diff --git a/templates/content/EmptyEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json b/templates/content/EmptyEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
index 3b6dab8..0705eaf 100644
--- a/templates/content/EmptyEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
+++ b/templates/content/EmptyEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
   "function-runtime": "dotnetcore2.0",
   "function-memory-size": 128,
   "function-timeout": 30,
-  "function-handler": "EmptyEventFunction::EmptyEventFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync",
-  "environment-variables": "Environment=;"
+  "function-handler": "EmptyEventFunction::EmptyEventFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync"
 }
diff --git a/templates/content/EmptyRequestResponseFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json b/templates/content/EmptyRequestResponseFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
index 5c9cbd7..70706c5 100644
--- a/templates/content/EmptyRequestResponseFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
+++ b/templates/content/EmptyRequestResponseFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
   "function-runtime": "dotnetcore2.1",
   "function-memory-size": 128,
   "function-timeout": 30,
-  "function-handler": "EmptyRequestResponseFunction::EmptyRequestResponseFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync",
-  "environment-variables": "Environment=;"
+  "function-handler": "EmptyRequestResponseFunction::EmptyRequestResponseFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync"
 }
diff --git a/templates/content/RichEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json b/templates/content/RichEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
index 4f66cff..3aef9d4 100644
--- a/templates/content/RichEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
+++ b/templates/content/RichEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
   "function-runtime": "dotnetcore2.1",
   "function-memory-size": 128,
   "function-timeout": 30,
-  "function-handler": "RichEventFunction::RichEventFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync",
-  "environment-variables": "Environment=;"
+  "function-handler": "RichEventFunction::RichEventFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync"
 }
diff --git a/templates/content/RichRequestResponseFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json b/templates/content/RichRequestResponseFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
index d867df3..a5ce50b 100644
--- a/templates/content/RichRequestResponseFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
+++ b/templates/content/RichRequestResponseFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
   "function-runtime": "dotnetcore2.1",
   "function-memory-size": 128,
   "function-timeout": 30,
-  "function-handler": "RichRequestResponseFunction::RichRequestResponseFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync",
-  "environment-variables": "Environment=;"
+  "function-handler": "RichRequestResponseFunction::RichRequestResponseFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync"
 }
diff --git a/templates/content/SnsEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json b/templates/content/SnsEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
index 78ac148..8a9250d 100644
--- a/templates/content/SnsEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
+++ b/templates/content/SnsEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
   "function-runtime": "dotnetcore2.1",
   "function-memory-size": 128,
   "function-timeout": 30,
-  "function-handler": "SnsEventFunction::SnsEventFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync",
-  "environment-variables": "Environment=;"
+  "function-handler": "SnsEventFunction::SnsEventFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync"
 }
diff --git a/templates/content/SqsEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json b/templates/content/SqsEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
index 32c0b23..bbb1437 100644
--- a/templates/content/SqsEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
+++ b/templates/content/SqsEventFunction/aws-lambda-tools-defaults.json
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@
   "function-runtime": "dotnetcore2.1",
   "function-memory-size": 128,
   "function-timeout": 30,
-  "function-handler": "SqsEventFunction::SqsEventFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync",
-  "environment-variables": "Environment=;"
+  "function-handler": "SqsEventFunction::SqsEventFunction.Function::FunctionHandlerAsync"
 }