diff --git a/dbt/include/redshift/profile_template.yml b/dbt/include/redshift/profile_template.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41f33e87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/redshift/profile_template.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+fixed:
+  type: redshift
+prompts:
+  host:
+    hint: 'hostname.region.redshift.amazonaws.com'
+  port:
+    default: 5439
+    type: 'int'
+  user:
+    hint: 'dev username'
+  _choose_authentication_method:
+    password:
+      password:
+        hint: 'dev password'
+        hide_input: true
+    iam:
+      _fixed_method: iam
+  dbname:
+    hint: 'default database that dbt will build objects in'
+  schema:
+    hint: 'default schema that dbt will build objects in'
+  threads:
+    hint: '1 or more'
+    type: 'int'
+    default: 1
diff --git a/dbt/include/redshift/sample_profiles.yml b/dbt/include/redshift/sample_profiles.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 46cd97934..000000000
--- a/dbt/include/redshift/sample_profiles.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-default:
-  outputs:
-
-    dev:
-      type: redshift
-      threads: [1 or more]
-      host: [host]
-      port: [port]
-      user: [dev_username]
-      pass: [dev_password]
-      dbname: [dbname]
-      schema: [dev_schema]
-
-    prod:
-      type: redshift
-      method: iam
-      cluster_id: [cluster_id]
-      threads: [1 or more]
-      host: [host]
-      port: [port]
-      user: [prod_user]
-      dbname: [dbname]
-      schema: [prod_schema]
-
-  target: dev