diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 4b2671d2fceb11a98f00615a6152b9e3ece0c6bc..c63723b4a92cb1708cd3788e358439965c8cb4ca 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ default['typo3_site']['solr']['init'] = false
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['version_solr'] = '6.6.1' # latest supported solr version of the TYPO3 extension
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['version_extension'] = '7.0' # branch of the TYPO3 extension
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['version_tika_server'] = '1.16' # branch of the TYPO3 extension
-default['typo3_site']['solr']['languages'] = %w{ german english } # available languages for the cores
+default['typo3_site']['solr']['config_directory'] = 'ext_solr_7_0_0' # configuration directory in server/solr/configsets/
 default['typo3_site']['solr']['cores'] = [
 	{
 		:name => 'core-en_US',
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index ead96b3f2a25a42e6e400bda30c934526dc8e38d..d5624f5870d6828c8ce88f77ce3dbefba9557334 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -562,13 +562,12 @@ if node['typo3_site']['solr']['init']
 		solr node['typo3_site']['solr']['version_solr']
 		extension node['typo3_site']['solr']['version_extension']
 		tika_server node['typo3_site']['solr']['version_tika_server']
-		languages node['typo3_site']['solr']['languages']
 	end
 
 	node['typo3_site']['solr']['cores'].each do |core_data|
 		typo3_solr_core core_data['name'] do
 			language core_data['language']
-			app 'solr'
+			config_directory node['typo3_site']['solr']['config_directory']
 			action :add
 		end
 	end