diff --git a/hiera.yaml b/hiera.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/puppet.conf b/puppet.conf
index b18fae3..8e43615 100644
--- a/puppet.conf
+++ b/puppet.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ vardir=/var/lib/puppet
 ssldir=/var/lib/puppet/ssl
 rundir=/var/run/puppet
 factpath=$vardir/lib/facter
-templatedir=$confdir/templates
 prerun_command=/etc/puppet/etckeeper-commit-pre
 postrun_command=/etc/puppet/etckeeper-commit-post