diff --git a/conf2spec.py b/conf2spec.py
index d31d04e..4c2b4c3 100644
--- a/conf2spec.py
+++ b/conf2spec.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def generate_binary_files(config):
     """If defined in config file, return binary_files.
     If none were defined, return an empty string."""
 
-    return config["files"].get("binary_files", "")
+    return config.get("binary_files", "")
 
 
 
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ def fill_in_template(config):
         manual_build_requires=generate_manual_build_requires(config),
         extra_build_requires=generate_extra_build_requires(config),
         test=generate_check(config),
-        license_files=" ".join(config["files"]["license_files"]),
-        doc_files=" ".join(config["files"]["doc_files"]),
+        license_files=" ".join(config["license_files"]),
+        doc_files=" ".join(config["doc_files"]),
         binary_files=generate_binary_files(config),
-        changelog_head=config["changelog"]["changelog_head"],
-        changelog_msg=config["changelog"]["changelog_msg"],
+        changelog_head=config["changelog_head"],
+        changelog_msg=config["changelog_msg"],
     )
 
     return result
diff --git a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_aionotion.conf b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_aionotion.conf
index 8aa4c1f..da6f8f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_aionotion.conf
+++ b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_aionotion.conf
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ A asyncio-friendly library for Notion Home Monitoring devices.
 
 extra_build_requires = ["runtime"]
 
-[files]
 license_files = ["LICENSE"]
 doc_files = ["README.md"]
 
-[changelog]
 changelog_head = "Fri Jun 04 2021 Package Manager <package@manager.com>"
 changelog_msg = "Rebuilt for Python 3.10"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_click.conf b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_click.conf
index 0bd23b1..eaa073c 100644
--- a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_click.conf
+++ b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_click.conf
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ comes with good defaults out of the box.
 extra_build_requires = ["test"]
 test = "tox"
 
-[files]
 license_files = ["LICENSE.rst"]
 doc_files = ["README.rst", "CHANGES.rst"]
 
-[changelog]
 changelog_head = "Wed Jun 02 2021 Package Maintainer <package@maintainer.com>"
 changelog_msg = "Rebuilt for Python 3.10"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_jupyter-packaging.conf b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_jupyter-packaging.conf
index ee91c71..b2937d6 100644
--- a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_jupyter-packaging.conf
+++ b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_jupyter-packaging.conf
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ unwanted_tests = [
     "test_run",
 ]
 
-[files]
 license_files = ["LICENSE"]
 doc_files = ["README.md"]
 
-[changelog]
 changelog_head = "Fri Jul 23 2021 Package Maintainer <package@maintainer.com>"
 changelog_msg = "Initial package"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_markdown-it-py.conf b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_markdown-it-py.conf
index 682ea44..7d9b20b 100644
--- a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_markdown-it-py.conf
+++ b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_markdown-it-py.conf
@@ -33,11 +33,9 @@ unwanted_tests = [
     "test_linkify",
 ]
 
-[files]
 license_files = ["LICENSE", "LICENSE.markdown-it"]
 doc_files = ["README.md"]
 binary_files = ["markdown-it"]
 
-[changelog]
 changelog_head = "Fri Jul 23 2021 Package Maintainer <package@maintainer.com>"
 changelog_msg = "Rebuilt"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_tomli.conf b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_tomli.conf
index 5d4cfef..c960f06 100644
--- a/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_tomli.conf
+++ b/tests/test_configs/pyp2spec_tomli.conf
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ manual_build_requires = [
 extra_build_requires = ["runtime"]
 test = "pytest"
 
-[files]
 license_files = ["LICENSE"]
 doc_files = ["README.md", "CHANGELOG.md"]
 
-[changelog]
 changelog_head = "Thu Jul 29 2021 Package Maintainer <package@maintainer.com>"
 changelog_msg = '''
 Update to version 1.1.0