diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/DeployerSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/DeployerSpec.scala
index b35f08ec9b..d6693dbeca 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/DeployerSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/DeployerSpec.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class DeployerSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           None,
           RoundRobin,
           NrOfInstances(3),
-          BannagePeriodFailureDetector(10 seconds),
           RemoteScope(List(
             RemoteAddress("wallace", 2552), RemoteAddress("gromit", 2552))))))
       // ClusterScope(
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.scala
index 7b8a6aa751..adf251c766 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           None,
           RoundRobin,
           NrOfInstances(5),
-          NoOpFailureDetector,
           LocalScope))
 
       val helloLatch = new CountDownLatch(5)
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ class ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           None,
           RoundRobin,
           NrOfInstances(10),
-          NoOpFailureDetector,
           LocalScope))
 
       val connectionCount = 10
@@ -103,7 +101,6 @@ class ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           None,
           RoundRobin,
           NrOfInstances(5),
-          NoOpFailureDetector,
           LocalScope))
 
       val helloLatch = new CountDownLatch(5)
@@ -138,7 +135,6 @@ class ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           None,
           Random,
           NrOfInstances(7),
-          NoOpFailureDetector,
           LocalScope))
 
       val stopLatch = new CountDownLatch(7)
@@ -172,7 +168,6 @@ class ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           None,
           Random,
           NrOfInstances(10),
-          NoOpFailureDetector,
           LocalScope))
 
       val connectionCount = 10
@@ -217,7 +212,6 @@ class ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec {
           None,
           Random,
           NrOfInstances(6),
-          NoOpFailureDetector,
           LocalScope))
 
       val helloLatch = new CountDownLatch(6)
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
index 920ed18be9..0069f8f419 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ class LocalActorRefProvider(val app: AkkaApplication) extends ActorRefProvider {
             (if (systemService) None else deployer.lookupDeployment(address)) match { // see if the deployment already exists, if so use it, if not create actor
 
               // create a local actor
-              case None | Some(DeploymentConfig.Deploy(_, _, DeploymentConfig.Direct, _, _, DeploymentConfig.LocalScope)) ⇒
+              case None | Some(DeploymentConfig.Deploy(_, _, DeploymentConfig.Direct, _, DeploymentConfig.LocalScope)) ⇒
                 new LocalActorRef(app, props, supervisor, address, systemService) // create a local actor
 
               // create a routed actor ref
-              case deploy @ Some(DeploymentConfig.Deploy(_, _, routerType, nrOfInstances, _, DeploymentConfig.LocalScope)) ⇒
+              case deploy @ Some(DeploymentConfig.Deploy(_, _, routerType, nrOfInstances, DeploymentConfig.LocalScope)) ⇒
 
                 val routerFactory: () ⇒ Router = DeploymentConfig.routerTypeFor(routerType) match {
                   case RouterType.Direct     ⇒ () ⇒ new DirectRouter
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
index f550c34bfa..653f64346e 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Deployer.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Deployer(val app: AkkaApplication) extends ActorDeployer {
   def deploy(deployment: Deploy): Unit = instance.deploy(deployment)
 
   def isLocal(deployment: Deploy): Boolean = deployment match {
-    case Deploy(_, _, _, _, _, LocalScope) | Deploy(_, _, _, _, _, _: LocalScope) ⇒ true
+    case Deploy(_, _, _, _, LocalScope) | Deploy(_, _, _, _, _: LocalScope) ⇒ true
     case _ ⇒ false
   }
 
@@ -144,50 +144,6 @@ class Deployer(val app: AkkaApplication) extends ActorDeployer {
           }
         }
 
-        // --------------------------------
-        // akka.actor.deployment.<address>.failure-detector.<detector>
-        // --------------------------------
-        val failureDetectorOption: Option[FailureDetector] = addressConfig.getSection("failure-detector") match {
-          case Some(failureDetectorConfig) ⇒
-            failureDetectorConfig.keys.toList match {
-              case Nil ⇒ None
-              case detector :: Nil ⇒
-                detector match {
-                  case "no-op" ⇒
-                    Some(NoOpFailureDetector)
-
-                  case "remove-connection-on-first-failure" ⇒
-                    Some(RemoveConnectionOnFirstFailureFailureDetector)
-
-                  case "bannage-period" ⇒
-                    throw new ConfigurationException(
-                      "Configuration for [" + addressPath + ".failure-detector.bannage-period] must have a 'time-to-ban' option defined")
-
-                  case "bannage-period.time-to-ban" ⇒
-                    failureDetectorConfig.getSection("bannage-period") map { section ⇒
-                      val timeToBan = Duration(section.getInt("time-to-ban", 60), app.AkkaConfig.DefaultTimeUnit)
-                      BannagePeriodFailureDetector(timeToBan)
-                    }
-
-                  case "custom" ⇒
-                    failureDetectorConfig.getSection("custom") map { section ⇒
-                      val implementationClass = section.getString("class").getOrElse(throw new ConfigurationException(
-                        "Configuration for [" + addressPath +
-                          ".failure-detector.custom] must have a 'class' element with the fully qualified name of the failure detector class"))
-                      CustomFailureDetector(implementationClass)
-                    }
-
-                  case _ ⇒ None
-                }
-              case detectors ⇒
-                throw new ConfigurationException(
-                  "Configuration for [" + addressPath +
-                    ".failure-detector] can not have multiple sections - found [" + detectors.mkString(", ") + "]")
-            }
-          case None ⇒ None
-        }
-        val failureDetector = failureDetectorOption getOrElse { NoOpFailureDetector } // fall back to default failure detector
-
         // --------------------------------
         // akka.actor.deployment.<address>.create-as
         // --------------------------------
@@ -235,7 +191,7 @@ class Deployer(val app: AkkaApplication) extends ActorDeployer {
                 }
             }
 
-            Some(Deploy(address, recipe, router, nrOfInstances, failureDetector, RemoteScope(remoteAddresses)))
+            Some(Deploy(address, recipe, router, nrOfInstances, RemoteScope(remoteAddresses)))
 
           case None ⇒ // check for 'cluster' config section
 
@@ -266,9 +222,7 @@ class Deployer(val app: AkkaApplication) extends ActorDeployer {
                       val address = tokenizer.nextElement.asInstanceOf[String]
 
                       protocol match {
-                        //case "host" ⇒ Host(address)
                         case "node" ⇒ Node(address)
-                        //case "ip"   ⇒ IP(address)
                         case _      ⇒ raiseHomeConfigError()
                       }
                     }
@@ -279,7 +233,7 @@ class Deployer(val app: AkkaApplication) extends ActorDeployer {
                 // --------------------------------
                 clusterConfig.getSection("replication") match {
                   case None ⇒
-                    Some(Deploy(address, recipe, router, nrOfInstances, failureDetector, deploymentConfig.ClusterScope(preferredNodes, Transient)))
+                    Some(Deploy(address, recipe, router, nrOfInstances, deploymentConfig.ClusterScope(preferredNodes, Transient)))
 
                   case Some(replicationConfig) ⇒
                     val storage = replicationConfig.getString("storage", "transaction-log") match {
@@ -298,7 +252,7 @@ class Deployer(val app: AkkaApplication) extends ActorDeployer {
                           ".cluster.replication.strategy] needs to be either [\"write-through\"] or [\"write-behind\"] - was [" +
                           unknown + "]")
                     }
-                    Some(Deploy(address, recipe, router, nrOfInstances, failureDetector, deploymentConfig.ClusterScope(preferredNodes, Replication(storage, strategy))))
+                    Some(Deploy(address, recipe, router, nrOfInstances, deploymentConfig.ClusterScope(preferredNodes, Replication(storage, strategy))))
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/DeploymentConfig.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/DeploymentConfig.scala
index 8931f1d13e..1782cda940 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/DeploymentConfig.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/DeploymentConfig.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ object DeploymentConfig {
     recipe: Option[ActorRecipe],
     routing: Routing = Direct,
     nrOfInstances: NrOfInstances = ZeroNrOfInstances,
-    failureDetector: FailureDetector = NoOpFailureDetector,
     scope: Scope = LocalScope)
 
   // --------------------------------
@@ -51,21 +50,6 @@ object DeploymentConfig {
   case object LeastRAM extends Routing
   case object LeastMessages extends Routing
 
-  // --------------------------------
-  // --- FailureDetector
-  // --------------------------------
-  sealed trait FailureDetector
-  case class BannagePeriodFailureDetector(timeToBan: Duration) extends FailureDetector
-  case class CustomFailureDetector(className: String) extends FailureDetector
-
-  // For Java API
-  case class NoOpFailureDetector() extends FailureDetector
-  case class RemoveConnectionOnFirstFailureFailureDetector() extends FailureDetector
-
-  // For Scala API
-  case object NoOpFailureDetector extends FailureDetector
-  case object RemoveConnectionOnFirstFailureFailureDetector extends FailureDetector
-
   // --------------------------------
   // --- Scope
   // --------------------------------
@@ -176,16 +160,6 @@ object DeploymentConfig {
     //    case IP(address)       ⇒ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Specifying preferred node name by 'IP address' is not yet supported. Use the node name like: preferred-nodes = [\"node:node1\"]")
   }
 
-  def failureDetectorTypeFor(failureDetector: FailureDetector): FailureDetectorType = failureDetector match {
-    case NoOpFailureDetector                             ⇒ FailureDetectorType.NoOp
-    case NoOpFailureDetector()                           ⇒ FailureDetectorType.NoOp
-    case BannagePeriodFailureDetector(timeToBan)         ⇒ FailureDetectorType.BannagePeriod(timeToBan)
-    case RemoveConnectionOnFirstFailureFailureDetector   ⇒ FailureDetectorType.RemoveConnectionOnFirstFailure
-    case RemoveConnectionOnFirstFailureFailureDetector() ⇒ FailureDetectorType.RemoveConnectionOnFirstFailure
-    case CustomFailureDetector(implClass)                ⇒ FailureDetectorType.Custom(implClass)
-    case unknown                                         ⇒ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unknown FailureDetector [" + unknown + "]")
-  }
-
   def routerTypeFor(routing: Routing): RouterType = routing match {
     case _: Direct | Direct               ⇒ RouterType.Direct
     case _: RoundRobin | RoundRobin       ⇒ RouterType.RoundRobin
@@ -255,7 +229,7 @@ class DeploymentConfig(val app: AkkaApplication) {
   def isHomeNode(homes: Iterable[Home]): Boolean = homes exists (home ⇒ nodeNameFor(home) == app.nodename)
 
   def replicationSchemeFor(deployment: Deploy): Option[ReplicationScheme] = deployment match {
-    case Deploy(_, _, _, _, _, ClusterScope(_, replicationScheme)) ⇒ Some(replicationScheme)
+    case Deploy(_, _, _, _, ClusterScope(_, replicationScheme)) ⇒ Some(replicationScheme)
     case _ ⇒ None
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/AccrualFailureDetector.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/AccrualFailureDetector.scala
index 9d435c06e1..1632eb9055 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/AccrualFailureDetector.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/AccrualFailureDetector.scala
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import scala.annotation.tailrec
 
 import System.{ currentTimeMillis ⇒ newTimestamp }
 
+import akka.AkkaApplication
+
 /**
  * Implementation of 'The Phi Accrual Failure Detector' by Hayashibara et al. as defined in their paper:
  * [http://ddg.jaist.ac.jp/pub/HDY+04.pdf]
@@ -22,11 +24,15 @@ import System.{ currentTimeMillis ⇒ newTimestamp }
  * <p/>
  * Default threshold is 8, but can be configured in the Akka config.
  */
-class AccrualFailureDetector(
-  val threshold: Int = 8,
-  val maxSampleSize: Int = 1000) {
+class AccrualFailureDetector(val threshold: Int = 8, val maxSampleSize: Int = 1000) {
 
-  final val PhiFactor = 1.0 / math.log(10.0)
+  def this(app: AkkaApplication) {
+    this(
+      app.config.getInt("akka.remote.failure-detector.theshold", 8),
+      app.config.getInt("akka.remote.failure-detector.max-sample-size", 1000))
+  }
+
+  private final val PhiFactor = 1.0 / math.log(10.0)
 
   private case class FailureStats(mean: Double = 0.0D, variance: Double = 0.0D, deviation: Double = 0.0D)
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
index 50d1ebb87f..e531a1e655 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remote.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Remote(val app: AkkaApplication) {
   val shouldCompressData = config.getBool("akka.remote.use-compression", false)
   val remoteSystemDaemonAckTimeout = Duration(config.getInt("akka.remote.remote-daemon-ack-timeout", 30), DefaultTimeUnit).toMillis.toInt
 
-  val failureDetector = new AccrualFailureDetector(FailureDetectorThreshold, FailureDetectorMaxSampleSize)
+  val failureDetector = new AccrualFailureDetector(app)
 
   //  val gossiper = new Gossiper(this)
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
index dc6b18c6d9..3ed89f00a0 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class RemoteActorRefProvider(val app: AkkaApplication) extends ActorRefProvider
         case null ⇒
           val actor: ActorRef = try {
             deployer.lookupDeploymentFor(address) match {
-              case Some(DeploymentConfig.Deploy(_, _, routerType, nrOfInstances, failureDetectorType, DeploymentConfig.RemoteScope(remoteAddresses))) ⇒
+              case Some(DeploymentConfig.Deploy(_, _, routerType, nrOfInstances, DeploymentConfig.RemoteScope(remoteAddresses))) ⇒
 
                 // FIXME move to AccrualFailureDetector as soon as we have the Gossiper up and running and remove the option to select impl in the akka.conf file since we only have one
                 // val failureDetector = DeploymentConfig.failureDetectorTypeFor(failureDetectorType) match {
diff --git a/config/akka-reference.conf b/config/akka-reference.conf
index 0a5fcb9fa8..ebc7437b17 100644
--- a/config/akka-reference.conf
+++ b/config/akka-reference.conf
@@ -75,20 +75,6 @@ akka {
                                                                         #     default is '1'
                                                                         #     if the "direct" router is used then this element is ignored (always '1')
 
-        failure-detector {                                              # failure detection scheme to use
-          bannage-period {                                              #     available: no-op {}
-            time-to-ban = 10                                            #                remove-connection-on-first-failure {}
-          }                                                             #                bannage-period { ... }
-
-        # Options:
-        #  remove-connection-on-first-failure {}                        #                threshold { ... }
-        #  custom {                                                     #                custom { ... } - fully qualified class name of the router class
-        #    class = "com.biz.app.MyCustomFailureDetector"
-        #  }
-        #  threshold {
-        #  }
-        }
-
         #create-as {
         #  class = "com.biz.app.MyActor"                                # FIXME document 'create-as'
         #}
@@ -236,6 +222,14 @@ akka {
 
     remote-daemon-ack-timeout = 30                # Timeout for ACK of cluster operations, lik checking actor out etc.
 
+    failure-detector {                            # accrual failure detection config
+      threshold = 8                               # defines the failure detector threshold
+                                                  #     A low threshold is prone to generate many wrong suspicions but ensures a
+                                                  #     quick detection in the event of a real crash. Conversely, a high threshold
+                                                  #     generates fewer mistakes but needs more time to detect actual crashes
+      max-sample-size = 1000
+    }
+
     server {
       port = 2552                                 # The default remote server port clients should connect to. Default is 2552 (AKKA)
       message-frame-size = 1048576                # Increase this if you want to be able to send messages with large payloads