diff --git a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf.erl b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf.erl
index 4b7fc72cb..aaddf7c79 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf.erl
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ dump_schema(Dir, SchemaModule, I18nFile) ->
         fun(Lang) ->
             gen_config_md(Dir, I18nFile, SchemaModule, Lang),
             gen_api_schema_json(Dir, I18nFile, Lang),
-            gen_example_conf(filename:dirname(I18nFile), I18nFile, SchemaModule, Lang)
+            ExampleDir = filename:join(filename:dirname(filename:dirname(I18nFile)), "etc"),
+            gen_example_conf(ExampleDir, I18nFile, SchemaModule, Lang)
         end,
         [en, zh]
     ),
diff --git a/apps/emqx_conf/test/emqx_conf_schema_tests.erl b/apps/emqx_conf/test/emqx_conf_schema_tests.erl
index af70d2a94..628f69a8b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_conf/test/emqx_conf_schema_tests.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_conf/test/emqx_conf_schema_tests.erl
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ doc_gen_test() ->
                 "test",
                 "lib",
                 "emqx_dashboard",
-                "etc",
-                "i18n.conf.all"
+                "priv",
+                "i18n.conf"
             ]),
             _ = emqx_conf:dump_schema(Dir, emqx_conf_schema, I18nFile),
             ok
diff --git a/apps/emqx_dashboard/test/emqx_dashboard_api_test_helpers.erl b/apps/emqx_dashboard/test/emqx_dashboard_api_test_helpers.erl
index eacca6aa2..6b3891ef3 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_dashboard/test/emqx_dashboard_api_test_helpers.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_dashboard/test/emqx_dashboard_api_test_helpers.erl
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ set_default_config(DefaultUsername) ->
     },
     emqx_config:put([dashboard], Config),
     I18nFile = filename:join([
-        filename:dirname(code:priv_dir(emqx_dashboard)),
-        "etc",
-        "i18n.conf.all"
+        code:priv_dir(emqx_dashboard),
+        "i18n.conf"
     ]),
     application:set_env(emqx_dashboard, i18n_file, I18nFile),
     ok.
diff --git a/build b/build
index a4602c4f8..322bd486e 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ make_docs() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     erl -noshell -pa $libs_dir1 $libs_dir2 $libs_dir3 -eval \
         "Dir = filename:join([apps, emqx_dashboard, priv, www, static]), \
-         I18nFile = filename:join([apps, emqx_dashboard, etc, 'i18n.conf.all']), \
+         I18nFile = filename:join([apps, emqx_dashboard, priv, 'i18n.conf']), \
          ok = emqx_conf:dump_schema(Dir, $SCHEMA_MODULE, I18nFile), \
          halt(0)."
 }
diff --git a/deploy/docker/Dockerfile b/deploy/docker/Dockerfile
index 0fb259082..0e29fc3b1 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ VOLUME ["/opt/emqx/log", "/opt/emqx/data"]
 # - 8883 port for MQTT(SSL)
 # - 11883 port for internal MQTT/TCP
 # - 18083 for dashboard
-# - 4370 default Erlang distrbution port
+# - 4370 default Erlang distribution port
 # - 5369 for backplain gen_rpc
 EXPOSE 1883 8081 8083 8084 8883 11883 18083 4370 5369
 
diff --git a/lib-ee/emqx_enterprise_conf/test/emqx_enterprise_conf_schema_tests.erl b/lib-ee/emqx_enterprise_conf/test/emqx_enterprise_conf_schema_tests.erl
index 94d180377..d7c4e35dd 100644
--- a/lib-ee/emqx_enterprise_conf/test/emqx_enterprise_conf_schema_tests.erl
+++ b/lib-ee/emqx_enterprise_conf/test/emqx_enterprise_conf_schema_tests.erl
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ doc_gen_test() ->
                 "test",
                 "lib",
                 "emqx_dashboard",
-                "etc",
-                "i18n.conf.all"
+                "priv",
+                "i18n.conf"
             ]),
             _ = emqx_conf:dump_schema(Dir, emqx_enterprise_conf_schema, I18nFile),
             ok
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 3b4a3cd54..2ab24d161 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -322,16 +322,6 @@ defmodule EMQXUmbrella.MixProject do
       Path.join(etc, "certs")
     )
 
-    # required by emqx_dashboard
-    Mix.Generator.copy_file(
-      "apps/emqx_dashboard/etc/i18n.conf.all",
-      Path.join(
-        release.path,
-        "lib/emqx_dashboard-#{release.applications.emqx_dashboard[:vsn]}/priv/i18n.conf"
-      ),
-      force: overwrite?
-    )
-
     Mix.Generator.copy_file(
       "apps/emqx_dashboard/etc/emqx.conf.en.example",
       Path.join(etc, "emqx-example.conf"),
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 496d2dd95..a46c8817a 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 %% -*- mode: erlang -*-
 %% This config file is the very basic config to compile emqx
 %% This allows emqx to be used as a dependency for other applications
-%% such as emqx module/plugin develpments and tests.
+%% such as emqx module/plugin developments and tests.
 
-%% With the help of EMQ's rebar3 fork, the config is extended
+%% With the help of EMQX's rebar3 fork, the config is extended
 %% with rebar.config.erl module. Final result is written to
 %% rebar.config.rendered if environment DEBUG is set.
 
diff --git a/rebar.config.erl b/rebar.config.erl
index 90440e8dd..a32495844 100644
--- a/rebar.config.erl
+++ b/rebar.config.erl
@@ -424,16 +424,12 @@ emqx_etc_overlay_common() ->
 
 emqx_etc_overlay_per_edition(ce) ->
     [
-        {"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_conf/etc/emqx.conf.all", "etc/emqx.conf"},
-        {"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_dashboard/etc/i18n.conf.all",
-            "{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_dashboard/priv/i18n.conf"}
+        {"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_conf/etc/emqx.conf.all", "etc/emqx.conf"}
     ];
 emqx_etc_overlay_per_edition(ee) ->
     [
         {"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_conf/etc/emqx_enterprise.conf.all", "etc/emqx_enterprise.conf"},
-        {"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_conf/etc/emqx.conf.all", "etc/emqx.conf"},
-        {"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_dashboard/etc/i18n.conf.all",
-            "{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_dashboard/priv/i18n.conf"}
+        {"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_conf/etc/emqx.conf.all", "etc/emqx.conf"}
     ].
 
 get_vsn(Profile) ->
diff --git a/scripts/merge-i18n.escript b/scripts/merge-i18n.escript
index e32e82d0f..9f8ac91ff 100755
--- a/scripts/merge-i18n.escript
+++ b/scripts/merge-i18n.escript
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ main(_) ->
     Conf = [merge(BaseConf, Cfgs),
             io_lib:nl()
             ],
-    ok = file:write_file("apps/emqx_dashboard/etc/i18n.conf.all", Conf).
+    ok = file:write_file("apps/emqx_dashboard/priv/i18n.conf", Conf).
 
 merge(BaseConf, Cfgs) ->
     lists:foldl(