diff --git a/config/templates/cmake b/config/templates/cmake
index 8689be0..b7da340 100644
--- a/config/templates/cmake
+++ b/config/templates/cmake
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 # BPM Expects the source code to be extracted into the automatically created 'source' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_SOURCE
 # BPM Expects the output files to be present in the automatically created 'output' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_OUTPUT
 
-DOWNLOAD="https://wwww.my-url.com/file.tar.gz"
-FILENAME="${DOWNLOAD##*/}"
-
 # The prepare function is executed in the root of the temp directory
-# This function is used for downloading files and putting them into the correct location
+# This function is used for putting downloaded files to the correct location or applying patches
 prepare() {
-  wget "$DOWNLOAD"
-  tar -xvf "$FILENAME" --strip-components=1 -C "$BPM_SOURCE"
+  echo "You may remove this function if you do not intend to use it"
 }
 
 # The build function is executed in the source directory
diff --git a/config/templates/gnu-configure b/config/templates/gnu-configure
index 3b95fbb..d80723a 100644
--- a/config/templates/gnu-configure
+++ b/config/templates/gnu-configure
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 # BPM Expects the source code to be extracted into the automatically created 'source' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_SOURCE
 # BPM Expects the output files to be present in the automatically created 'output' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_OUTPUT
 
-DOWNLOAD="https://wwww.my-url.com/file.tar.gz"
-FILENAME="${DOWNLOAD##*/}"
-
 # The prepare function is executed in the root of the temp directory
-# This function is used for downloading files and putting them into the correct location
+# This function is used for putting downloaded files to the correct location or applying patches
 prepare() {
-  wget "$DOWNLOAD"
-  tar -xvf "$FILENAME" --strip-components=1 -C "$BPM_SOURCE"
+  echo "You may remove this function if you do not intend to use it"
 }
 
 # The build function is executed in the source directory
diff --git a/config/templates/gnu-make b/config/templates/gnu-make
index 47edcd4..cda80e2 100644
--- a/config/templates/gnu-make
+++ b/config/templates/gnu-make
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 # BPM Expects the source code to be extracted into the automatically created 'source' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_SOURCE
 # BPM Expects the output files to be present in the automatically created 'output' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_OUTPUT
 
-DOWNLOAD="https://wwww.my-url.com/file.tar.gz"
-FILENAME="${DOWNLOAD##*/}"
-
 # The prepare function is executed in the root of the temp directory
-# This function is used for downloading files and putting them into the correct location
+# This function is used for putting downloaded files to the correct location or applying patches
 prepare() {
-  wget "$DOWNLOAD"
-  tar -xvf "$FILENAME" --strip-components=1 -C "$BPM_SOURCE"
+  echo "You may remove this function if you do not intend to use it"
 }
 
 # The build function is executed in the source directory
diff --git a/config/templates/meson b/config/templates/meson
index ab601b5..81774bb 100644
--- a/config/templates/meson
+++ b/config/templates/meson
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 # BPM Expects the source code to be extracted into the automatically created 'source' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_SOURCE
 # BPM Expects the output files to be present in the automatically created 'output' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_OUTPUT
 
-DOWNLOAD="https://wwww.my-url.com/file.tar.gz"
-FILENAME="${DOWNLOAD##*/}"
-
 # The prepare function is executed in the root of the temp directory
-# This function is used for downloading files and putting them into the correct location
+# This function is used for putting downloaded files to the correct location or applying patches
 prepare() {
-  wget "$DOWNLOAD"
-  tar -xvf "$FILENAME" --strip-components=1 -C "$BPM_SOURCE"
+  echo "You may remove this function if you do not intend to use it"
 }
 
 # The build function is executed in the source directory
diff --git a/config/templates/python-module b/config/templates/python-module
index 9c442ea..0b0a7d0 100644
--- a/config/templates/python-module
+++ b/config/templates/python-module
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 # BPM Expects the source code to be extracted into the automatically created 'source' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_SOURCE
 # BPM Expects the output files to be present in the automatically created 'output' directory which can be accessed using $BPM_OUTPUT
 
-DOWNLOAD="https://wwww.my-url.com/file.tar.gz"
-FILENAME="${DOWNLOAD##*/}"
-
 # The prepare function is executed in the root of the temp directory
-# This function is used for downloading files and putting them into the correct location
+# This function is used for putting downloaded files to the correct location or applying patches
 prepare() {
-  wget "$DOWNLOAD"
-  tar -xvf "$FILENAME" --strip-components=1 -C "$BPM_SOURCE"
+  echo "You may remove this function if you do not intend to use it"
 }
 
 # The build function is executed in the source directory