diff --git a/patterns/blue-green-upgrade/modules/eks_cluster/outputs.tf b/patterns/blue-green-upgrade/modules/eks_cluster/outputs.tf
index 8c8c5f5a90..3df93a5810 100644
--- a/patterns/blue-green-upgrade/modules/eks_cluster/outputs.tf
+++ b/patterns/blue-green-upgrade/modules/eks_cluster/outputs.tf
@@ -49,10 +49,3 @@ output "gitops_metadata" {
   value       = local.addons_metadata
   sensitive   = true
 }
-
-# output "debug" {
-#   description = "debug output"
-#   #value = data.template_file.addons_template.rendered
-#   value = data.template_file.workloads_template.rendered
-#   #value = file("${path.module}/../../bootstrap/addons.yaml")
-# }
diff --git a/patterns/blue-green-upgrade/modules/eks_cluster/versions.tf b/patterns/blue-green-upgrade/modules/eks_cluster/versions.tf
index eda2864d1e..e3ec65ce24 100644
--- a/patterns/blue-green-upgrade/modules/eks_cluster/versions.tf
+++ b/patterns/blue-green-upgrade/modules/eks_cluster/versions.tf
@@ -11,9 +11,5 @@ terraform {
       source  = "hashicorp/kubernetes"
       version = "2.22.0"
     }
-    template = {
-      source  = "hashicorp/template"
-      version = ">= 2.2.0"
-    }
   }
 }