diff --git a/examples/blog-starter/now.json b/examples/blog-starter/now.json
index e9ab941a260121a..e2a1eb024cd292d 100644
--- a/examples/blog-starter/now.json
+++ b/examples/blog-starter/now.json
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "version": 2,
   "name": "nextjs-blog-starter",
   "alias": ["nextjs-blog-starter.now.sh"],
-  "builds": [{ "src": "package.json", "use": "@now/next" }],
   "routes": [
     { "src": "/feed.json", "dest": "/_next/static/feed.json" },
     { "src": "/blog/(?<page>[^/]+)$", "dest": "/blog?page=$page" }
diff --git a/examples/with-now-env/now.json b/examples/with-now-env/now.json
index f04eefdb3c0629b..1305f0d9a0d26f3 100644
--- a/examples/with-now-env/now.json
+++ b/examples/with-now-env/now.json
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": 2,
-  "builds": [
-    {
-      "src": "package.json",
-      "use": "@now/next"
-    }
-  ],
   "build": {
     "env": {
       "SECRET": "@my-secret-key",
diff --git a/examples/with-stencil/README.md b/examples/with-stencil/README.md
index ac2b873e51736b8..ae0be5300067218 100644
--- a/examples/with-stencil/README.md
+++ b/examples/with-stencil/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Deploy it to the cloud with [now](https://zeit.co/now) ([download](https://zeit.
 now
 ```
 
+> Choose `packages/web-app` as root directory when deploying.
+
 ## The idea behind the example
 
 Stencil is a compiler that generates Web Components (more specifically, Custom Elements). Stencil combines the best concepts of the most popular frameworks into a simple build-time tool.
diff --git a/examples/with-stencil/now.json b/examples/with-stencil/now.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 985a1b01d4007ef..000000000000000
--- a/examples/with-stencil/now.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 2,
-  "builds": [{ "src": "packages/web-app/package.json", "use": "@now/next" }],
-  "routes": [{ "src": "(.*)", "dest": "packages/web-app$1", "continue": true }]
-}
diff --git a/examples/with-yarn-workspaces/README.md b/examples/with-yarn-workspaces/README.md
index 15e1d756fbb0cb9..c77eba540103d75 100644
--- a/examples/with-yarn-workspaces/README.md
+++ b/examples/with-yarn-workspaces/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Deploy it to the cloud with [now](https://zeit.co/now) ([download](https://zeit.
 now
 ```
 
+> Choose `packages/web-app` as root directory when deploying.
+
 ## Useful Links
 
 - [Documentation](https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/workspaces)
diff --git a/examples/with-yarn-workspaces/now.json b/examples/with-yarn-workspaces/now.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 985a1b01d4007ef..000000000000000
--- a/examples/with-yarn-workspaces/now.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 2,
-  "builds": [{ "src": "packages/web-app/package.json", "use": "@now/next" }],
-  "routes": [{ "src": "(.*)", "dest": "packages/web-app$1", "continue": true }]
-}
diff --git a/examples/with-zones/blog/.gitignore b/examples/with-zones/blog/.gitignore
index f74c78183c91794..e54e38fa532b362 100644
--- a/examples/with-zones/blog/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/with-zones/blog/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .next
 node_modules
+
+.now
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/with-zones/blog/now.json b/examples/with-zones/blog/now.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..9dcd887d881d873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/with-zones/blog/now.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "build": {
+    "env": {
+      "BUILDING_FOR_NOW": "true"
+    }
+  },
+  "rewrites": [
+    {
+      "source": "/blog/_next$1",
+      "destination": "/_next$1"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/examples/with-zones/home/.gitignore b/examples/with-zones/home/.gitignore
index f74c78183c91794..e54e38fa532b362 100644
--- a/examples/with-zones/home/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/with-zones/home/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .next
 node_modules
+
+.now
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/with-zones/home/now.json b/examples/with-zones/home/now.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..7981357aa4e9b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/with-zones/home/now.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "rewrites": [
+    {
+      "source": "/blog(.*)",
+      "destination": "https://with-zones-blog.now.sh$1"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/examples/with-zones/now.json b/examples/with-zones/now.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 590167dd6c7ab68..000000000000000
--- a/examples/with-zones/now.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "with-zones",
-  "version": 2,
-  "builds": [
-    { "src": "blog/next.config.js", "use": "@now/next" },
-    { "src": "home/next.config.js", "use": "@now/next" }
-  ],
-  "routes": [
-    { "src": "/blog/(_next|static)(.*)" },
-    { "src": "/blog(.*)", "dest": "blog/blog$1", "continue": true },
-    { "src": "(?!/?blog)(.*)", "dest": "home$1", "continue": true }
-  ],
-  "build": {
-    "env": {
-      "BUILDING_FOR_NOW": "true"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/z-experimental-next-news/now.json b/examples/z-experimental-next-news/now.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 404c3ff46d5d78e..000000000000000
--- a/examples/z-experimental-next-news/now.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "builds": [{ "src": "package.json", "use": "@now/next@canary" }]
-}