diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 185959e80b..e930065c82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - `nextflow run <pipeline> --version` will now print the workflow version from the manifest and exit ([#1951](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/1951))
 - Add profile for running `docker` with the ARM chips (including Apple silicon) ([#1942](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/1942) and [#2034](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2034))
 - Flip execution order of parameter summary printing and parameter validation to prevent 'hiding' of parameter errors.
+- Remove `CITATION.cff` file from pipeline template, to avoid that pipeline Zenodo entries reference the nf-core publication instead of the pipeline.
 
 ### Linting
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/CITATION.cff b/nf_core/pipeline-template/CITATION.cff
deleted file mode 100644
index 017666c018..0000000000
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/CITATION.cff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-cff-version: 1.2.0
-message: "If you use `nf-core tools` in your work, please cite the `nf-core` publication"
-authors:
-  - family-names: Ewels
-    given-names: Philip
-  - family-names: Peltzer
-    given-names: Alexander
-  - family-names: Fillinger
-    given-names: Sven
-  - family-names: Patel
-    given-names: Harshil
-  - family-names: Alneberg
-    given-names: Johannes
-  - family-names: Wilm
-    given-names: Andreas
-  - family-names: Garcia
-    given-names: Maxime Ulysse
-  - family-names: Di Tommaso
-    given-names: Paolo
-  - family-names: Nahnsen
-    given-names: Sven
-title: "The nf-core framework for community-curated bioinformatics pipelines."
-version: 2.4.1
-doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x
-date-released: 2022-05-16
-url: https://github.com/nf-core/tools
-prefered-citation:
-  type: article
-  authors:
-    - family-names: Ewels
-      given-names: Philip
-    - family-names: Peltzer
-      given-names: Alexander
-    - family-names: Fillinger
-      given-names: Sven
-    - family-names: Patel
-      given-names: Harshil
-    - family-names: Alneberg
-      given-names: Johannes
-    - family-names: Wilm
-      given-names: Andreas
-    - family-names: Garcia
-      given-names: Maxime Ulysse
-    - family-names: Di Tommaso
-      given-names: Paolo
-    - family-names: Nahnsen
-      given-names: Sven
-  doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x
-  journal: nature biotechnology
-  start: 276
-  end: 278
-  title: "The nf-core framework for community-curated bioinformatics pipelines."
-  issue: 3
-  volume: 38
-  year: 2020
-  url: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0439-x