diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.govcookiecutter/manifest.json b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.govcookiecutter/manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 33a087c..0000000
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.govcookiecutter/manifest.json	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "features": [
-    {
-      "name": "R files",
-      "description": "R files that are removed if not enabled.",
-      "remove": {% if cookiecutter.using_R == "No" %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
-      "resources": [".Rprofile", ".lintr", "DESCRIPTION", "startup.R"]
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/DESCRIPTION b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/DESCRIPTION
deleted file mode 100644
index 43d9c0d..0000000
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/DESCRIPTION	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Package: {{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}
-Title: {{ cookiecutter.project_name }}
-Version: {{ cookiecutter.project_version }}
-Authors@R:
-    person("{{ cookiecutter.organisation_handle }}", , , "{{ cookiecutter.contact_email }}", role = c("aut", "cre"))
-Description: {{ cookiecutter.overview }}
-License: MIT + file LICENSE
-Imports:
-    docopt,
-    git2r,
-    lintr,
-    styler,
-    usethis
-Encoding: UTF-8
-Language: en-GB
-LazyData: true
-Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
-RoxygenNote: 7.0.0