diff --git a/examples/simple_fwd_tb/forward_tb.c b/examples/simple_fwd_tb/forward_tb.c
index 402ee240c..126de160a 100644
--- a/examples/simple_fwd_tb/forward_tb.c
+++ b/examples/simple_fwd_tb/forward_tb.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include <rte_cycles.h>
 #include <rte_ip.h>
 #include <rte_mbuf.h>
-#include <rte_malloc.h>
 
 #include "onvm_nflib.h"
 #include "onvm_pkt_helper.h"
@@ -68,14 +67,12 @@ static uint32_t print_delay = 1000000;
 static uint32_t destination;
 
 /* Token Bucket */
-struct tb_config {
-        uint64_t tb_rate;    // rate at which tokens are generated (in MBps)
-        uint64_t tb_depth;   // depth of the token bucket (in bytes)
-        uint64_t tb_tokens;  // number of the tokens in the bucket at any given time (in bytes)
+static uint64_t tb_rate = 1000;     // rate at which tokens are generated (in Mbps)
+static uint64_t tb_depth = 10000;   // depth of the token bucket (in bytes)
+static uint64_t tb_tokens = 10000;  // number of the tokens in the bucket at any given time (in bytes)
 
-        uint64_t last_cycle;
-        uint64_t cur_cycles;
-};
+static uint64_t last_cycle;
+static uint64_t cur_cycles;
 
 /* For advanced rings scaling */
 rte_atomic16_t signal_exit_flag;
@@ -103,17 +100,8 @@ usage(const char *progname) {
  * Parse the application arguments.
  */
 static int
-parse_app_args(int argc, char *argv[], const char *progname, struct onvm_nf *nf) {
+parse_app_args(int argc, char *argv[], const char *progname) {
         int c, dst_flag = 0;
-        struct tb_config *tb_params;
-
-        tb_params = (struct tb_config *)rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(struct tb_config), 0);
-        /* Assigning default values */
-        tb_params->tb_rate = 1000;
-        tb_params->tb_depth = 10000;
-        tb_params->tb_tokens = 10000;
-        tb_params->last_cycle = rte_get_tsc_cycles();
-        nf->data = (void *)tb_params;
 
         while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "d:p:D:R:")) != -1) {
                 switch (c) {
@@ -125,15 +113,15 @@ parse_app_args(int argc, char *argv[], const char *progname, struct onvm_nf *nf)
                                 print_delay = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
                                 break;
                         case 'D':
-                                tb_params->tb_depth = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
-                                tb_params->tb_tokens = tb_params->tb_depth;
-                                if (tb_params->tb_depth < 10000) {
+                                tb_depth = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                                tb_tokens = tb_depth;
+                                if (tb_depth < 10000) {
                                         RTE_LOG(INFO, APP,
                                                 "WARNING: Small values of depth could lead to packet drops.\n");
                                 }
                                 break;
                         case 'R':
-                                tb_params->tb_rate = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
+                                tb_rate = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 10);
                                 break;
                         case '?':
                                 usage(progname);
@@ -196,23 +184,8 @@ do_stats_display(struct rte_mbuf *pkt) {
 static int
 packet_handler_tb(struct rte_mbuf *pkt, struct onvm_pkt_meta *meta,
                   __attribute__((unused)) struct onvm_nf_local_ctx *nf_local_ctx) {
-        struct onvm_nf *nf;
-        struct tb_config *tb_params;
         static uint32_t counter = 0;
         uint64_t tokens_produced;
-        uint64_t tb_rate;
-        uint64_t tb_depth;
-        uint64_t tb_tokens;
-        uint64_t last_cycle;
-        uint64_t cur_cycles;
-
-        nf = nf_local_ctx->nf;
-        tb_params = (struct tb_config *)nf->data;
-        tb_rate = tb_params->tb_rate;
-        tb_depth = tb_params->tb_depth;
-        tb_tokens = tb_params->tb_tokens;
-        last_cycle = tb_params->last_cycle;
-        cur_cycles = tb_params->cur_cycles;
 
         /* Check if length of packet is greater than depth */
         if (unlikely(pkt->pkt_len > tb_depth)) {
@@ -248,10 +221,6 @@ packet_handler_tb(struct rte_mbuf *pkt, struct onvm_pkt_meta *meta,
                 counter = 0;
         }
 
-        tb_params->tb_tokens = tb_tokens;
-        tb_params->last_cycle = last_cycle;
-        tb_params->cur_cycles = cur_cycles;
-
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -290,7 +259,7 @@ thread_main_loop(struct onvm_nf_local_ctx *nf_local_ctx) {
         if (onvm_threading_core_affinitize(nf->thread_info.core) < 0)
                 rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Failed to affinitize to core %d\n", nf->thread_info.core);
 
-        ((struct tb_config *)nf->data)->last_cycle = rte_get_tsc_cycles();
+        last_cycle = rte_get_tsc_cycles();
 
         while (!rte_atomic16_read(&signal_exit_flag)) {
                 /* Check for a stop message from the manager */
@@ -327,7 +296,6 @@ int
 main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         struct onvm_nf_local_ctx *nf_local_ctx;
         struct onvm_nf_function_table *nf_function_table;
-        struct onvm_nf *nf;
         int arg_offset;
 
         const char *progname = argv[0];
@@ -354,8 +322,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         argc -= arg_offset;
         argv += arg_offset;
 
-        nf = nf_local_ctx->nf;
-        if (parse_app_args(argc, argv, progname, nf) < 0) {
+        if (parse_app_args(argc, argv, progname) < 0) {
                 onvm_nflib_stop(nf_local_ctx);
                 rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "Invalid command-line arguments\n");
         }