diff --git a/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/code/client.pytorch.py.tpl b/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/code/client.pytorch.py.tpl
index 4f2b26ceddea..7137a7791683 100644
--- a/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/code/client.pytorch.py.tpl
+++ b/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/code/client.pytorch.py.tpl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from $project_name.task import (
 
 # Define Flower Client and client_fn
 class FlowerClient(NumPyClient):
-    def __init__(self, net, trainloader, valloader) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, net, trainloader, valloader):
         self.net = net
         self.trainloader = trainloader
         self.valloader = valloader
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class FlowerClient(NumPyClient):
         return loss, len(self.valloader.dataset), {"accuracy": accuracy}
 
 
-def client_fn(cid: str):
+def client_fn(cid):
     # Load model and data
     net = Net().to(DEVICE)
     trainloader, valloader = load_data(int(cid), 2)
diff --git a/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/code/task.pytorch.py.tpl b/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/code/task.pytorch.py.tpl
index 82e57388fa3e..85460564b6ef 100644
--- a/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/code/task.pytorch.py.tpl
+++ b/src/py/flwr/cli/new/templates/app/code/task.pytorch.py.tpl
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DEVICE = torch.device("cuda:0" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
 class Net(nn.Module):
     """Model (simple CNN adapted from 'PyTorch: A 60 Minute Blitz')"""
 
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(self):
         super(Net, self).__init__()
         self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(3, 6, 5)
         self.pool = nn.MaxPool2d(2, 2)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Net(nn.Module):
         self.fc2 = nn.Linear(120, 84)
         self.fc3 = nn.Linear(84, 10)
 
-    def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
+    def forward(self, x):
         x = self.pool(F.relu(self.conv1(x)))
         x = self.pool(F.relu(self.conv2(x)))
         x = x.view(-1, 16 * 5 * 5)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Net(nn.Module):
         return self.fc3(x)
 
 
-def load_data(partition_id: int, num_partitions: int):
+def load_data(partition_id, num_partitions):
     """Load partition CIFAR10 data."""
     fds = FederatedDataset(dataset="cifar10", partitioners={"train": num_partitions})
     partition = fds.load_partition(partition_id)