diff --git a/.github/workflows/testCoreBundling.yml b/.github/workflows/testCoreBundling.yml
index ce9bd50aa..5ee32221a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testCoreBundling.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testCoreBundling.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
         externalProjectGit:
-          - forcedotcom/salesforcedx-templates
           - forcedotcom/salesforcedx-apex
     with:
       externalProjectGit: ${{ matrix.externalProjectGit }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testExternalProjects.yml b/.github/workflows/testExternalProjects.yml
index 7491487c7..2938bcf38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testExternalProjects.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testExternalProjects.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       externalProjectGit:
-        description: 'The url that will be cloned.  This contains the tests you want to run.  Ex: https://github.com/forcedotcom/templates'
+        description: 'The url that will be cloned.  This contains the tests you want to run.  Ex: https://github.com/forcedotcom/salesforcedx-apex'
         type: string
         required: true
       nodeVersion:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   external-test:
     name: run tests
-    if: ${{ inputs.externalProjectGit == 'forcedotcom/salesforcedx-apex' || (inputs.externalProjectGit == 'forcedotcom/salesforcedx-templates' && inputs.os == 'ubuntu-latest') }}
+    if: ${{ inputs.externalProjectGit == 'forcedotcom/salesforcedx-apex' }}
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Configure Git to handle long file paths on Windows