diff --git a/project_templates/square_pypi_package/example/pyproject.toml b/project_templates/square_pypi_package/example/pyproject.toml
index c70ae44a..acbbcccb 100644
--- a/project_templates/square_pypi_package/example/pyproject.toml
+++ b/project_templates/square_pypi_package/example/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,20 +58,6 @@ include = ["example*"]
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79
 target-version = ["py312"]
-exclude = '''
-/(
-    \.eggs
-  | \.git
-  | \.mypy_cache
-  | \.tox
-  | \.venv
-  | _build
-  | build
-  | dist
-)/
-'''
-# Use single-quoted strings so TOML treats the string like a Python r-string
-#  Multi-line strings are implicitly treated by black as regular expressions
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 parallel = true
diff --git a/project_templates/square_pypi_package/{{cookiecutter.name}}/pyproject.toml b/project_templates/square_pypi_package/{{cookiecutter.name}}/pyproject.toml
index 54106d25..81175ee8 100644
--- a/project_templates/square_pypi_package/{{cookiecutter.name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/project_templates/square_pypi_package/{{cookiecutter.name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,20 +58,6 @@ include = ["{{cookiecutter.module_name}}*"]
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79
 target-version = ["py312"]
-exclude = '''
-/(
-    \.eggs
-  | \.git
-  | \.mypy_cache
-  | \.tox
-  | \.venv
-  | _build
-  | build
-  | dist
-)/
-'''
-# Use single-quoted strings so TOML treats the string like a Python r-string
-#  Multi-line strings are implicitly treated by black as regular expressions
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 parallel = true
diff --git a/project_templates/technote_md/testn-000/technote.toml b/project_templates/technote_md/testn-000/technote.toml
index d9549fa4..873e3b0b 100644
--- a/project_templates/technote_md/testn-000/technote.toml
+++ b/project_templates/technote_md/testn-000/technote.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ series_id = "TESTN"
 canonical_url = "https://testn-000.lsst.io"
 github_url = "https://github.com/lsst/testn-000"
 github_default_branch = "main"
-date_created = 2024-09-23T23:31:18Z
+date_created = 2024-09-23T23:40:06Z
 organization.name = "Vera C. Rubin Observatory"
 organization.ror = "https://ror.org/048g3cy84"
 license.id = "CC-BY-4.0"
diff --git a/project_templates/technote_rst/testn-000/technote.toml b/project_templates/technote_rst/testn-000/technote.toml
index 1e084da0..64fba204 100644
--- a/project_templates/technote_rst/testn-000/technote.toml
+++ b/project_templates/technote_rst/testn-000/technote.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ series_id = "TESTN"
 canonical_url = "https://testn-000.lsst.io"
 github_url = "https://github.com/lsst/testn-000"
 github_default_branch = "main"
-date_created = 2024-09-23T23:31:18Z
+date_created = 2024-09-23T23:40:06Z
 organization.name = "Vera C. Rubin Observatory"
 organization.ror = "https://ror.org/048g3cy84"
 license.id = "CC-BY-4.0"