diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53b4622..79077e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  // First we initialize Legate and cuPyNumeric
-  int32_t errcode = legate::start(argc, argv);
+  // First we initialize Legate use either `legate` or `LEGATE_CONFIG` to customize launch
+  int32_t errcode = legate::start();
   if (errcode != 0) {
     throw std::runtime_error("legate::start() errorcode: " + std::to_string(errcode));
   }
diff --git a/cpp/examples/hello.cpp b/cpp/examples/hello.cpp
index 200787f..a08b2b0 100644
--- a/cpp/examples/hello.cpp
+++ b/cpp/examples/hello.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 #include <legate_dataframe/parquet.hpp>
 #include <legate_dataframe/unaryop.hpp>
 
-int main(int argc, char** argv)
+int main(void)
 {
-  // First we initialize Legate
-  int32_t errcode = legate::start(argc, argv);
+  // First we initialize Legate use either `legate` or `LEGATE_CONFIG` to customize launch
+  int32_t errcode = legate::start();
   if (errcode != 0) {
     throw std::runtime_error("legate::start() errorcode: " + std::to_string(errcode));
   }
diff --git a/cpp/tests/main.cpp b/cpp/tests/main.cpp
index 13d1b3c..01a4731 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/main.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/main.cpp
@@ -19,19 +19,8 @@
 
 class Environment : public ::testing::Environment {
  public:
-  Environment(int argc, char** argv) : argc_(argc), argv_(argv) {}
-
-  void SetUp() override
-  {
-    const char* argv[] = {"./test", "--gpus", "2"};  // TODO: make configurable
-    int argc           = 3;
-    EXPECT_EQ(legate::start(argc, (char**)argv), 0);
-  }
+  void SetUp() override { EXPECT_EQ(legate::start(), 0); }
   void TearDown() override { EXPECT_EQ(legate::finish(), 0); }
-
- private:
-  int argc_;
-  char** argv_;
 };
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)