diff --git a/configs/example/fs.py b/configs/example/fs.py
index 727f693396..0277feef35 100644
--- a/configs/example/fs.py
+++ b/configs/example/fs.py
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ def build_test_system(np):
         test_sys.ruby.clk_domain = SrcClockDomain(clock = options.ruby_clock,
                                         voltage_domain = test_sys.voltage_domain)
 
+        # Connect the ruby io port to the PIO bus,
+        # assuming that there is just one such port.
+        test_sys.iobus.master = test_sys.ruby._io_port.slave
+
         for (i, cpu) in enumerate(test_sys.cpu):
             #
             # Tie the cpu ports to the correct ruby system ports
@@ -161,10 +165,6 @@ def build_test_system(np):
                 cpu.interrupts.int_master = test_sys.ruby._cpu_ports[i].slave
                 cpu.interrupts.int_slave = test_sys.ruby._cpu_ports[i].master
 
-            # Connect the ruby io port to the PIO bus,
-            # assuming that there is just one such port.
-            test_sys.iobus.master = test_sys.ruby._io_port.slave
-
     else:
         if options.caches or options.l2cache:
             # By default the IOCache runs at the system clock
diff --git a/configs/example/se.py b/configs/example/se.py
index e0535c7269..83eabdc834 100644
--- a/configs/example/se.py
+++ b/configs/example/se.py
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ if options.ruby:
         print >> sys.stderr, "Ruby requires TimingSimpleCPU or O3CPU!!"
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    options.use_map = True
     Ruby.create_system(options, False, system)
     assert(options.num_cpus == len(system.ruby._cpu_ports))