabled, Synapse will regularly look for and purge events
-        # which are older than the room's maximum retention period. Synapse will also
-        # filter events received over federation so that events that should have been
-        # purged are ignored and not stored again.
-        #
-        retention:
-          # The message retention policies feature is disabled by default. Uncomment the
-          # following line to enable it.
-          #
-          #enabled: true
-
-          # Default retention policy. If set, Synapse will apply it to rooms that lack the
-          # 'm.room.retention' state event. Currently, the value of 'min_lifetime' doesn't
-          # matter much because Synapse doesn't take it into account yet.
-          #
-          #default_policy:
-          #  min_lifetime: 1d
-          #  max_lifetime: 1y
-
-          # Retention policy limits. If set, and the state of a room contains a
-          # 'm.room.retention' event in its state which contains a 'min_lifetime' or a
-          # 'max_lifetime' that's out of these bounds, Synapse will cap the room's policy
-          # to these limits when running purge jobs.
-          #
-          #allowed_lifetime_min: 1d
-          #allowed_lifetime_max: 1y
-
-          # Server admins can define the settings of the background jobs purging the
-          # events which lifetime has expired under the 'purge_jobs' section.
-          #
-          # If no configuration is provided, a single job will be set up to delete expired
-          # events in every room daily.
-          #
-          # Each job's configuration defines which range of message lifetimes the job
-          # takes care of. For example, if 'shortest_max_lifetime' is '2d' and
-          # 'longest_max_lifetime' is '3d', the job will handle purging expired events in
-          # rooms whose state defines a 'max_lifetime' that's both higher than 2 days, and
-          # lower than or equal to 3 days. Both the minimum and the maximum value of a
-          # range are optional, e.g. a job with no 'shortest_max_lifetime' and a
-          # 'longest_max_lifetime' of '3d' will handle every room with a retention policy
-          # which 'max_lifetime' is lower than or equal to three days.
-          #
-          # The rationale for this per-job configuration is that some rooms might have a
-          # retention policy with a low 'max_lifetime', where history needs to be purged
-          # of outdated messages on a more frequent basis than for the rest of the rooms
-          # (e.g. every 12h), but not want that purge to be performed by a job that's
-          # iterating over every room it knows, which could be heavy on the server.
-          #
-          # If any purge job is configured, it is strongly recommended to have at least
-          # a single job with neither 'shortest_max_lifetime' nor 'longest_max_lifetime'
-          # set, or one job without 'shortest_max_lifetime' and one job without
-          # 'longest_max_lifetime' set. Otherwise some rooms might be ignored, even if
-          # 'allowed_lifetime_min' and 'allowed_lifetime_max' are set, because capping a
-          # room's policy to these values is done after the policies are retrieved from
-          # Synapse's database (which is done using the range specified in a purge job's
-          # configuration).
-          #
-          #purge_jobs:
-          #  - longest_max_lifetime: 3d
-          #    interval: 12h
-          #  - shortest_max_lifetime: 3d
-          #    interval: 1d
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/room.py b/synapse/config/room.py
index 462d85ac1d..4a7ac00540 100644
--- a/synapse/config/room.py
+++ b/synapse/config/room.py
@@ -75,59 +75,3 @@ class RoomConfig(Config):
                         % preset
                     )
                 # We validate the actual overrides when we try to apply them.
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Rooms ##
-
-        # Controls whether locally-created rooms should be end-to-end encrypted by
-        # default.
-        #
-        # Possible options are "all", "invite", and "off". They are defined as:
-        #
-        # * "all": any locally-created room
-        # * "invite": any room created with the "private_chat" or "trusted_private_chat"
-        #             room creation presets
-        # * "off": this option will take no effect
-        #
-        # The default value is "off".
-        #
-        # Note that this option will only affect rooms created after it is set. It
-        # will also not affect rooms created by other servers.
-        #
-        #encryption_enabled_by_default_for_room_type: invite
-
-        # Override the default power levels for rooms created on this server, per
-        # room creation preset.
-        #
-        # The appropriate dictionary for the room preset will be applied on top
-        # of the existing power levels content.
-        #
-        # Useful if you know that your users need special permissions in rooms
-        # that they create (e.g. to send particular types of state events without
-        # needing an elevated power level).  This takes the same shape as the
-        # `power_level_content_override` parameter in the /createRoom API, but
-        # is applied before that parameter.
-        #
-        # Valid keys are some or all of `private_chat`, `trusted_private_chat`
-        # and `public_chat`. Inside each of those should be any of the
-        # properties allowed in `power_level_content_override` in the
-        # /createRoom API. If any property is missing, its default value will
-        # continue to be used. If any property is present, it will overwrite
-        # the existing default completely (so if the `events` property exists,
-        # the default event power levels will be ignored).
-        #
-        #default_power_level_content_override:
-        #    private_chat:
-        #        "events":
-        #            "com.example.myeventtype" : 0
-        #            "m.room.avatar": 50
-        #            "m.room.canonical_alias": 50
-        #            "m.room.encryption": 100
-        #            "m.room.history_visibility": 100
-        #            "m.room.name": 50
-        #            "m.room.power_levels": 100
-        #            "m.room.server_acl": 100
-        #            "m.room.tombstone": 100
-        #        "events_default": 1
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/room_directory.py b/synapse/config/room_directory.py
index 717ba70e1c..3ed236217f 100644
--- a/synapse/config/room_directory.py
+++ b/synapse/config/room_directory.py
@@ -52,72 +52,6 @@ class RoomDirectoryConfig(Config):
                 _RoomDirectoryRule("room_list_publication_rules", {"action": "allow"})
             ]
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """
-        # Uncomment to disable searching the public room list. When disabled
-        # blocks searching local and remote room lists for local and remote
-        # users by always returning an empty list for all queries.
-        #
-        #enable_room_list_search: false
-
-        # The `alias_creation` option controls who's allowed to create aliases
-        # on this server.
-        #
-        # The format of this option is a list of rules that contain globs that
-        # match against user_id, room_id and the new alias (fully qualified with
-        # server name). The action in the first rule that matches is taken,
-        # which can currently either be "allow" or "deny".
-        #
-        # Missing user_id/room_id/alias fields default to "*".
-        #
-        # If no rules match the request is denied. An empty list means no one
-        # can create aliases.
-        #
-        # Options for the rules include:
-        #
-        #   user_id: Matches against the creator of the alias
-        #   alias: Matches against the alias being created
-        #   room_id: Matches against the room ID the alias is being pointed at
-        #   action: Whether to "allow" or "deny" the request if the rule matches
-        #
-        # The default is:
-        #
-        #alias_creation_rules:
-        #  - user_id: "*"
-        #    alias: "*"
-        #    room_id: "*"
-        #    action: allow
-
-        # The `room_list_publication_rules` option controls who can publish and
-        # which rooms can be published in the public room list.
-        #
-        # The format of this option is the same as that for
-        # `alias_creation_rules`.
-        #
-        # If the room has one or more aliases associated with it, only one of
-        # the aliases needs to match the alias rule. If there are no aliases
-        # then only rules with `alias: *` match.
-        #
-        # If no rules match the request is denied. An empty list means no one
-        # can publish rooms.
-        #
-        # Options for the rules include:
-        #
-        #   user_id: Matches against the creator of the alias
-        #   room_id: Matches against the room ID being published
-        #   alias: Matches against any current local or canonical aliases
-        #            associated with the room
-        #   action: Whether to "allow" or "deny" the request if the rule matches
-        #
-        # The default is:
-        #
-        #room_list_publication_rules:
-        #  - user_id: "*"
-        #    alias: "*"
-        #    room_id: "*"
-        #    action: allow
-        """
-
     def is_alias_creation_allowed(self, user_id: str, room_id: str, alias: str) -> bool:
         """Checks if the given user is allowed to create the given alias
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/saml2.py b/synapse/config/saml2.py
index 19b2f1b215..bd7c234d31 100644
--- a/synapse/config/saml2.py
+++ b/synapse/config/saml2.py
@@ -223,189 +223,6 @@ class SAML2Config(Config):
             },
         }
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, config_dir_path: str, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Single sign-on integration ##
-
-        # The following settings can be used to make Synapse use a single sign-on
-        # provider for authentication, instead of its internal password database.
-        #
-        # You will probably also want to set the following options to `false` to
-        # disable the regular login/registration flows:
-        #   * enable_registration
-        #   * password_config.enabled
-        #
-        # You will also want to investigate the settings under the "sso" configuration
-        # section below.
-
-        # Enable SAML2 for registration and login. Uses pysaml2.
-        #
-        # At least one of `sp_config` or `config_path` must be set in this section to
-        # enable SAML login.
-        #
-        # Once SAML support is enabled, a metadata file will be exposed at
-        # https://<server>:<port>/_synapse/client/saml2/metadata.xml, which you may be able to
-        # use to configure your SAML IdP with. Alternatively, you can manually configure
-        # the IdP to use an ACS location of
-        # https://<server>:<port>/_synapse/client/saml2/authn_response.
-        #
-        saml2_config:
-          # `sp_config` is the configuration for the pysaml2 Service Provider.
-          # See pysaml2 docs for format of config.
-          #
-          # Default values will be used for the 'entityid' and 'service' settings,
-          # so it is not normally necessary to specify them unless you need to
-          # override them.
-          #
-          sp_config:
-            # Point this to the IdP's metadata. You must provide either a local
-            # file via the `local` attribute or (preferably) a URL via the
-            # `remote` attribute.
-            #
-            #metadata:
-            #  local: ["saml2/idp.xml"]
-            #  remote:
-            #    - url: https://our_idp/metadata.xml
-
-            # Allowed clock difference in seconds between the homeserver and IdP.
-            #
-            # Uncomment the below to increase the accepted time difference from 0 to 3 seconds.
-            #
-            #accepted_time_diff: 3
-
-            # By default, the user has to go to our login page first. If you'd like
-            # to allow IdP-initiated login, set 'allow_unsolicited: true' in a
-            # 'service.sp' section:
-            #
-            #service:
-            #  sp:
-            #    allow_unsolicited: true
-
-            # The examples below are just used to generate our metadata xml, and you
-            # may well not need them, depending on your setup. Alternatively you
-            # may need a whole lot more detail - see the pysaml2 docs!
-
-            #description: ["My awesome SP", "en"]
-            #name: ["Test SP", "en"]
-
-            #ui_info:
-            #  display_name:
-            #    - lang: en
-            #      text: "Display Name is the descriptive name of your service."
-            #  description:
-            #    - lang: en
-            #      text: "Description should be a short paragraph explaining the purpose of the service."
-            #  information_url:
-            #    - lang: en
-            #      text: "https://example.com/terms-of-service"
-            #  privacy_statement_url:
-            #    - lang: en
-            #      text: "https://example.com/privacy-policy"
-            #  keywords:
-            #    - lang: en
-            #      text: ["Matrix", "Element"]
-            #  logo:
-            #    - lang: en
-            #      text: "https://example.com/logo.svg"
-            #      width: "200"
-            #      height: "80"
-
-            #organization:
-            #  name: Example com
-            #  display_name:
-            #    - ["Example co", "en"]
-            #  url: "http://example.com"
-
-            #contact_person:
-            #  - given_name: Bob
-            #    sur_name: "the Sysadmin"
-            #    email_address": ["admin@example.com"]
-            #    contact_type": technical
-
-          # Instead of putting the config inline as above, you can specify a
-          # separate pysaml2 configuration file:
-          #
-          #config_path: "%(config_dir_path)s/sp_conf.py"
-
-          # The lifetime of a SAML session. This defines how long a user has to
-          # complete the authentication process, if allow_unsolicited is unset.
-          # The default is 15 minutes.
-          #
-          #saml_session_lifetime: 5m
-
-          # An external module can be provided here as a custom solution to
-          # mapping attributes returned from a saml provider onto a matrix user.
-          #
-          user_mapping_provider:
-            # The custom module's class. Uncomment to use a custom module.
-            #
-            #module: mapping_provider.SamlMappingProvider
-
-            # Custom configuration values for the module. Below options are
-            # intended for the built-in provider, they should be changed if
-            # using a custom module. This section will be passed as a Python
-            # dictionary to the module's `parse_config` method.
-            #
-            config:
-              # The SAML attribute (after mapping via the attribute maps) to use
-              # to derive the Matrix ID from. 'uid' by default.
-              #
-              # Note: This used to be configured by the
-              # saml2_config.mxid_source_attribute option. If that is still
-              # defined, its value will be used instead.
-              #
-              #mxid_source_attribute: displayName
-
-              # The mapping system to use for mapping the saml attribute onto a
-              # matrix ID.
-              #
-              # Options include:
-              #  * 'hexencode' (which maps unpermitted characters to '=xx')
-              #  * 'dotreplace' (which replaces unpermitted characters with
-              #     '.').
-              # The default is 'hexencode'.
-              #
-              # Note: This used to be configured by the
-              # saml2_config.mxid_mapping option. If that is still defined, its
-              # value will be used instead.
-              #
-              #mxid_mapping: dotreplace
-
-          # In previous versions of synapse, the mapping from SAML attribute to
-          # MXID was always calculated dynamically rather than stored in a
-          # table. For backwards- compatibility, we will look for user_ids
-          # matching such a pattern before creating a new account.
-          #
-          # This setting controls the SAML attribute which will be used for this
-          # backwards-compatibility lookup. Typically it should be 'uid', but if
-          # the attribute maps are changed, it may be necessary to change it.
-          #
-          # The default is 'uid'.
-          #
-          #grandfathered_mxid_source_attribute: upn
-
-          # It is possible to configure Synapse to only allow logins if SAML attributes
-          # match particular values. The requirements can be listed under
-          # `attribute_requirements` as shown below. All of the listed attributes must
-          # match for the login to be permitted.
-          #
-          #attribute_requirements:
-          #  - attribute: userGroup
-          #    value: "staff"
-          #  - attribute: department
-          #    value: "sales"
-
-          # If the metadata XML contains multiple IdP entities then the `idp_entityid`
-          # option must be set to the entity to redirect users to.
-          #
-          # Most deployments only have a single IdP entity and so should omit this
-          # option.
-          #
-          #idp_entityid: 'https://our_idp/entityid'
-        """ % {
-            "config_dir_path": config_dir_path
-        }
-
 
 ATTRIBUTE_REQUIREMENTS_SCHEMA = {
     "type": "array",
diff --git a/synapse/config/server.py b/synapse/config/server.py
index 657322cb1f..828938e5ec 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import argparse
 import itertools
 import logging
 import os.path
-import re
 import urllib.parse
 from textwrap import indent
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
@@ -702,9 +701,6 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
         listeners: Optional[List[dict]],
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> str:
-        ip_range_blacklist = "\n".join(
-            "        #  - '%s'" % ip for ip in DEFAULT_IP_RANGE_BLACKLIST
-        )
 
         _, bind_port = parse_and_validate_server_name(server_name)
         if bind_port is not None:
@@ -715,9 +711,6 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
 
         pid_file = os.path.join(data_dir_path, "homeserver.pid")
 
-        # Bring DEFAULT_ROOM_VERSION into the local-scope for use in the
-        # default config string
-        default_room_version = DEFAULT_ROOM_VERSION
         secure_listeners = []
         unsecure_listeners = []
         private_addresses = ["::1", "127.0.0.1"]
@@ -765,501 +758,18 @@ class ServerConfig(Config):
                 compress: false"""
 
             if listeners:
-                # comment out this block
-                unsecure_http_bindings = "#" + re.sub(
-                    "\n {10}",
-                    lambda match: match.group(0) + "#",
-                    unsecure_http_bindings,
-                )
+                unsecure_http_bindings = ""
 
         if not secure_listeners:
-            secure_http_bindings = (
-                """#- port: %(bind_port)s
-          #  type: http
-          #  tls: true
-          #  resources:
-          #    - names: [client, federation]"""
-                % locals()
-            )
+            secure_http_bindings = ""
 
         return (
             """\
-        ## Server ##
-
-        # The public-facing domain of the server
-        #
-        # The server_name name will appear at the end of usernames and room addresses
-        # created on this server. For example if the server_name was example.com,
-        # usernames on this server would be in the format @user:example.com
-        #
-        # In most cases you should avoid using a matrix specific subdomain such as
-        # matrix.example.com or synapse.example.com as the server_name for the same
-        # reasons you wouldn't use user@email.example.com as your email address.
-        # See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/delegate.html
-        # for information on how to host Synapse on a subdomain while preserving
-        # a clean server_name.
-        #
-        # The server_name cannot be changed later so it is important to
-        # configure this correctly before you start Synapse. It should be all
-        # lowercase and may contain an explicit port.
-        # Examples: matrix.org, localhost:8080
-        #
         server_name: "%(server_name)s"
-
-        # When running as a daemon, the file to store the pid in
-        #
         pid_file: %(pid_file)s
-
-        # The absolute URL to the web client which / will redirect to.
-        #
-        #web_client_location: https://riot.example.com/
-
-        # The public-facing base URL that clients use to access this Homeserver (not
-        # including _matrix/...). This is the same URL a user might enter into the
-        # 'Custom Homeserver URL' field on their client. If you use Synapse with a
-        # reverse proxy, this should be the URL to reach Synapse via the proxy.
-        # Otherwise, it should be the URL to reach Synapse's client HTTP listener (see
-        # 'listeners' below).
-        #
-        # Defaults to 'https://<server_name>/'.
-        #
-        #public_baseurl: https://example.com/
-
-        # Uncomment the following to tell other servers to send federation traffic on
-        # port 443.
-        #
-        # By default, other servers will try to reach our server on port 8448, which can
-        # be inconvenient in some environments.
-        #
-        # Provided 'https://<server_name>/' on port 443 is routed to Synapse, this
-        # option configures Synapse to serve a file at
-        # 'https://<server_name>/.well-known/matrix/server'. This will tell other
-        # servers to send traffic to port 443 instead.
-        #
-        # See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/delegate.html for more
-        # information.
-        #
-        # Defaults to 'false'.
-        #
-        #serve_server_wellknown: true
-
-        # Set the soft limit on the number of file descriptors synapse can use
-        # Zero is used to indicate synapse should set the soft limit to the
-        # hard limit.
-        #
-        #soft_file_limit: 0
-
-        # Presence tracking allows users to see the state (e.g online/offline)
-        # of other local and remote users.
-        #
-        presence:
-          # Uncomment to disable presence tracking on this homeserver. This option
-          # replaces the previous top-level 'use_presence' option.
-          #
-          #enabled: false
-
-        # Whether to require authentication to retrieve profile data (avatars,
-        # display names) of other users through the client API. Defaults to
-        # 'false'. Note that profile data is also available via the federation
-        # API, unless allow_profile_lookup_over_federation is set to false.
-        #
-        #require_auth_for_profile_requests: true
-
-        # Uncomment to require a user to share a room with another user in order
-        # to retrieve their profile information. Only checked on Client-Server
-        # requests. Profile requests from other servers should be checked by the
-        # requesting server. Defaults to 'false'.
-        #
-        #limit_profile_requests_to_users_who_share_rooms: true
-
-        # Uncomment to prevent a user's profile data from being retrieved and
-        # displayed in a room until they have joined it. By default, a user's
-        # profile data is included in an invite event, regardless of the values
-        # of the above two settings, and whether or not the users share a server.
-        # Defaults to 'true'.
-        #
-        #include_profile_data_on_invite: false
-
-        # If set to 'true', removes the need for authentication to access the server's
-        # public rooms directory through the client API, meaning that anyone can
-        # query the room directory. Defaults to 'false'.
-        #
-        #allow_public_rooms_without_auth: true
-
-        # If set to 'true', allows any other homeserver to fetch the server's public
-        # rooms directory via federation. Defaults to 'false'.
-        #
-        #allow_public_rooms_over_federation: true
-
-        # The default room version for newly created rooms.
-        #
-        # Known room versions are listed here:
-        # https://spec.matrix.org/latest/rooms/#complete-list-of-room-versions
-        #
-        # For example, for room version 1, default_room_version should be set
-        # to "1".
-        #
-        #default_room_version: "%(default_room_version)s"
-
-        # The GC threshold parameters to pass to `gc.set_threshold`, if defined
-        #
-        #gc_thresholds: [700, 10, 10]
-
-        # The minimum time in seconds between each GC for a generation, regardless of
-        # the GC thresholds. This ensures that we don't do GC too frequently.
-        #
-        # A value of `[1s, 10s, 30s]` indicates that a second must pass between consecutive
-        # generation 0 GCs, etc.
-        #
-        # Defaults to `[1s, 10s, 30s]`.
-        #
-        #gc_min_interval: [0.5s, 30s, 1m]
-
-        # Set the limit on the returned events in the timeline in the get
-        # and sync operations. The default value is 100. -1 means no upper limit.
-        #
-        # Uncomment the following to increase the limit to 5000.
-        #
-        #filter_timeline_limit: 5000
-
-        # Whether room invites to users on this server should be blocked
-        # (except those sent by local server admins). The default is False.
-        #
-        #block_non_admin_invites: true
-
-        # Room searching
-        #
-        # If disabled, new messages will not be indexed for searching and users
-        # will receive errors when searching for messages. Defaults to enabled.
-        #
-        #enable_search: false
-
-        # Prevent outgoing requests from being sent to the following blacklisted IP address
-        # CIDR ranges. If this option is not specified then it defaults to private IP
-        # address ranges (see the example below).
-        #
-        # The blacklist applies to the outbound requests for federation, identity servers,
-        # push servers, and for checking key validity for third-party invite events.
-        #
-        # (0.0.0.0 and :: are always blacklisted, whether or not they are explicitly
-        # listed here, since they correspond to unroutable addresses.)
-        #
-        # This option replaces federation_ip_range_blacklist in Synapse v1.25.0.
-        #
-        # Note: The value is ignored when an HTTP proxy is in use
-        #
-        #ip_range_blacklist:
-%(ip_range_blacklist)s
-
-        # List of IP address CIDR ranges that should be allowed for federation,
-        # identity servers, push servers, and for checking key validity for
-        # third-party invite events. This is useful for specifying exceptions to
-        # wide-ranging blacklisted target IP ranges - e.g. for communication with
-        # a push server only visible in your network.
-        #
-        # This whitelist overrides ip_range_blacklist and defaults to an empty
-        # list.
-        #
-        #ip_range_whitelist:
-        #   - '192.168.1.1'
-
-        # List of ports that Synapse should listen on, their purpose and their
-        # configuration.
-        #
-        # Options for each listener include:
-        #
-        #   port: the TCP port to bind to
-        #
-        #   bind_addresses: a list of local addresses to listen on. The default is
-        #       'all local interfaces'.
-        #
-        #   type: the type of listener. Normally 'http', but other valid options are:
-        #       'manhole' (see https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/manhole.html),
-        #       'metrics' (see https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/metrics-howto.html),
-        #       'replication' (see https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/workers.html).
-        #
-        #   tls: set to true to enable TLS for this listener. Will use the TLS
-        #       key/cert specified in tls_private_key_path / tls_certificate_path.
-        #
-        #   x_forwarded: Only valid for an 'http' listener. Set to true to use the
-        #       X-Forwarded-For header as the client IP. Useful when Synapse is
-        #       behind a reverse-proxy.
-        #
-        #   resources: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A list of resources to host
-        #       on this port. Options for each resource are:
-        #
-        #       names: a list of names of HTTP resources. See below for a list of
-        #           valid resource names.
-        #
-        #       compress: set to true to enable HTTP compression for this resource.
-        #
-        #   additional_resources: Only valid for an 'http' listener. A map of
-        #        additional endpoints which should be loaded via dynamic modules.
-        #
-        # Valid resource names are:
-        #
-        #   client: the client-server API (/_matrix/client), and the synapse admin
-        #       API (/_synapse/admin). Also implies 'media' and 'static'.
-        #
-        #   consent: user consent forms (/_matrix/consent).
-        #       See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/consent_tracking.html.
-        #
-        #   federation: the server-server API (/_matrix/federation). Also implies
-        #       'media', 'keys', 'openid'
-        #
-        #   keys: the key discovery API (/_matrix/key).
-        #
-        #   media: the media API (/_matrix/media).
-        #
-        #   metrics: the metrics interface.
-        #       See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/metrics-howto.html.
-        #
-        #   openid: OpenID authentication.
-        #
-        #   replication: the HTTP replication API (/_synapse/replication).
-        #       See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/workers.html.
-        #
-        #   static: static resources under synapse/static (/_matrix/static). (Mostly
-        #       useful for 'fallback authentication'.)
-        #
         listeners:
-          # TLS-enabled listener: for when matrix traffic is sent directly to synapse.
-          #
-          # Disabled by default. To enable it, uncomment the following. (Note that you
-          # will also need to give Synapse a TLS key and certificate: see the TLS section
-          # below.)
-          #
           %(secure_http_bindings)s
-
-          # Unsecure HTTP listener: for when matrix traffic passes through a reverse proxy
-          # that unwraps TLS.
-          #
-          # If you plan to use a reverse proxy, please see
-          # https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/reverse_proxy.html.
-          #
           %(unsecure_http_bindings)s
-
-            # example additional_resources:
-            #
-            #additional_resources:
-            #  "/_matrix/my/custom/endpoint":
-            #    module: my_module.CustomRequestHandler
-            #    config: {}
-
-          # Turn on the twisted ssh manhole service on localhost on the given
-          # port.
-          #
-          #- port: 9000
-          #  bind_addresses: ['::1', '127.0.0.1']
-          #  type: manhole
-
-        # Connection settings for the manhole
-        #
-        manhole_settings:
-          # The username for the manhole. This defaults to 'matrix'.
-          #
-          #username: manhole
-
-          # The password for the manhole. This defaults to 'rabbithole'.
-          #
-          #password: mypassword
-
-          # The private and public SSH key pair used to encrypt the manhole traffic.
-          # If these are left unset, then hardcoded and non-secret keys are used,
-          # which could allow traffic to be intercepted if sent over a public network.
-          #
-          #ssh_priv_key_path: %(config_dir_path)s/id_rsa
-          #ssh_pub_key_path: %(config_dir_path)s/id_rsa.pub
-
-        # Forward extremities can build up in a room due to networking delays between
-        # homeservers. Once this happens in a large room, calculation of the state of
-        # that room can become quite expensive. To mitigate this, once the number of
-        # forward extremities reaches a given threshold, Synapse will send an
-        # org.matrix.dummy_event event, which will reduce the forward extremities
-        # in the room.
-        #
-        # This setting defines the threshold (i.e. number of forward extremities in the
-        # room) at which dummy events are sent. The default value is 10.
-        #
-        #dummy_events_threshold: 5
-
-
-        ## Homeserver blocking ##
-
-        # How to reach the server admin, used in ResourceLimitError
-        #
-        #admin_contact: 'mailto:admin@server.com'
-
-        # Global blocking
-        #
-        #hs_disabled: false
-        #hs_disabled_message: 'Human readable reason for why the HS is blocked'
-
-        # Monthly Active User Blocking
-        #
-        # Used in cases where the admin or server owner wants to limit to the
-        # number of monthly active users.
-        #
-        # 'limit_usage_by_mau' disables/enables monthly active user blocking. When
-        # enabled and a limit is reached the server returns a 'ResourceLimitError'
-        # with error type Codes.RESOURCE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
-        #
-        # 'max_mau_value' is the hard limit of monthly active users above which
-        # the server will start blocking user actions.
-        #
-        # 'mau_trial_days' is a means to add a grace period for active users. It
-        # means that users must be active for this number of days before they
-        # can be considered active and guards against the case where lots of users
-        # sign up in a short space of time never to return after their initial
-        # session.
-        #
-        # The option `mau_appservice_trial_days` is similar to `mau_trial_days`, but
-        # applies a different trial number if the user was registered by an appservice.
-        # A value of 0 means no trial days are applied. Appservices not listed in this
-        # dictionary use the value of `mau_trial_days` instead.
-        #
-        # 'mau_limit_alerting' is a means of limiting client side alerting
-        # should the mau limit be reached. This is useful for small instances
-        # where the admin has 5 mau seats (say) for 5 specific people and no
-        # interest increasing the mau limit further. Defaults to True, which
-        # means that alerting is enabled
-        #
-        #limit_usage_by_mau: false
-        #max_mau_value: 50
-        #mau_trial_days: 2
-        #mau_limit_alerting: false
-        #mau_appservice_trial_days:
-        #  "appservice-id": 1
-
-        # If enabled, the metrics for the number of monthly active users will
-        # be populated, however no one will be limited. If limit_usage_by_mau
-        # is true, this is implied to be true.
-        #
-        #mau_stats_only: false
-
-        # Sometimes the server admin will want to ensure certain accounts are
-        # never blocked by mau checking. These accounts are specified here.
-        #
-        #mau_limit_reserved_threepids:
-        #  - medium: 'email'
-        #    address: 'reserved_user@example.com'
-
-        # Used by phonehome stats to group together related servers.
-        #server_context: context
-
-        # Resource-constrained homeserver settings
-        #
-        # When this is enabled, the room "complexity" will be checked before a user
-        # joins a new remote room. If it is above the complexity limit, the server will
-        # disallow joining, or will instantly leave.
-        #
-        # Room complexity is an arbitrary measure based on factors such as the number of
-        # users in the room.
-        #
-        limit_remote_rooms:
-          # Uncomment to enable room complexity checking.
-          #
-          #enabled: true
-
-          # the limit above which rooms cannot be joined. The default is 1.0.
-          #
-          #complexity: 0.5
-
-          # override the error which is returned when the room is too complex.
-          #
-          #complexity_error: "This room is too complex."
-
-          # allow server admins to join complex rooms. Default is false.
-          #
-          #admins_can_join: true
-
-        # Whether to require a user to be in the room to add an alias to it.
-        # Defaults to 'true'.
-        #
-        #require_membership_for_aliases: false
-
-        # Whether to allow per-room membership profiles through the send of membership
-        # events with profile information that differ from the target's global profile.
-        # Defaults to 'true'.
-        #
-        #allow_per_room_profiles: false
-
-        # The largest allowed file size for a user avatar. Defaults to no restriction.
-        #
-        # Note that user avatar changes will not work if this is set without
-        # using Synapse's media repository.
-        #
-        #max_avatar_size: 10M
-
-        # The MIME types allowed for user avatars. Defaults to no restriction.
-        #
-        # Note that user avatar changes will not work if this is set without
-        # using Synapse's media repository.
-        #
-        #allowed_avatar_mimetypes: ["image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif"]
-
-        # How long to keep redacted events in unredacted form in the database. After
-        # this period redacted events get replaced with their redacted form in the DB.
-        #
-        # Defaults to `7d`. Set to `null` to disable.
-        #
-        #redaction_retention_period: 28d
-
-        # How long to track users' last seen time and IPs in the database.
-        #
-        # Defaults to `28d`. Set to `null` to disable clearing out of old rows.
-        #
-        #user_ips_max_age: 14d
-
-        # Inhibits the /requestToken endpoints from returning an error that might leak
-        # information about whether an e-mail address is in use or not on this
-        # homeserver.
-        # Note that for some endpoints the error situation is the e-mail already being
-        # used, and for others the error is entering the e-mail being unused.
-        # If this option is enabled, instead of returning an error, these endpoints will
-        # act as if no error happened and return a fake session ID ('sid') to clients.
-        #
-        #request_token_inhibit_3pid_errors: true
-
-        # A list of domains that the domain portion of 'next_link' parameters
-        # must match.
-        #
-        # This parameter is optionally provided by clients while requesting
-        # validation of an email or phone number, and maps to a link that
-        # users will be automatically redirected to after validation
-        # succeeds. Clients can make use this parameter to aid the validation
-        # process.
-        #
-        # The whitelist is applied whether the homeserver or an
-        # identity server is handling validation.
-        #
-        # The default value is no whitelist functionality; all domains are
-        # allowed. Setting this value to an empty list will instead disallow
-        # all domains.
-        #
-        #next_link_domain_whitelist: ["matrix.org"]
-
-        # Templates to use when generating email or HTML page contents.
-        #
-        templates:
-          # Directory in which Synapse will try to find template files to use to generate
-          # email or HTML page contents.
-          # If not set, or a file is not found within the template directory, a default
-          # template from within the Synapse package will be used.
-          #
-          # See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/templates.html for more
-          # information about using custom templates.
-          #
-          #custom_template_directory: /path/to/custom/templates/
-
-        # List of rooms to exclude from sync responses. This is useful for server
-        # administrators wishing to group users into a room without these users being able
-        # to see it from their client.
-        #
-        # By default, no room is excluded.
-        #
-        #exclude_rooms_from_sync:
-        #    - !foo:example.com
         """
             % locals()
         )
diff --git a/synapse/config/server_notices.py b/synapse/config/server_notices.py
index 505b4f6c6c..ce041abe9b 100644
--- a/synapse/config/server_notices.py
+++ b/synapse/config/server_notices.py
@@ -18,27 +18,6 @@ from synapse.types import JsonDict, UserID
 
 from ._base import Config
 
-DEFAULT_CONFIG = """\
-# Server Notices room configuration
-#
-# Uncomment this section to enable a room which can be used to send notices
-# from the server to users. It is a special room which cannot be left; notices
-# come from a special "notices" user id.
-#
-# If you uncomment this section, you *must* define the system_mxid_localpart
-# setting, which defines the id of the user which will be used to send the
-# notices.
-#
-# It's also possible to override the room name, the display name of the
-# "notices" user, and the avatar for the user.
-#
-#server_notices:
-#  system_mxid_localpart: notices
-#  system_mxid_display_name: "Server Notices"
-#  system_mxid_avatar_url: "mxc://server.com/oumMVlgDnLYFaPVkExemNVVZ"
-#  room_name: "Server Notices"
-"""
-
 
 class ServerNoticesConfig(Config):
     """Configuration for the server notices room.
@@ -83,6 +62,3 @@ class ServerNoticesConfig(Config):
         self.server_notices_mxid_avatar_url = c.get("system_mxid_avatar_url", None)
         # todo: i18n
         self.server_notices_room_name = c.get("room_name", "Server Notices")
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return DEFAULT_CONFIG
diff --git a/synapse/config/sso.py b/synapse/config/sso.py
index f88eba77d0..2178cbf983 100644
--- a/synapse/config/sso.py
+++ b/synapse/config/sso.py
@@ -107,43 +107,3 @@ class SSOConfig(Config):
             self.root.server.public_baseurl + "_matrix/static/client/login"
         )
         self.sso_client_whitelist.append(login_fallback_url)
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        # Additional settings to use with single-sign on systems such as OpenID Connect,
-        # SAML2 and CAS.
-        #
-        # Server admins can configure custom templates for pages related to SSO. See
-        # https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/templates.html for more information.
-        #
-        sso:
-            # A list of client URLs which are whitelisted so that the user does not
-            # have to confirm giving access to their account to the URL. Any client
-            # whose URL starts with an entry in the following list will not be subject
-            # to an additional confirmation step after the SSO login is completed.
-            #
-            # WARNING: An entry such as "https://my.client" is insecure, because it
-            # will also match "https://my.client.evil.site", exposing your users to
-            # phishing attacks from evil.site. To avoid this, include a slash after the
-            # hostname: "https://my.client/".
-            #
-            # The login fallback page (used by clients that don't natively support the
-            # required login flows) is whitelisted in addition to any URLs in this list.
-            #
-            # By default, this list contains only the login fallback page.
-            #
-            #client_whitelist:
-            #  - https://riot.im/develop
-            #  - https://my.custom.client/
-
-            # Uncomment to keep a user's profile fields in sync with information from
-            # the identity provider. Currently only syncing the displayname is
-            # supported. Fields are checked on every SSO login, and are updated
-            # if necessary.
-            #
-            # Note that enabling this option will override user profile information,
-            # regardless of whether users have opted-out of syncing that
-            # information when first signing in. Defaults to false.
-            #
-            #update_profile_information: true
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/stats.py b/synapse/config/stats.py
index ed1f416e4f..9621acd77f 100644
--- a/synapse/config/stats.py
+++ b/synapse/config/stats.py
@@ -46,16 +46,3 @@ class StatsConfig(Config):
             self.stats_enabled = stats_config.get("enabled", self.stats_enabled)
         if not self.stats_enabled:
             logger.warning(ROOM_STATS_DISABLED_WARN)
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """
-        # Settings for local room and user statistics collection. See
-        # https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/room_and_user_statistics.html.
-        #
-        stats:
-          # Uncomment the following to disable room and user statistics. Note that doing
-          # so may cause certain features (such as the room directory) not to work
-          # correctly.
-          #
-          #enabled: false
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/tls.py b/synapse/config/tls.py
index cb17950d25..336fe3e0da 100644
--- a/synapse/config/tls.py
+++ b/synapse/config/tls.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import logging
-import os
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Pattern
 
 from matrix_common.regex import glob_to_regex
@@ -143,9 +142,6 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
 
     def generate_config_section(
         self,
-        config_dir_path: str,
-        data_dir_path: str,
-        server_name: str,
         tls_certificate_path: Optional[str],
         tls_private_key_path: Optional[str],
         **kwargs: Any,
@@ -153,90 +149,18 @@ class TlsConfig(Config):
         """If the TLS paths are not specified the default will be certs in the
         config directory"""
 
-        base_key_name = os.path.join(config_dir_path, server_name)
-
         if bool(tls_certificate_path) != bool(tls_private_key_path):
             raise ConfigError(
                 "Please specify both a cert path and a key path or neither."
             )
 
-        tls_enabled = "" if tls_certificate_path and tls_private_key_path else "#"
-
-        if not tls_certificate_path:
-            tls_certificate_path = base_key_name + ".tls.crt"
-        if not tls_private_key_path:
-            tls_private_key_path = base_key_name + ".tls.key"
-
-        # flake8 doesn't recognise that variables are used in the below string
-        _ = tls_enabled
-
-        return (
-            """\
-        ## TLS ##
-
-        # PEM-encoded X509 certificate for TLS.
-        # This certificate, as of Synapse 1.0, will need to be a valid and verifiable
-        # certificate, signed by a recognised Certificate Authority.
-        #
-        # Be sure to use a `.pem` file that includes the full certificate chain including
-        # any intermediate certificates (for instance, if using certbot, use
-        # `fullchain.pem` as your certificate, not `cert.pem`).
-        #
-        %(tls_enabled)stls_certificate_path: "%(tls_certificate_path)s"
-
-        # PEM-encoded private key for TLS
-        #
-        %(tls_enabled)stls_private_key_path: "%(tls_private_key_path)s"
-
-        # Whether to verify TLS server certificates for outbound federation requests.
-        #
-        # Defaults to `true`. To disable certificate verification, uncomment the
-        # following line.
-        #
-        #federation_verify_certificates: false
-
-        # The minimum TLS version that will be used for outbound federation requests.
-        #
-        # Defaults to `1`. Configurable to `1`, `1.1`, `1.2`, or `1.3`. Note
-        # that setting this value higher than `1.2` will prevent federation to most
-        # of the public Matrix network: only configure it to `1.3` if you have an
-        # entirely private federation setup and you can ensure TLS 1.3 support.
-        #
-        #federation_client_minimum_tls_version: 1.2
-
-        # Skip federation certificate verification on the following whitelist
-        # of domains.
-        #
-        # This setting should only be used in very specific cases, such as
-        # federation over Tor hidden services and similar. For private networks
-        # of homeservers, you likely want to use a private CA instead.
-        #
-        # Only effective if federation_verify_certicates is `true`.
-        #
-        #federation_certificate_verification_whitelist:
-        #  - lon.example.com
-        #  - "*.domain.com"
-        #  - "*.onion"
-
-        # List of custom certificate authorities for federation traffic.
-        #
-        # This setting should only normally be used within a private network of
-        # homeservers.
-        #
-        # Note that this list will replace those that are provided by your
-        # operating environment. Certificates must be in PEM format.
-        #
-        #federation_custom_ca_list:
-        #  - myCA1.pem
-        #  - myCA2.pem
-        #  - myCA3.pem
-        """
-            # Lowercase the string representation of boolean values
-            % {
-                x[0]: str(x[1]).lower() if isinstance(x[1], bool) else x[1]
-                for x in locals().items()
-            }
-        )
+        if tls_certificate_path and tls_private_key_path:
+            return f"""\
+                tls_certificate_path: {tls_certificate_path}
+                tls_private_key_path: {tls_private_key_path}
+                """
+        else:
+            return ""
 
     def read_tls_certificate(self) -> crypto.X509:
         """Reads the TLS certificate from the configured file, and returns it
diff --git a/synapse/config/tracer.py b/synapse/config/tracer.py
index ae68a3dd1a..6fbf927f11 100644
--- a/synapse/config/tracer.py
+++ b/synapse/config/tracer.py
@@ -67,53 +67,3 @@ class TracerConfig(Config):
                     ("opentracing", "force_tracing_for_users", f"index {i}"),
                 )
             self.force_tracing_for_users.add(u)
-
-    def generate_config_section(cls, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Opentracing ##
-
-        # These settings enable opentracing, which implements distributed tracing.
-        # This allows you to observe the causal chains of events across servers
-        # including requests, key lookups etc., across any server running
-        # synapse or any other other services which supports opentracing
-        # (specifically those implemented with Jaeger).
-        #
-        opentracing:
-            # tracing is disabled by default. Uncomment the following line to enable it.
-            #
-            #enabled: true
-
-            # The list of homeservers we wish to send and receive span contexts and span baggage.
-            # See https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/opentracing.html.
-            #
-            # This is a list of regexes which are matched against the server_name of the
-            # homeserver.
-            #
-            # By default, it is empty, so no servers are matched.
-            #
-            #homeserver_whitelist:
-            #  - ".*"
-
-            # A list of the matrix IDs of users whose requests will always be traced,
-            # even if the tracing system would otherwise drop the traces due to
-            # probabilistic sampling.
-            #
-            # By default, the list is empty.
-            #
-            #force_tracing_for_users:
-            #  - "@user1:server_name"
-            #  - "@user2:server_name"
-
-            # Jaeger can be configured to sample traces at different rates.
-            # All configuration options provided by Jaeger can be set here.
-            # Jaeger's configuration is mostly related to trace sampling which
-            # is documented here:
-            # https://www.jaegertracing.io/docs/latest/sampling/.
-            #
-            #jaeger_config:
-            #  sampler:
-            #    type: const
-            #    param: 1
-            #  logging:
-            #    false
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/user_directory.py b/synapse/config/user_directory.py
index 010e791924..c9e18b91e9 100644
--- a/synapse/config/user_directory.py
+++ b/synapse/config/user_directory.py
@@ -35,42 +35,3 @@ class UserDirectoryConfig(Config):
         self.user_directory_search_prefer_local_users = user_directory_config.get(
             "prefer_local_users", False
         )
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """
-        # User Directory configuration
-        #
-        user_directory:
-            # Defines whether users can search the user directory. If false then
-            # empty responses are returned to all queries. Defaults to true.
-            #
-            # Uncomment to disable the user directory.
-            #
-            #enabled: false
-
-            # Defines whether to search all users visible to your HS when searching
-            # the user directory. If false, search results will only contain users
-            # visible in public rooms and users sharing a room with the requester.
-            # Defaults to false.
-            #
-            # NB. If you set this to true, and the last time the user_directory search
-            # indexes were (re)built was before Synapse 1.44, you'll have to
-            # rebuild the indexes in order to search through all known users.
-            # These indexes are built the first time Synapse starts; admins can
-            # manually trigger a rebuild via API following the instructions at
-            #     https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/background_updates.html#run
-            #
-            # Uncomment to return search results containing all known users, even if that
-            # user does not share a room with the requester.
-            #
-            #search_all_users: true
-
-            # Defines whether to prefer local users in search query results.
-            # If True, local users are more likely to appear above remote users
-            # when searching the user directory. Defaults to false.
-            #
-            # Uncomment to prefer local over remote users in user directory search
-            # results.
-            #
-            #prefer_local_users: true
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/voip.py b/synapse/config/voip.py
index 87c09abe24..43f0a0fa17 100644
--- a/synapse/config/voip.py
+++ b/synapse/config/voip.py
@@ -31,34 +31,3 @@ class VoipConfig(Config):
             config.get("turn_user_lifetime", "1h")
         )
         self.turn_allow_guests = config.get("turn_allow_guests", True)
-
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## TURN ##
-
-        # The public URIs of the TURN server to give to clients
-        #
-        #turn_uris: []
-
-        # The shared secret used to compute passwords for the TURN server
-        #
-        #turn_shared_secret: "YOUR_SHARED_SECRET"
-
-        # The Username and password if the TURN server needs them and
-        # does not use a token
-        #
-        #turn_username: "TURNSERVER_USERNAME"
-        #turn_password: "TURNSERVER_PASSWORD"
-
-        # How long generated TURN credentials last
-        #
-        #turn_user_lifetime: 1h
-
-        # Whether guests should be allowed to use the TURN server.
-        # This defaults to True, otherwise VoIP will be unreliable for guests.
-        # However, it does introduce a slight security risk as it allows users to
-        # connect to arbitrary endpoints without having first signed up for a
-        # valid account (e.g. by passing a CAPTCHA).
-        #
-        #turn_allow_guests: true
-        """
diff --git a/synapse/config/workers.py b/synapse/config/workers.py
index e1569b3c14..f2716422b5 100644
--- a/synapse/config/workers.py
+++ b/synapse/config/workers.py
@@ -410,55 +410,6 @@ class WorkerConfig(Config):
         # (By this point, these are either the same value or only one is not None.)
         return bool(new_option_should_run_here or legacy_option_should_run_here)
 
-    def generate_config_section(self, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return """\
-        ## Workers ##
-
-        # Disables sending of outbound federation transactions on the main process.
-        # Uncomment if using a federation sender worker.
-        #
-        #send_federation: false
-
-        # It is possible to run multiple federation sender workers, in which case the
-        # work is balanced across them.
-        #
-        # This configuration must be shared between all federation sender workers, and if
-        # changed all federation sender workers must be stopped at the same time and then
-        # started, to ensure that all instances are running with the same config (otherwise
-        # events may be dropped).
-        #
-        #federation_sender_instances:
-        #  - federation_sender1
-
-        # When using workers this should be a map from `worker_name` to the
-        # HTTP replication listener of the worker, if configured.
-        #
-        #instance_map:
-        #  worker1:
-        #    host: localhost
-        #    port: 8034
-
-        # Experimental: When using workers you can define which workers should
-        # handle event persistence and typing notifications. Any worker
-        # specified here must also be in the `instance_map`.
-        #
-        #stream_writers:
-        #  events: worker1
-        #  typing: worker1
-
-        # The worker that is used to run background tasks (e.g. cleaning up expired
-        # data). If not provided this defaults to the main process.
-        #
-        #run_background_tasks_on: worker1
-
-        # A shared secret used by the replication APIs to authenticate HTTP requests
-        # from workers.
-        #
-        # By default this is unused and traffic is not authenticated.
-        #
-        #worker_replication_secret: ""
-        """
-
     def read_arguments(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         # We support a bunch of command line arguments that override options in
         # the config. A lot of these options have a worker_* prefix when running