diff --git a/functions-templates/typescript/scheduled-function/{{name}}.mts b/functions-templates/typescript/scheduled-function/{{name}}.mts
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index 00000000000..8613ce21de7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functions-templates/typescript/scheduled-function/{{name}}.mts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { Config } from "@netlify/functions"
+
+export default async (req: Request) => {
+    const { next_run } = await req.json()
+
+    console.log("Received event! Next invocation at:", next_run)
+}
+
+export const config: Config = {
+    schedule: "@hourly"
+}
diff --git a/functions-templates/typescript/scheduled-function/{{name}}.ts b/functions-templates/typescript/scheduled-function/{{name}}.ts
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index 266482ee25c..00000000000
--- a/functions-templates/typescript/scheduled-function/{{name}}.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { schedule } from '@netlify/functions'
-
-// To learn about scheduled functions and supported cron extensions,
-// see: https://ntl.fyi/sched-func
-export const handler = schedule('@hourly', async (event) => {
-  const eventBody = JSON.parse(event.body)
-  console.log(`Next function run at ${eventBody.next_run}.`)
-
-  return {
-    statusCode: 200,
-  }
-})