diff --git a/orka/templates/macos-11-intel-test.pkr.hcl b/orka/templates/macos-11-intel-test.pkr.hcl
index cf815f1d0..0f474e9ba 100644
--- a/orka/templates/macos-11-intel-test.pkr.hcl
+++ b/orka/templates/macos-11-intel-test.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,32 +1,3 @@
-variable "orka_endpoint" {
-  type    = string
-  default = ""
-}
-
-variable "orka_auth_token" {
-  type    = string
-  default = ""
-}
-
-variable "ssh_username" {
-  type    = string
-  default = ""
-}
-
-variable "ssh_password" {
-  type    = string
-  default = ""
-}
-
-packer {
-  required_plugins {
-    macstadium-orka = {
-      version = "~> 3.0"
-      source  = "github.com/macstadium/macstadium-orka"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 source "macstadium-orka" "macos11-intel-test-image" {
   source_image      = "90gbigsurssh.img"
   image_name        = "macos11-intel-test-latest.img"
diff --git a/orka/templates/macos-13-arm-test.pkr.hcl b/orka/templates/macos-13-arm-test.pkr.hcl
index 277eff181..430e8af11 100644
--- a/orka/templates/macos-13-arm-test.pkr.hcl
+++ b/orka/templates/macos-13-arm-test.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-packer {
-  required_plugins {
-    macstadium-orka = {
-      version = "~> 3.0"
-      source  = "github.com/macstadium/macstadium-orka"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 source "macstadium-orka" "macos13-arm-test-image" {
   source_image      = "macos13-arm-base.orkasi"
   image_name        = "macos13-arm-test-latest.orkasi"
diff --git a/orka/templates/macos-13-intel-test.pkr.hcl b/orka/templates/macos-13-intel-test.pkr.hcl
index af6bf4e5e..c3ad21572 100644
--- a/orka/templates/macos-13-intel-test.pkr.hcl
+++ b/orka/templates/macos-13-intel-test.pkr.hcl
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-packer {
-  required_plugins {
-    macstadium-orka = {
-      version = "~> 3.0"
-      source  = "github.com/macstadium/macstadium-orka"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 source "macstadium-orka" "macos13-intel-test-image" {
   source_image      = "macos13-intel-base.img"
   image_name        = "macos13-intel-test-latest.img"
diff --git a/orka/templates/plugins.pkr.hcl b/orka/templates/plugins.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6f5a3d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orka/templates/plugins.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    macstadium-orka = {
+      version = "~> 3.0"
+      source  = "github.com/macstadium/macstadium-orka"
+    }
+  }
+}
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