diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 9aef2ff505..c2db5acdf1 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ knit {
         exclude(
             "**/build/**",
             "*/.gradle/**",
-            "*/towncrier/template.md",
             "**/CHANGES.md",
         )
     }
diff --git a/tools/towncrier/template.md b/tools/towncrier/template.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e5e96a4ac..0000000000
--- a/tools/towncrier/template.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{% if top_line %}
-{{ top_line }}
-{{ top_underline * ((top_line)|length)}}
-{% elif versiondata.name %}
-{{ versiondata.name }} {{ versiondata.version }} ({{ versiondata.date }})
-{{ top_underline * ((versiondata.name + versiondata.version + versiondata.date)|length + 4)}}
-{% else %}
-{{ versiondata.version }} ({{ versiondata.date }})
-{{ top_underline * ((versiondata.version + versiondata.date)|length + 3)}}
-{% endif %}
-{% for section, _ in sections.items() %}
-{% set underline = underlines[0] %}{% if section %}{{section}}
-{{ underline * section|length }}{% set underline = underlines[1] %}
-{% endif %}
-
-{% if sections[section] %}
-{% for category, val in definitions.items() if category in sections[section]%}
-{{ definitions[category]['name'] }}
-{{ underline * definitions[category]['name']|length }}
-{% if definitions[category]['showcontent'] %}
-{% for text, values in sections[section][category].items() %}
- - {{ text }} ({{ values|join(', ') }})
-{% endfor %}
-{% else %}
- - {{ sections[section][category]['']|join(', ') }}
-{% endif %}
-{% if sections[section][category]|length == 0 %}
-No significant changes.
-{% else %}
-{% endif %}
-
-{% endfor %}
-{% else %}
-No significant changes.
-{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}