diff --git a/functions/helloworld/index.js b/functions/helloworld/index.js
index 52bda4c962..cd65c4a9cb 100644
--- a/functions/helloworld/index.js
+++ b/functions/helloworld/index.js
@@ -150,16 +150,3 @@ exports.helloError4 = (req, res) => {
   res.status(500).send('I failed you');
   // [END functions_helloworld_error]
 };
-
-// [START functions_helloworld_template]
-const path = require('path');
-const pug = require('pug');
-
-// Renders the index.pug
-exports.helloTemplate = (req, res) => {
-  // Render the index.pug file
-  const html = pug.renderFile(path.join(__dirname, 'index.pug'));
-
-  res.send(html).end();
-};
-// [END functions_helloworld_template]
diff --git a/functions/helloworld/index.pug b/functions/helloworld/index.pug
deleted file mode 100644
index f4e3f02e43..0000000000
--- a/functions/helloworld/index.pug
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-doctype html
-html(lang="en")
-  head
-    title= pageTitle
-  body
-    h1 Cloud Functions Template Sample
-    p.
-      Pug is a terse and simple templating language with a
-      strong focus on performance and powerful features.
diff --git a/functions/helloworld/package.json b/functions/helloworld/package.json
index 966d36ef91..b6f9cf0395 100644
--- a/functions/helloworld/package.json
+++ b/functions/helloworld/package.json
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/debug-agent": "^5.0.0",
-    "escape-html": "^1.0.3",
-    "pug": "^3.0.0"
+    "escape-html": "^1.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@google-cloud/functions-framework": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/functions/helloworld/test/index.test.js b/functions/helloworld/test/index.test.js
index c8de7f823b..d6b37d1642 100644
--- a/functions/helloworld/test/index.test.js
+++ b/functions/helloworld/test/index.test.js
@@ -156,26 +156,4 @@ describe('index.test.js', () => {
       });
     });
   });
-
-  describe('functions_helloworld_template helloTemplate', () => {
-    const PORT = 8085;
-    let ffProc;
-
-    before(() => {
-      ffProc = startFF('helloTemplate', 'http', PORT);
-    });
-
-    after(async () => {
-      await ffProc;
-    });
-
-    it('helloTemplate: should render the html', async () => {
-      const response = await httpInvocation('helloTemplate', PORT);
-
-      assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200);
-      assert.ok(
-        response.body.includes('<h1>Cloud Functions Template Sample</h1>')
-      );
-    });
-  });
 });