diff --git a/drush/drushrc.php b/drush/drushrc.php
index dde22aad0..9686aafde 100644
--- a/drush/drushrc.php
+++ b/drush/drushrc.php
@@ -59,10 +59,18 @@
  * affects the loading of Drush configuration files.
  */
 
+if (getenv('TUGBOAT_URL')) {
+  $options['uri'] = $_ENV['TUGBOAT_URL'];
+}
 
 // Include current directory. Will add policy.drush.inc.
 $options['include'][] = __DIR__;
 
+// If we are on Acquia Cloud, add Acquia specific commands.
+if (file_exists('/usr/local/drush8/commands')) {
+  $options['include'][] = '/usr/local/drush8/commands';
+}
+
 // Specify the base_url that should be used when generating links
 # $options['l'] = 'http://example.com/subdir';
 
diff --git a/scripts/blt/ignore-existing.txt b/scripts/blt/ignore-existing.txt
index f9621ffa0..513a8a109 100644
--- a/scripts/blt/ignore-existing.txt
+++ b/scripts/blt/ignore-existing.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ composer.json
 composer.lock
 README.md
 drush/site-aliases/aliases.drushrc.php
+drush/drushrc.php
 docroot/sites/default/services.yml
 docroot/sites/default/settings/trusted_host.settings.php
 factory-hooks/pre-settings-php/includes.php
diff --git a/template/drush/drushrc.php b/template/drush/drushrc.php
index df9f88096..660e7af2a 100644
--- a/template/drush/drushrc.php
+++ b/template/drush/drushrc.php
@@ -1,305 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 
-/**
- * @file
- * Examples of valid statements for a Drush runtime config (drushrc) file.
- *
- * Use this file to cut down on typing out lengthy and repetitive command line
- * options in the Drush commands you use and to avoid mistakes.
- *
- * Rename this file to drushrc.php and optionally copy it to one of the places
- * listed below in order of precedence:
- *
- * 1.  Drupal site folder (e.g. sites/{default|example.com}/drushrc.php).
- * 2.  Drupal /drush and sites/all/drush folders, or the /drush folder
- *       in the directory above the Drupal root.
- * 3.  In any location, as specified by the --config (-c) option.
- * 4.  User's .drush folder (i.e. ~/.drush/drushrc.php).
- * 5.  System wide configuration folder (e.g. /etc/drush/drushrc.php).
- * 6.  Drush installation folder.
- *
- * If a configuration file is found in any of the above locations, it will be
- * loaded and merged with other configuration files in the search list.
- *
- * If you have some configuration options that are specific to a particular
- * version of Drush, then you may place them in a file called drush5rc.php.
- * The version-specific file is loaded in addition to, and after, the general-
- * purpose drushrc file.  Version-specific configuration files can be placed
- * in any of the locations specified above.
- *
- * IMPORTANT NOTE regarding configuration file on Windows:
- *
- * For Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and later versions is the
- * system window configuration folder C:\ProgramData\Drush.  For previous
- * versions of Windows is the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Drush.
- *
- * IMPORTANT NOTE on configuration file loading:
- *
- * At its core, Drush works by "bootstrapping" the Drupal environment in very
- * much the same way that is done during a normal page request from the web
- * server, so most Drush commands run in the context of a fully-initialized
- * website.
- *
- * Configuration files are loaded in the reverse order they are shown above. All
- * configuration files are loaded in the first bootstrapping phase, but
- * a configuration file in a specific Drupal site folder other than the default
- * (eg, sites/example.com/drushrc.php) will not be loaded unless a specific
- * Drupal site is selected.  However, it _will_ be loaded if a site is selected
- * (either via the current working directory or by use of the --uri option),
- * even if the Drush command being run does not bootstrap to the Drupal Site
- * phase.
- *
- * The Drush commands 'rsync' and 'sql-sync' are special cases.  These commands
- * will load the configuration file for the site specified by the source
- * parameter; however, they do not load the configuration file for the site
- * specified by the destination parameter, nor do they load configuration files
- * for remote sites.
- *
- * See `drush topic docs-bootstrap` for more information on how bootstrapping
- * affects the loading of Drush configuration files.
- */
+// Load a drushrc.php configuration file from the current working directory.
+$options['config'][] = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/acquia/blt/drush/drushrc.php');
 
 if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../docroot/sites/default/local.drushrc.php')) {
   require __DIR__ . '/../docroot/sites/default/local.drushrc.php';
 }
 
-if (getenv('TUGBOAT_URL')) {
-  $options['uri'] = $_ENV['TUGBOAT_URL'];
-}
-
-// Include current directory. Will add policy.drush.inc.
-$options['include'][] = __DIR__;
-
-// If we are on Acquia Cloud, add Acquia specific commands.
-if (file_exists('/usr/local/drush8/commands')) {
-  $options['include'][] = '/usr/local/drush8/commands';
-}
-
-// Specify the base_url that should be used when generating links
-# $options['l'] = 'http://example.com/subdir';
-
-// Specify your Drupal core base directory (useful if you use symlinks).
-# $options['r'] = '/home/USER/workspace/drupal-6';
-
-/**
- * Useful shell aliases:
- *
- * Drush shell aliases act similar to git aliases.  For best results, define
- * aliases in one of the drushrc file locations between #3 through #6 above.
- * More information on shell aliases can be found via:
- * `drush topic docs-shell-aliases` on the command line.
- *
- * @see https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Aliases#Advanced
- */
-# $options['shell-aliases']['pull'] = '!git pull'; // We've all done it.
-# $options['shell-aliases']['pulldb'] = '!git pull && drush updatedb';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['cpull'] = 'config-pull @example.prod @self --label=vcs';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['noncore'] = 'pm-list --no-core';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['wipe'] = 'cache-clear all';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['unsuck'] = 'pm-disable -y overlay,dashboard';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['offline'] = 'variable-set -y --always-set maintenance_mode 1';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['online'] = 'variable-delete -y --exact maintenance_mode';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['dis-all'] = '!drush -y dis `drush pml --status=enabled --type=module --no-core --pipe`';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['self-alias'] = 'site-alias @self --with-db --alias-name=new';
-# $options['shell-aliases']['site-get'] = '@none php-eval "return drush_sitealias_site_get();"';
-// Add a 'pm-clone' to simplify git cloning from drupal.org.
-# $options['shell-aliases']['pm-clone'] = 'pm-download --gitusername=YOURUSERNAME --package-handler=git_drupalorg';
-
-// Load a drushrc.php configuration file from the current working directory.
-$options['config'][] = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/acquia/blt/drush/drushrc.php');
-
-/**
- * By default, Drush will download projects compatible with the current
- * version of Drupal, or, if no Drupal site is specified, then the Drupal-8
- * version of the project is downloaded.  Set default-major to select a
- * different default version.
- */
-# $options['default-major'] = 7;
-
-// Clone extensions (modules, themes, etc.) from drupal.org via 'pm-download'.
-# $options['package-handler'] = 'git_drupalorg';
-
-/**
- * Specify folders to search for Drush command files (*.drush.inc).  These
- * values are always merged with include paths defined on the command line or
- * in other configuration files.  On the command line, paths may be separated
- * by a colon (:) on Unix-based systems or a semi-colon (;) on Windows.
- */
-# $options['include'] = array('/path/to/commands','/path2/to/more/commands');
-
-/**
- * Specify the modules to ignore when searching for command files (*.drush.inc)
- * inside a Drupal site.
- */
-# $options['ignored-modules'] = array('module1', 'module2');
-
-/**
- * Specify the folders to search for Drush alias files (*.alias.drushrc.php and
- * *.aliases.drushrc.php).  These values are always merged with alias paths
- *  defined on the command line or in other configuration files.  On the command
- * line, paths may be separated by a colon (:) on Unix-based systems or a
- * semi-colon (;) on Windows.
- */
-# $options['alias-path'] = array('/path/to/aliases','/path2/to/more/aliases');
-
-/**
- * Specify the filename and path where 'sql-dump' should store backups of
- * database dumps.  The default is to dump to STDOUT, however if this option is
- * set in a drushrc.php file, the default behaviour can be achieved by
- * specifying a value of FALSE ("--result-file=0" on the command line).  Two
- * substitution tokens are available: @DATABASE is replaced with the name of the
- * database being dumped, and @DATE is replaced with the current time and date
- * of the dump of the form: YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.  A value of TRUE ("--result-file=1"
- * on the command line) will cause 'sql-dump' to use the same temporary backup
- * location as 'pm-updatecode'.
- */
-# $options['result-file'] = TRUE;
-# $options['result-file'] = '/path/to/backup/dir/@DATABASE_@DATE.sql';
-
-// Notify user via Notification Center (OSX) or libnotify (Linux) when command
-// takes more than 30 seconds. See global options for more configuration.
-# $options['notify'] = 30;
-
-// Enable verbose mode.
-# $options['v'] = 1;
-
-// Show database passwords in 'status' and 'sql-conf' commands.
-# $options['show-passwords'] = 1;
-
-/**
- * Specify the logging level for PHP notices.  Defaults to "notice".  Set to
- * "warning" when doing Drush development.  Also make sure that error_reporting
- * is set to E_ALL in your php configuration file.  See `drush status` for the
- * path to your php.ini file.
- */
-# $options['php-notices'] = 'warning';
-
-/**
- * Specify the error handling of recoverable errors (E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR).
- * Defaults to 1 and will stop execution of Drush.
- * When set to 0, execution will continue.
- */
-# $options['halt-on-error'] = 0;
-
-/**
- * Specify options to pass to ssh in backend invoke.  The default is to prohibit
- * password authentication, and is included here, so you may add additional
- * parameters without losing the default configuration.
- */
-# $options['ssh-options'] = '-o PasswordAuthentication=no';
-
-// Set 'remote-os' to 'Windows' to make Drush use Windows shell escape rules
-// for remote sites that do not have an 'os' item set.
-# $options['remote-os'] = 'Linux';
-
-// By default, unknown options are disallowed and result in an error.  Change
-// them to issue only a warning and let command proceed.
-# $options['strict'] = FALSE;
-
-/**
- * Drush requires at least rsync version 2.6.9 for some functions to work
- * correctly.  rsync version 2.6.8 or earlier may give the following error
- * message: "--remove-source-files: unknown option".  To fix this, set
- * $options['rsync-version'] = '2.6.8'; (replace with the lowest version of
- * rsync installed on any system you are using with Drush).  Note that this
- * option can also be set in a site alias, which is the preferred solution if
- * newer versions of rsync are available on some of the systems you use.
- * See: http://drupal.org/node/955092
- */
-# $options['rsync-version'] = '2.6.9';
-
-/**
- * The output charset suitable to pass to the iconv PHP function's out_charset
- * parameter.
- *
- * Drush will convert its output from UTF-8 to the charset specified here.  It
- * is possible to use //TRANSLIT and //IGNORE charset name suffixes (see iconv
- * documentation).  If not defined, conversion will not be performed.
- */
-# $options['output_charset'] = 'ISO-8859-1';
-# $options['output_charset'] = 'KOI8-R//IGNORE';
-# $options['output_charset'] = 'ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT';
-
-/**
- * Multiple-site execution options:
- *
- * Some drush commands such as 'sql-sync' are intended for or capable of being
- * executed on multiple sites or server environments and will pass along the
- * options specified here to all instances of the command being executed.
- */
-
-/**
- * By default, Drush will prepend the name of the site to the output of any
- * multiple-site command execution.  To disable this behavior, set the
- * "--no-label" option.
- */
-# $options['no-label'] = TRUE;
-
-/**
- * An explicit list of tables which should be included in sql-dump and sql-sync.
- */
-# $options['tables']['common'] = array('user', 'permissions', 'role_permission', 'role');
-
-/**
- * List of tables whose *data* is skipped by the 'sql-dump' and 'sql-sync'
- * commands when the "--structure-tables-key=common" option is provided.
- * You may add specific tables to the existing array or add a new element.
- */
-# $options['structure-tables']['common'] = array('cache', 'cache_*', 'history', 'search_*', 'sessions', 'watchdog');
-
-/**
- * List of tables to be omitted entirely from SQL dumps made by the 'sql-dump'
- * and 'sql-sync' commands when the "--skip-tables-key=common" option is
- * provided on the command line.  This is useful if your database contains
- * non-Drupal tables used by some other application or during a migration for
- * example.  You may add new tables to the existing array or add a new element.
- */
-# $options['skip-tables']['common'] = array('migration_*');
-
-/**
- * Override specific entries in Drupal's variable system or settings.php (D6/D7 only).
- */
-# $options['variables']['site_name'] = 'My Drupal site';
-# $options['variables']['theme_default'] = 'minnelli';
-# $options['variables']['anonymous'] = 'Visitor';
-
-/**
- * Command-specific execution options:
- *
- * Most execution options can be shared between multiple Drush commands; these
- * are specified as top-level elements of the $options array in the prior
- * examples above.  On the other hand, other options are command-specific, and,
- * in some cases, a shared option needs a different configuration depending on
- * which command is being executing.
- *
- * To define options that are only applicable to certain commands, make an entry
- * in the $command-specific array as shown below.  The name of the command may
- * be either the command's full name or any of the command's aliases.
- *
- * Options defined here will be overridden by options of the same name on the
- * command line.  Unary flags such as "--verbose" are overridden via special
- * "--no-xxx" options (e.g. "--no-verbose").
- *
- * Limitation: If 'verbose' is set in a command-specific option, it must be
- * cleared by '--no-verbose', not '--no-v', and visa-versa.
- */
-
-// Ensure all rsync commands use verbose output.
-# $command_specific['rsync'] = array('verbose' => TRUE);
-
-// Prevent drush ssh command from adding a cd to Drupal root before provided command.
-# $command_specific['ssh'] = array('cd' => FALSE);
-
-// Additional folders to search for scripts.
-// Separate by : (Unix-based systems) or ; (Windows).
-# $command_specific['script']['script-path'] = 'sites/all/scripts:profiles/myprofile/scripts';
-
-// Always show release notes when running pm-update or pm-updatecode.
-# $command_specific['pm-update'] = array('notes' => TRUE);
-# $command_specific['pm-updatecode'] = array('notes' => TRUE);
-
-// Set a predetermined username and password when using site-install.
-# $command_specific['site-install'] = array('account-name' => 'alice', 'account-pass' => 'secret');
-
-// Use Drupal version specific CLI history instead of per site.
-# $command_specific['core-cli'] = array('version-history' => TRUE);
+// Add project-specific drush configuration below.
+// @see https://github.com/acquia/blt/tree/8.x/drush/drushrc.php For examples
+// of valid statements for a Drush runtime config (drushrc) file.