diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/fair-scheduler-allocation.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/fair-scheduler-allocation.xml
index 8756a6ac815..e69de29bb2d 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/fair-scheduler-allocation.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/fair-scheduler-allocation.xml
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  limitations under the License. See accompanying LICENSE file.
--->
-
-<!--
-  This file contains pool and user allocations for the Fair Scheduler.
-  Its format is explained in the Fair Scheduler documentation at
-  http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/FairScheduler.html
-  The documentation also includes a sample config file.
--->
-
-<allocations>
-  <user name="jenkins">
-    <!-- Limit on running jobs for the user across all pools. If more
-      jobs than this are submitted, only the first <maxRunningJobs> will
-      be scheduled at any given time. Defaults to infinity or the
-      userMaxJobsDefault value set below. -->
-    <maxRunningJobs>1000</maxRunningJobs>
-  </user>
-  <userMaxAppsDefault>1000</userMaxAppsDefault>
-  <queue name="sls_queue_1">
-    <minResources>1024 mb, 1 vcores</minResources>
-    <schedulingMode>fair</schedulingMode>
-    <weight>0.25</weight>
-    <minSharePreemptionTimeout>2</minSharePreemptionTimeout>
-  </queue>
-  <queue name="sls_queue_2">
-    <minResources>1024 mb, 1 vcores</minResources>
-    <schedulingMode>fair</schedulingMode>
-    <weight>0.25</weight>
-    <minSharePreemptionTimeout>2</minSharePreemptionTimeout>
-  </queue>
-  <queue name="sls_queue_3">
-    <minResources>1024 mb, 1 vcores</minResources>
-    <weight>0.5</weight>
-    <schedulingMode>fair</schedulingMode>
-    <minSharePreemptionTimeout>2</minSharePreemptionTimeout>
-  </queue>
-</allocations>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/fair-scheduler.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/fair-scheduler.xml
index 12cf81dd682..fa10359c501 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/fair-scheduler.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/fair-scheduler.xml
@@ -20,28 +20,31 @@
   The documentation also includes a sample config file.
 -->
 
-<configuration>
-  <property>
-    <description>Absolute path to allocation file. An allocation file is an XML
-    manifest describing queues and their properties, in addition to certain
-    policy defaults. This file must be in XML format as described in
-    http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/FairScheduler.html.
-    </description>
-    <name>yarn.scheduler.fair.allocation.file</name>
-    <value>src/test/resources/fair-scheduler-allocation.xml</value>
-  </property>
-
-  <property>
-    <description>Whether to use preemption. Note that preemption is experimental
-    in the current version. Defaults to false.</description>
-    <name>yarn.scheduler.fair.preemption</name>
-    <value>true</value>
-  </property>
-
-  <property>
-    <description>Whether to allow multiple container assignments in one
-    heartbeat. Defaults to false.</description>
-    <name>yarn.scheduler.fair.assignmultiple</name>
-    <value>true</value>
-  </property>
-</configuration>
+<allocations>
+  <user name="jenkins">
+    <!-- Limit on running jobs for the user across all pools. If more
+      jobs than this are submitted, only the first <maxRunningJobs> will
+      be scheduled at any given time. Defaults to infinity or the
+      userMaxJobsDefault value set below. -->
+    <maxRunningJobs>1000</maxRunningJobs>
+  </user>
+  <userMaxAppsDefault>1000</userMaxAppsDefault>
+  <queue name="sls_queue_1">
+    <minResources>1024 mb, 1 vcores</minResources>
+    <schedulingMode>fair</schedulingMode>
+    <weight>0.25</weight>
+    <minSharePreemptionTimeout>2</minSharePreemptionTimeout>
+  </queue>
+  <queue name="sls_queue_2">
+    <minResources>1024 mb, 1 vcores</minResources>
+    <schedulingMode>fair</schedulingMode>
+    <weight>0.25</weight>
+    <minSharePreemptionTimeout>2</minSharePreemptionTimeout>
+  </queue>
+  <queue name="sls_queue_3">
+    <minResources>1024 mb, 1 vcores</minResources>
+    <weight>0.5</weight>
+    <schedulingMode>fair</schedulingMode>
+    <minSharePreemptionTimeout>2</minSharePreemptionTimeout>
+  </queue>
+</allocations>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/yarn-site.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/yarn-site.xml
index 8ab23b9b918..f6c6a4a983d 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/yarn-site.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-sls/src/test/resources/yarn-site.xml
@@ -55,4 +55,17 @@
     <value>false</value>
   </property>
 
+  <property>
+    <description>Whether to use preemption. Note that preemption is experimental
+    in the current version. Defaults to false.</description>
+    <name>yarn.scheduler.fair.preemption</name>
+    <value>true</value>
+  </property>
+
+  <property>
+    <description>Whether to allow multiple container assignments in one
+    heartbeat. Defaults to false.</description>
+    <name>yarn.scheduler.fair.assignmultiple</name>
+    <value>true</value>
+  </property>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index e50461948d9..98487c9e0f6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Release 2.3.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     YARN-1268. TestFairScheduler.testContinuousScheduling is flaky (Sandy Ryza)
 
+    YARN-1300. SLS tests fail because conf puts YARN properties in
+    fair-scheduler.xml (Ted Yu via Sandy Ryza)
+
 Release 2.2.1 - UNRELEASED
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES