diff --git a/packages/accounts-base/package.js b/packages/accounts-base/package.js
index 47d285cf01..253bb12d90 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-base/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-base/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "accounts-base",
-  test: "accounts-base-test",
   summary: "A user account system",
   version: "1.0.0"
 });
diff --git a/packages/accounts-oauth/package.js b/packages/accounts-oauth/package.js
index 11e197257a..9b3a10a587 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-oauth/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-oauth/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "accounts-oauth",
-  test: "accounts-oauth-test",
   summary: "Common code for OAuth-based login services",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/accounts-password/package.js b/packages/accounts-password/package.js
index b1fca1460f..300f744985 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-password/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-password/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "accounts-password",
-  test: "accounts-password-test",
   summary: "Password support for accounts",
   version: "1.0.0"
 });
diff --git a/packages/accounts-ui-unstyled/package.js b/packages/accounts-ui-unstyled/package.js
index 4d47169183..b04529475e 100644
--- a/packages/accounts-ui-unstyled/package.js
+++ b/packages/accounts-ui-unstyled/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "accounts-ui-unstyled",
-  test: "accounts-ui-unstyled-test",
   summary: "Unstyled version of login widgets",
   version: "1.0.0"
 });
diff --git a/packages/application-configuration/package.js b/packages/application-configuration/package.js
index 53de326aa2..d193f564c0 100644
--- a/packages/application-configuration/package.js
+++ b/packages/application-configuration/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Interaction with the configuration sources for your apps",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/autoupdate/package.js b/packages/autoupdate/package.js
index 635bffe1eb..db0eac9014 100644
--- a/packages/autoupdate/package.js
+++ b/packages/autoupdate/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Update the client when new client code is available",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/binary-heap/package.js b/packages/binary-heap/package.js
index 1dc928d0fa..92f3655ce5 100644
--- a/packages/binary-heap/package.js
+++ b/packages/binary-heap/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "binary-heap",
-  test: "binary-heap-test",
   summary: "Binary Heap datastructure implementation",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
@@ -19,4 +16,3 @@ Package.on_test(function (api) {
   api.use('binary-heap');
   api.add_files('binary-heap-tests.js');
 });
-
diff --git a/packages/browser-policy-common/package.js b/packages/browser-policy-common/package.js
index 27c4d42599..b89239a4c5 100644
--- a/packages/browser-policy-common/package.js
+++ b/packages/browser-policy-common/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Common code for browser-policy packages",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/browser-policy/package.js b/packages/browser-policy/package.js
index d538d935c1..12a0159f80 100644
--- a/packages/browser-policy/package.js
+++ b/packages/browser-policy/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "browser-policy",
-  test: "browser-policy-test",
   summary: "Configure security policies enforced by the browser",
   version: "1.0.0"
 });
diff --git a/packages/callback-hook/package.js b/packages/callback-hook/package.js
index 11a75124b4..a3c102d8a3 100644
--- a/packages/callback-hook/package.js
+++ b/packages/callback-hook/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Register callbacks on a hook",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/check/package.js b/packages/check/package.js
index 17fc0b27c3..8757efad45 100644
--- a/packages/check/package.js
+++ b/packages/check/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "check",
-  test: "check-test",
   summary: "Check whether a value matches a pattern",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/coffeescript-test-helper/package.js b/packages/coffeescript-test-helper/package.js
index ea3d00bfb2..6db17febaa 100644
--- a/packages/coffeescript-test-helper/package.js
+++ b/packages/coffeescript-test-helper/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Used by the coffeescript package's tests",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/coffeescript/package.js b/packages/coffeescript/package.js
index 37dc2b7645..e305de82ca 100644
--- a/packages/coffeescript/package.js
+++ b/packages/coffeescript/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "coffeescript",
-  test: "coffeescript-test",
   summary: "Javascript dialect with fewer braces and semicolons",
   version: "1.0.0"
 });
diff --git a/packages/constraint-solver/package.js b/packages/constraint-solver/package.js
index a32eb2c452..1fdffd193d 100644
--- a/packages/constraint-solver/package.js
+++ b/packages/constraint-solver/package.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Given the set of the constraints, picks a satisfying configuration",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  test: "constraint-solver-test",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/ctl-helper/package.js b/packages/ctl-helper/package.js
index 16e9b26af6..699a75447e 100644
--- a/packages/ctl-helper/package.js
+++ b/packages/ctl-helper/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Helpers for control programs",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Npm.depends({optimist: '0.6.0'});
diff --git a/packages/ctl/package.js b/packages/ctl/package.js
index e9f7659937..a0d3309249 100644
--- a/packages/ctl/package.js
+++ b/packages/ctl/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Default control program for an application",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/deps/package.js b/packages/deps/package.js
index e794f6171c..7dcf07328f 100644
--- a/packages/deps/package.js
+++ b/packages/deps/package.js
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 // XXX rename package?
 
 Package.describe({
-  name: "deps",
-  test: "deps-test",
   summary: "Dependency mananger to allow reactive callbacks",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/dev-bundle-fetcher/package.js b/packages/dev-bundle-fetcher/package.js
index 9927d725b4..2b5924bce4 100644
--- a/packages/dev-bundle-fetcher/package.js
+++ b/packages/dev-bundle-fetcher/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "A shell script for downloading the Meteor dev bundle",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/disable-oplog/package.js b/packages/disable-oplog/package.js
index 000b40d7d3..190f00becd 100644
--- a/packages/disable-oplog/package.js
+++ b/packages/disable-oplog/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Disables oplog tailing",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 // This package is empty; its presence is detected by mongo-livedata.
diff --git a/packages/ejson/package.js b/packages/ejson/package.js
index 3290036189..3a87742a2f 100644
--- a/packages/ejson/package.js
+++ b/packages/ejson/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "ejson",
-  test: "ejson-test",
   summary: "Extended and Extensible JSON library",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: false
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/email/package.js b/packages/email/package.js
index 6159029972..2fed4bfd6a 100644
--- a/packages/email/package.js
+++ b/packages/email/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "email",
-  test: "email-test",
   summary: "Send email messages",
   version: "1.0.0"
 });
diff --git a/packages/facebook/package.js b/packages/facebook/package.js
index 28d8906f13..825363a031 100644
--- a/packages/facebook/package.js
+++ b/packages/facebook/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Facebook OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  // internal for now. Should be external when it has a richer API to do
-  // actual API things with the service, not just handle the OAuth flow.
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/facts/package.js b/packages/facts/package.js
index d465a702d2..40e695895a 100644
--- a/packages/facts/package.js
+++ b/packages/facts/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Publish internal app statistics",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
@@ -20,4 +19,3 @@ Package.on_use(function (api) {
 
   api.export('Facts');
 });
-
diff --git a/packages/follower-livedata/package.js b/packages/follower-livedata/package.js
index cee6f21437..e6e3eb87be 100644
--- a/packages/follower-livedata/package.js
+++ b/packages/follower-livedata/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Maintain a connection to the leader of an election set",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/geojson-utils/package.js b/packages/geojson-utils/package.js
index 03bc5d5eae..a6fd288bf6 100644
--- a/packages/geojson-utils/package.js
+++ b/packages/geojson-utils/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "geojson-utils",
-  test: "geojson-utils-test",
   summary: 'GeoJSON utility functions (from https://github.com/maxogden/geojson-js-utils)',
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
@@ -16,4 +13,3 @@ Package.on_test(function (api) {
   api.use('geojson-utils');
   api.add_files(['geojson-utils.tests.js'], 'client');
 });
-
diff --git a/packages/github/package.js b/packages/github/package.js
index c36c5a8e45..4a0626774d 100644
--- a/packages/github/package.js
+++ b/packages/github/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Github OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  // internal for now. Should be external when it has a richer API to do
-  // actual API things with the service, not just handle the OAuth flow.
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/google/package.js b/packages/google/package.js
index 721974b0fd..016be5cdcc 100644
--- a/packages/google/package.js
+++ b/packages/google/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Google OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  // internal for now. Should be external when it has a richer API to do
-  // actual API things with the service, not just handle the OAuth flow.
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/handlebars/package.js b/packages/handlebars/package.js
index 1c2fa87475..9b1159f39b 100644
--- a/packages/handlebars/package.js
+++ b/packages/handlebars/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "handlebars",
-  test: "handlebars-test",
   summary: "Deprecated",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
@@ -14,4 +11,3 @@ Package.on_use(function (api) {
 //    "The 'handlebars' package is deprecated. "
 //      + "`Handlebars.registerHelper` is now `UI.registerHelper` in the 'ui' package.");
 });
-
diff --git a/packages/html-tools/package.js b/packages/html-tools/package.js
index 5159def6fc..fcc9aa24bc 100644
--- a/packages/html-tools/package.js
+++ b/packages/html-tools/package.js
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-
 Package.describe({
-  name: "html-tools",
-  test: "html-tools-test",
   summary: "Standards-compliant HTML tools",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/htmljs/package.js b/packages/htmljs/package.js
index c924565723..9ddb11f22a 100644
--- a/packages/htmljs/package.js
+++ b/packages/htmljs/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "htmljs",
-  test: "htmljs-test",
   summary: "Small library for expressing HTML trees",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/http/package.js b/packages/http/package.js
index f6edd5fd5b..9d7523adff 100644
--- a/packages/http/package.js
+++ b/packages/http/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "http",
-  test: "http-test",
   summary: "Make HTTP calls to remote servers",
   version: '1.0.0'
 });
diff --git a/packages/id-map/package.js b/packages/id-map/package.js
index 0bee4ae88f..244903b87d 100644
--- a/packages/id-map/package.js
+++ b/packages/id-map/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Dictionary data structure allowing non-string keys",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
@@ -9,4 +8,3 @@ Package.on_use(function (api) {
   api.use(['underscore', 'json', 'ejson']);
   api.add_files([ 'id-map.js' ]);
 });
-
diff --git a/packages/js-analyze-tests/package.js b/packages/js-analyze-tests/package.js
index 7401e28c02..e497cccc03 100644
--- a/packages/js-analyze-tests/package.js
+++ b/packages/js-analyze-tests/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "js-analyze-tests",
-  test: "js-analyze-tests-test",
   summary: "Tests for JavaScript code analysis for Meteor",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 // The tests are in a separate package so that it is possible to compile
diff --git a/packages/js-analyze/package.js b/packages/js-analyze/package.js
index 791a13ce87..126cac8911 100644
--- a/packages/js-analyze/package.js
+++ b/packages/js-analyze/package.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 Package.describe({
   summary: "JavaScript code analysis for Meteor",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 // Use some packages from the Esprima project.  If it turns out we need these on
diff --git a/packages/json/package.js b/packages/json/package.js
index bd40e00b93..e675db59ea 100644
--- a/packages/json/package.js
+++ b/packages/json/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Provides JSON.stringify and JSON.parse for older browsers",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 // We need to figure out how to serve this file only to browsers that don't have
diff --git a/packages/jsparse/package.js b/packages/jsparse/package.js
index b754c3d7ff..47d7323e8d 100644
--- a/packages/jsparse/package.js
+++ b/packages/jsparse/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "jsparse",
-  test: "jsparse-test",
   summary: "Full-featured JavaScript parser",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/less/package.js b/packages/less/package.js
index bbe5bf38db..8d775403e8 100644
--- a/packages/less/package.js
+++ b/packages/less/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name:"less",
-  test:"less-test",
   summary: "The dynamic stylesheet language",
   version: "1.0.0"
 });
diff --git a/packages/livedata/package.js b/packages/livedata/package.js
index d29ee6dcef..04d2854b36 100644
--- a/packages/livedata/package.js
+++ b/packages/livedata/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "livedata",
-  test: "livedata-test",
   summary: "Meteor's latency-compensated distributed data framework",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 // We use 'faye-websocket' for connections in server-to-server DDP, mostly
diff --git a/packages/localstorage/package.js b/packages/localstorage/package.js
index 3497e7eb6a..47f71bae37 100644
--- a/packages/localstorage/package.js
+++ b/packages/localstorage/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "localstorage",
-  test: "localstorage-test",
   summary: "Simulates local storage on IE 6,7 using userData",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/logging/package.js b/packages/logging/package.js
index f041e60dc7..c9842ade10 100644
--- a/packages/logging/package.js
+++ b/packages/logging/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "logging",
-  test: "logging-test",
   summary: "Logging facility.",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/meetup/package.js b/packages/meetup/package.js
index 5f164c731f..0e170ec7f9 100644
--- a/packages/meetup/package.js
+++ b/packages/meetup/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meetup OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  // internal for now. Should be external when it has a richer API to do
-  // actual API things with the service, not just handle the OAuth flow.
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/meteor-developer/package.js b/packages/meteor-developer/package.js
index caae50c6b9..857a905227 100644
--- a/packages/meteor-developer/package.js
+++ b/packages/meteor-developer/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Meteor developer accounts OAuth flow",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/meteor-tool/package.js b/packages/meteor-tool/package.js
index 32e1e6676e..ac287c236c 100644
--- a/packages/meteor-tool/package.js
+++ b/packages/meteor-tool/package.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "meteor-tool",
   summary: "The Meteor command-line tool",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.includeTool([
diff --git a/packages/meteor/package.js b/packages/meteor/package.js
index 61c0c21b74..1b78dc1029 100644
--- a/packages/meteor/package.js
+++ b/packages/meteor/package.js
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 // All other packages automatically depend on this one
 
 Package.describe({
-  name:"meteor",
-  test:"meteor-test",
   summary: "Core Meteor environment",
-  internal: true,
   version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/meyerweb-reset/package.js b/packages/meyerweb-reset/package.js
index a7220ba209..d085c8f487 100644
--- a/packages/meyerweb-reset/package.js
+++ b/packages/meyerweb-reset/package.js
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 // encourage this pattern. Maybe another solution would be better.
 Package.describe({
   summary: "reset.css v2.0 from http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/minifiers/package.js b/packages/minifiers/package.js
index 626cd28159..d069d955fa 100644
--- a/packages/minifiers/package.js
+++ b/packages/minifiers/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "minifiers",
-  test: "minifiers-test",
   summary: "JavaScript and CSS minifiers",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/minimongo/package.js b/packages/minimongo/package.js
index 67079ac000..9842569966 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/package.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "minimongo",
-  test: "minimongo-test",
   summary: "Meteor's client-side datastore: a port of MongoDB to Javascript",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/mongo-livedata/package.js b/packages/mongo-livedata/package.js
index 3932a82cb5..8c579c537d 100644
--- a/packages/mongo-livedata/package.js
+++ b/packages/mongo-livedata/package.js
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@
 // minutiae.
 
 Package.describe({
-  name: "mongo-livedata",
-  test: "mongo-livedata-test",
   summary: "Adaptor for using MongoDB and Minimongo over DDP",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/non-core/npm-bcrypt/package.js b/packages/non-core/npm-bcrypt/package.js
index e207dff02a..9290b4a7f9 100644
--- a/packages/non-core/npm-bcrypt/package.js
+++ b/packages/non-core/npm-bcrypt/package.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "npm-bcrypt",
   summary: "Wrapper around the bcrypt npm package",
-  version: '0.7.7',
-  internal: true
+  version: '0.7.7'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/non-core/npm-node-aes-gcm/package.js b/packages/non-core/npm-node-aes-gcm/package.js
index 01d3f68bc9..f93b987f6b 100644
--- a/packages/non-core/npm-node-aes-gcm/package.js
+++ b/packages/non-core/npm-node-aes-gcm/package.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "npm-node-aes-gcm",
   summary: "Wrapper around the node-aes-gcm npm package",
-  version: '0.1.3',
-  internal: true
+  version: '0.1.3'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/oauth-encryption/package.js b/packages/oauth-encryption/package.js
index 72e406b56c..3102c76e76 100644
--- a/packages/oauth-encryption/package.js
+++ b/packages/oauth-encryption/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "oauth-encryption",
-  test: "oauth-encryption-test",
   summary: "Encrypt account secrets stored in the database",
   version: '1.0.0'
 });
diff --git a/packages/oauth/package.js b/packages/oauth/package.js
index a777dafd36..3960c62079 100644
--- a/packages/oauth/package.js
+++ b/packages/oauth/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Common code for OAuth-based services",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/oauth1/package.js b/packages/oauth1/package.js
index b46e9fe4d2..f52218eb42 100644
--- a/packages/oauth1/package.js
+++ b/packages/oauth1/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "oauth1",
-  test: "oauth1-test",
   summary: "Common code for OAuth1-based login services",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/oauth2/package.js b/packages/oauth2/package.js
index 09cec405b2..5b4db34d59 100644
--- a/packages/oauth2/package.js
+++ b/packages/oauth2/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "oauth2",
-  test: "oauth2-test",
   summary: "Common code for OAuth2-based login services",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/observe-sequence/package.js b/packages/observe-sequence/package.js
index d9380b288a..c6ddc5126b 100644
--- a/packages/observe-sequence/package.js
+++ b/packages/observe-sequence/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "observe-sequence",
-  test: "observe-sequence-test",
   summary: "Observe changes to various sequence types such as arrays, cursors and objects",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/ordered-dict/package.js b/packages/ordered-dict/package.js
index 60df6e3626..fd4b091de4 100644
--- a/packages/ordered-dict/package.js
+++ b/packages/ordered-dict/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Ordered traversable dictionary with a mutable ordering",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/package-version-parser/package.js b/packages/package-version-parser/package.js
index b2d64575d9..8ad2c93251 100644
--- a/packages/package-version-parser/package.js
+++ b/packages/package-version-parser/package.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Parses Meteor Smart Package version string",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  test: "package-version-parser-test",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Npm.depends({
diff --git a/packages/preserve-inputs/package.js b/packages/preserve-inputs/package.js
index f026a1dbc3..128c7da687 100644
--- a/packages/preserve-inputs/package.js
+++ b/packages/preserve-inputs/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Deprecated package (now empty)",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/random/package.js b/packages/random/package.js
index ce13e5c5fa..144969d93f 100644
--- a/packages/random/package.js
+++ b/packages/random/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "random",
-  test: "random-test",
   summary: "Random number generator and utilities",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/reactive-dict/package.js b/packages/reactive-dict/package.js
index 67f76ec5e4..a3aaefbbb0 100644
--- a/packages/reactive-dict/package.js
+++ b/packages/reactive-dict/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "reactive-dict",
-  test: "reactive-dict-test",
   summary: "Reactive dictionary",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/reload/package.js b/packages/reload/package.js
index 196819444c..792e9700ae 100644
--- a/packages/reload/package.js
+++ b/packages/reload/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Reload the page while preserving application state.",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/retry/package.js b/packages/retry/package.js
index 8c2a710376..8e548107f0 100644
--- a/packages/retry/package.js
+++ b/packages/retry/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Retry logic with exponential backoff",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/routepolicy/package.js b/packages/routepolicy/package.js
index a2f878481d..fd4504ce32 100644
--- a/packages/routepolicy/package.js
+++ b/packages/routepolicy/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "routepolicy",
-  test: "routepolicy-test",
   summary: "route policy declarations",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/service-configuration/package.js b/packages/service-configuration/package.js
index fa4005acb1..4e23c6f761 100644
--- a/packages/service-configuration/package.js
+++ b/packages/service-configuration/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Manage the configuration for third-party services",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/session/package.js b/packages/session/package.js
index dbb3ed2fb3..85ad6988f6 100644
--- a/packages/session/package.js
+++ b/packages/session/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "session",
-  test: "session-test",
   summary: "Session variable",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/sha/package.js b/packages/sha/package.js
index 0084d33d59..72878cc6b1 100644
--- a/packages/sha/package.js
+++ b/packages/sha/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "sha",
-  test: "sha-test",
   summary: "SHA256 implementation",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-common/package.js b/packages/spacebars-common/package.js
index 0ba3334ee5..eccd1c282e 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-common/package.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-common/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "spacebars-common",
-  test: "spacebars-common-test",
   summary: "Common code for spacebars and spacebars-compiler",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js b/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
index d04a1d8eb6..73cda4d42f 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-compiler/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "spacebars-compiler",
-  test: "spacebars-compiler-test",
   summary: "Compiler for Spacebars template language",
   version: '1.0.0'
 });
diff --git a/packages/spacebars-tests/package.js b/packages/spacebars-tests/package.js
index cb7daf5ab6..a811b1c027 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars-tests/package.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars-tests/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "spacebars-tests",
-  test: "spacebars-tests-test",
   summary: "Additional tests for Spacebars",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 // These tests are in a separate package to avoid a circular dependency
diff --git a/packages/spacebars/package.js b/packages/spacebars/package.js
index 0eaed7380e..3c7164a617 100644
--- a/packages/spacebars/package.js
+++ b/packages/spacebars/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "spacebars",
-  test: "spacebars-test",
   summary: "Handlebars-like template language for Meteor",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 // For more, see package `spacebars-compiler`, which is used by
diff --git a/packages/srp/package.js b/packages/srp/package.js
index 680eca28e1..e36e6331d4 100644
--- a/packages/srp/package.js
+++ b/packages/srp/package.js
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@
 // databases to be upgraded from SRP to bcrypt.
 
 Package.describe({
-  name: "srp",
-  test: "srp-test",
   summary: "Library for Secure Remote Password (SRP) exchanges",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/star-translate/package.js b/packages/star-translate/package.js
index 7659c870dd..068acbdda1 100644
--- a/packages/star-translate/package.js
+++ b/packages/star-translate/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "A package for translating old bundles into stars",
-  version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
+  version: "1.0.0"
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/startup/package.js b/packages/startup/package.js
index 114aade9a4..61304c55e7 100644
--- a/packages/startup/package.js
+++ b/packages/startup/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Deprecated package (now empty)",
   version: "1.0.0",
-  internal: true
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/stylus/package.js b/packages/stylus/package.js
index 46b4856a01..c9dbde9461 100644
--- a/packages/stylus/package.js
+++ b/packages/stylus/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "stylus",
-  test: "stylus-test",
   summary: 'Expressive, dynamic, robust CSS',
   version: "1.0.0"
 });
diff --git a/packages/templating/package.js b/packages/templating/package.js
index 575e958b15..aa24a2b02d 100644
--- a/packages/templating/package.js
+++ b/packages/templating/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "templating",
-  test: "templating-test",
   summary: "Allows templates to be defined in .html files",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 // Today, this package is closely intertwined with Handlebars, meaning
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/package.js b/packages/test-helpers/package.js
index 900be6020f..e713b95250 100644
--- a/packages/test-helpers/package.js
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "test-helpers",
-  test: "test-helpers-test",
   summary: "Utility functions for tests",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/test-in-browser/package.js b/packages/test-in-browser/package.js
index 4e92e55318..bed3deaccc 100644
--- a/packages/test-in-browser/package.js
+++ b/packages/test-in-browser/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Run tests interactively in the browser",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/test-in-console/package.js b/packages/test-in-console/package.js
index 169f6f2e7c..08b5a5c9a2 100644
--- a/packages/test-in-console/package.js
+++ b/packages/test-in-console/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Run tests noninteractively, with results going to the console.",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/test-server-tests-in-console-once/package.js b/packages/test-server-tests-in-console-once/package.js
index 1e694f670b..3b96f56af5 100644
--- a/packages/test-server-tests-in-console-once/package.js
+++ b/packages/test-server-tests-in-console-once/package.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: 'test-server-tests-in-console-once',
   summary: "Run server tests noninteractively, with results going to the console.",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/tinytest/package.js b/packages/tinytest/package.js
index 15c97e7989..ed05ed2710 100644
--- a/packages/tinytest/package.js
+++ b/packages/tinytest/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Tiny testing framework",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/twitter/package.js b/packages/twitter/package.js
index e8f20ee39a..48a757deba 100644
--- a/packages/twitter/package.js
+++ b/packages/twitter/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Twitter OAuth flow",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  // internal for now. Should be external when it has a richer API to do
-  // actual API things with the service, not just handle the OAuth flow.
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function(api) {
diff --git a/packages/ui/package.js b/packages/ui/package.js
index 17df4fe4d6..654ede6c73 100644
--- a/packages/ui/package.js
+++ b/packages/ui/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "ui",
-  test: "ui-test",
   summary: "Meteor UI Components framework",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/underscore-tests/package.js b/packages/underscore-tests/package.js
index d39991ce8f..bb2783936e 100644
--- a/packages/underscore-tests/package.js
+++ b/packages/underscore-tests/package.js
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "underscore-tests",
-  test: "underscore-tests-test",
   // These tests can't be directly in the underscore packages since
   // Tinytest depends on underscore
   summary: "Tests for the underscore package",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Package.on_test(function (api) {
diff --git a/packages/underscore/package.js b/packages/underscore/package.js
index fea9eab112..d093e030c0 100644
--- a/packages/underscore/package.js
+++ b/packages/underscore/package.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 Package.describe({
-  name: "underscore",
-  test: "underscore-test",
   summary: "Collection of small helpers: _.map, _.each, ...",
   version: '1.0.0'
 });
@@ -35,4 +33,4 @@ Package.on_use(function (api) {
 Package.on_test(function (api) {
   // Also turn off the strong 'meteor' dependency in the test slice
   api.use('meteor', {unordered: true});
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/packages/webapp/package.js b/packages/webapp/package.js
index ec6a98787e..681bbe6ef4 100644
--- a/packages/webapp/package.js
+++ b/packages/webapp/package.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Serves a Meteor app over HTTP",
-  version: '1.0.0',
-  internal: true
+  version: '1.0.0'
 });
 
 Npm.depends({connect: "2.9.0",
diff --git a/packages/weibo/package.js b/packages/weibo/package.js
index e5cfb5da88..410e75f467 100644
--- a/packages/weibo/package.js
+++ b/packages/weibo/package.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 Package.describe({
   summary: "Weibo OAuth flow",
   version: '1.0.0',
-  // internal for now. Should be external when it has a richer API to do
-  // actual API things with the service, not just handle the OAuth flow.
-  internal: true
 });
 
 Package.on_use(function(api) {
diff --git a/tools/package-source.js b/tools/package-source.js
index 88d80fafad..02994eecb2 100644
--- a/tools/package-source.js
+++ b/tools/package-source.js
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ var PackageSource = function () {
   // it's still nice to get it right).
   self.serveRoot = null;
 
-  // Package metadata. Keys are 'summary' and 'internal' and
-  // 'githubUrl'. Currently all of these are optional.
+  // Package metadata. Keys are 'summary' and 'githubUrl'. Github URL is
+  // optional.
   self.metadata = {};
 
   // Package version as a semver string. Optional; not all packages
@@ -426,17 +426,15 @@ _.extend(PackageSource.prototype, {
     // == 'Package' object visible in package.js ==
     var Package = {
       // Set package metadata. Options:
-      // - summary: for 'meteor list'
-      // - internal: if true, hide in list
+      // - summary: for 'meteor list' & package server
       // - version: package version string (semver)
-      // - test: name of the test package (string)
       // - earliestCompatibleVersion: version string
       // There used to be a third option documented here,
       // 'environments', but it was never implemented and no package
       // ever used it.
       describe: function (options) {
         _.each(options, function (value, key) {
-          if (key === "summary" || key === "internal" ||
+          if (key === "summary" ||
               key === "githubUrl") {
             self.metadata[key] = value;
           } else if (key === "version") {
@@ -445,9 +443,6 @@ _.extend(PackageSource.prototype, {
             self.version = value;
           } else if (key === "earliestCompatibleVersion") {
             self.earliestCompatibleVersion = value;
-          } else if (key === "name") {
-          }
-          else if (key === "test") {
           }
           else {
             buildmessage.error("unknown attribute '" + key + "' " +
diff --git a/tools/unipackage.js b/tools/unipackage.js
index e84a562351..cb5958b3a9 100644
--- a/tools/unipackage.js
+++ b/tools/unipackage.js
@@ -529,8 +529,7 @@ _.extend(Unipackage.prototype, {
     if (options.firstUnipackage) {
       self.name = name;
       self.metadata = {
-        summary: mainJson.summary,
-        internal: mainJson.internal
+        summary: mainJson.summary
       };
       self.version = mainJson.version;
       self.earliestCompatibleVersion = mainJson.earliestCompatibleVersion;
@@ -664,7 +663,6 @@ _.extend(Unipackage.prototype, {
         format: "unipackage-pre2",
         name: self.name,
         summary: self.metadata.summary,
-        internal: self.metadata.internal,
         version: self.version,
         earliestCompatibleVersion: self.earliestCompatibleVersion,
         isTest: self.isTest,