Essentials Help: how to remove tools when first spawned?

Everytime a new player enters my bukkit server, they spawn with stone tools, ie: stone pickaxe, sword, etc. As this is PvP I need this removed. What can i do?

 

This is default behavior for a default essentials install.
In the Essentials config.yml there is a section called "Essentials Spawn / New Players". It's the last section of the config.yml file near the bottom. In this section there is an option kit: under newbies:

Code:

  # Do we want to give users anything on first join? Set to '' to disable
  # This kit will be given regardless  of cost, and permissions.
  #kit: ''
  kit: tools

As it says in the comment change the line "kit: tools" to "kit: ''"
That is with 2 ' (single quotes in stead of the double quote).

New players now spawn without tools.