diff --git a/contrib/osx/net.freehaven.tor.plist.in b/contrib/osx/net.freehaven.tor.plist.in
index 03633a8fa1..79ebf38b0a 100644
--- a/contrib/osx/net.freehaven.tor.plist.in
+++ b/contrib/osx/net.freehaven.tor.plist.in
@@ -9,23 +9,15 @@
 	<string>/Library/Tor/tor</string>
 
 	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
-	<!-- The following array parameters should be set in the config file, not here -->
 	<array>
-	<string>--runasdaemon</string>
-	<string>1</string>
-	<string>--pidfile</string>
-	<string>/var/run/Tor.pid</string>
-	<string>--datadirectory</string>
-	<string>/Library/Tor/var/lib/tor</string>
-	<string>--log</string>
-	<string>"notice file /var/log/tor/tor.log"</string>
+	<string>tor</string>
 	</array>
 
 	<key>UserName</key>
 	<string>_tor</string>
 
 	<key>GroupName</key>
-	<string>_tor</string>
+	<string>daemon</string>
 
 	<key>OnDemand</key>
 	<false/>
@@ -33,9 +25,6 @@
 	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
 	<true/>
 
-	<key>RootDirectory</key>
-	<string>/Library/Tor/</string>
-
 	<key>ServiceDescription</key>
 	<string>Tor @VERSION@  http://tor.eff.org</string>