diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/bypass.py b/daemon/core/emane/bypass.py
index df3e10ed..b2fce32d 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/bypass.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/bypass.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 EMANE Bypass model for CORE
 """
 
-from core.emane.emanemodel import EmaneModel
+from core.emane import emanemodel
 from core.enumerations import ConfigDataTypes
 
 
-class EmaneBypassModel(EmaneModel):
+class EmaneBypassModel(emanemodel.EmaneModel):
     name = "emane_bypass"
     library = "bypassmaclayer"
 
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ class EmaneBypassModel(EmaneModel):
          "There are no parameters for the bypass model."),
     ]
     _config_phy = []
-
-    @property
-    def config_groups(self):
-        return "Bypass Parameters:1-1"
+    config_matrix = _config_mac + _config_phy
+    config_groups = "Bypass Parameters:1-1"
diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py b/daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py
index 73dd5c2a..71f3a37d 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/commeffect.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ commeffect.py: EMANE CommEffect model for CORE
 """
 
 from core import logger
-from core.emane.emanemodel import EmaneModel
+from core.emane import emanemodel
 from core.enumerations import ConfigDataTypes
 
 try:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def convert_none(x):
         return int(x)
 
 
-class EmaneCommEffectModel(EmaneModel):
+class EmaneCommEffectModel(emanemodel.EmaneModel):
     name = "emane_commeffect"
 
     config_matrix = [
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ class EmaneCommEffectModel(EmaneModel):
         ("defaultconnectivitymode", ConfigDataTypes.BOOL.value, "1", "On,Off", "defaultconnectivity"),
     ]
 
-    @property
-    def config_groups(self):
-        return "CommEffect SHIM Parameters:1-%d" % len(self.config_matrix)
+    config_groups = "CommEffect SHIM Parameters:1-%d" % len(config_matrix)
 
     def build_xml_files(self, emane_manager, interface):
         """
diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py b/daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py
index a2fda909..ef775a93 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/emanemodel.py
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ from core.mobility import WirelessModel
 from core.xml import xmlutils
 
 
-def classproperty(_):
-    def __get__(self, _, inst):
-        return self.fget.__get__(None, inst)()
+def create_config_groups(config_mac, config_matrix):
+    mac_len = len(config_mac)
+    config_len = len(config_matrix)
+    return "MAC Parameters:1-%d|PHY Parameters:%d-%d" % (mac_len, mac_len + 1, config_len)
 
 
 def value_to_params(doc, name, value):
@@ -129,22 +130,12 @@ class EmaneModel(WirelessModel):
     _config_phy = EmaneUniversalModel.config_matrix
     library = None
     config_ignore = set()
+    config_matrix = _config_mac + _config_phy
+    config_groups = create_config_groups(_config_mac, config_matrix)
 
     def __init__(self, session, object_id=None):
         WirelessModel.__init__(self, session, object_id)
 
-    @classproperty
-    @classmethod
-    def config_matrix(cls):
-        return cls._config_mac + cls._config_phy
-
-    @classproperty
-    @classmethod
-    def config_groups(cls):
-        mac_len = len(cls._config_mac)
-        config_len = len(cls.config_matrix)
-        return "MAC Parameters:1-%d|PHY Parameters:%d-%d" % (mac_len, mac_len + 1, config_len)
-
     def build_xml_files(self, emane_manager, interface):
         """
         Builds xml files for emane. Includes a nem.xml file that points to both mac.xml and phy.xml definitions.
diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/ieee80211abg.py b/daemon/core/emane/ieee80211abg.py
index 09c3b7bd..1bb1b021 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/ieee80211abg.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/ieee80211abg.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 ieee80211abg.py: EMANE IEEE 802.11abg model for CORE
 """
 
-from core.emane.emanemodel import EmaneModel
+from core.emane import emanemodel
 from core.enumerations import ConfigDataTypes
 
 
-class EmaneIeee80211abgModel(EmaneModel):
+class EmaneIeee80211abgModel(emanemodel.EmaneModel):
     # model name
     name = "emane_ieee80211abg"
     library = "ieee80211abgmaclayer"
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class EmaneIeee80211abgModel(EmaneModel):
         ("wmmenable", ConfigDataTypes.BOOL.value, "0", "On,Off", "WiFi Multimedia (WMM)"),
     ]
 
+    config_matrix = _config_mac + emanemodel.EmaneModel._config_phy
+    config_groups = emanemodel.create_config_groups(_config_mac, config_matrix)
+
     def create_mac_doc(self, emane_manager, values):
         names = self.getnames()
         mac_names = names[:len(self._config_mac)]
diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/rfpipe.py b/daemon/core/emane/rfpipe.py
index 184f32d8..b104832c 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/rfpipe.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/rfpipe.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 rfpipe.py: EMANE RF-PIPE model for CORE
 """
 
-from core.emane.emanemodel import EmaneModel
+from core.emane import emanemodel
 from core.enumerations import ConfigDataTypes
 
 
-class EmaneRfPipeModel(EmaneModel):
+class EmaneRfPipeModel(emanemodel.EmaneModel):
     # model name
     name = "emane_rfpipe"
     library = "rfpipemaclayer"
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ class EmaneRfPipeModel(EmaneModel):
         ("radiometricreportinterval", ConfigDataTypes.FLOAT.value, "1.0", "",
          "R2RI radio metric report interval (sec)"),
     ]
+
+    config_matrix = _config_mac + emanemodel.EmaneModel._config_phy
+    config_groups = emanemodel.create_config_groups(_config_mac, config_matrix)
diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/tdma.py b/daemon/core/emane/tdma.py
index 5f582485..86e7f90a 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/tdma.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/tdma.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import os
 
 from core import constants
 from core import logger
-from core.emane.emanemodel import EmaneModel
+from core.emane import emanemodel
 from core.enumerations import ConfigDataTypes
 from core.misc import utils
 
 
-class EmaneTdmaModel(EmaneModel):
+class EmaneTdmaModel(emanemodel.EmaneModel):
     # model name
     name = "emane_tdma"
     library = "tdmaeventschedulerradiomodel"
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class EmaneTdmaModel(EmaneModel):
          "enable strict dequeueing to specified queues  only"),
     ]
 
+    config_matrix = _config_mac + emanemodel.EmaneModel._config_phy
+    config_groups = emanemodel.create_config_groups(_config_mac, config_matrix)
+
     def post_startup(self, emane_manager):
         """
         Logic to execute after the emane manager is finished with startup.