diff --git a/.github/workflows/sub_package_update.yml b/.github/workflows/sub_package_update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b09443..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/sub_package_update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-name: Update SunPy Sub Packages
-permissions:
-    contents: write
-    pull-requests: write
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      main
-jobs:
-  update:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - add-paths: .
-            body: Use this to merge the changes to the repo
-            branch: cruft/update
-            commit-message: "SunPy package template update"
-            title: New Updates to SunPy Template
-          - add-paths: .cruft.json
-            body: Use this to reject changes in the repo
-            branch: cruft/reject
-            commit-message: "Chore: reject this cruft update"
-            title: Reject new SunPy template updates
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-
-      - name: Install Cruft
-        run: pip3 install cruft
-
-      - name: Check if update is available
-        continue-on-error: false
-        id: check
-        run: |
-          CHANGES=0
-          if [ -f .cruft.json ]; then
-            if ! cruft check; then 
-              CHANGES=1
-            fi
-          else
-            echo "No .cruft.json file"
-          fi
-          
-          echo "has_changes=$CHANGES" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Run update if available
-        if: steps.check.outputs.has_changes == '1'
-        # this needs to be sunpy details I think?
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email ""
-          git config --global user.name "SunPy Org"
-          
-          cruft update --skip-apply-ask --refresh-private-variables
-          git restore --staged
-
-      - name: Create pull request
-        if: steps.check.output.has_changes == '1'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          add-paths: ${{ matrix.add-paths }}
-          commit-message: ${{ matrix.commit-message }}
-          branch: ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          delete-branch: true
-          branch-suffix: timestamp
-          title: ${{ matrix.title }}
-          body: |
-            This is an autogenerated PR. ${{ matrix.body }}
-              [Cruft](https://cruft.github.io/cruft/) has detected updates from the SunPy Package Template 
-
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1413d60..5e581a5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ venv.bak/
 .spyderproject
 .spyproject
 
+# Pycharm project settings
+.idea
+
 # Rope project settings
 .ropeproject
 
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index bb2869f..bcf0f81 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
     "use_compiled_extensions": "n",
     "enable_dynamic_dev_versions": "n",
     "include_example_code": "n",
+    "include_cruft_update_github_workflow": "n",
     "_sphinx_theme": "alabaster",
     "_parent_project": "",
     "_install_requires": "",
     "_copy_without_render": [
         "docs/_templates",
         "docs/_static",
-        ".github/workflows/sub_package_update.yml"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 098fc45..d761a09 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -34,9 +34,16 @@ def process_version(enable_dynamic_dev_versions):
         remove_dir(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, '{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}', '_dev'))
         remove_file(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY, '{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}', 'version.py'))
 
+
+def process_github_workflow(include_cruft_update_github_workflow):
+    if include_cruft_update_github_workflow != "y":
+        remove_dir(os.path.join(PROJECT_DIRECTORY,  '{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}', '.github'))
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     process_license('{{ cookiecutter.license }}')
     process_version('{{ cookiecutter.enable_dynamic_dev_versions }}')
+    process_github_workflow('{{ cookiecutter.include_cruft_update_github_workflow }}')
     include_examples = '{{ cookiecutter.include_example_code }}' == 'y'
     use_compiled = '{{ cookiecutter.use_compiled_extensions }}' == 'y'
 
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml
index 8dffd2e..6f175e3 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml	
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ docs = [
     "tomli; python_version <\"3.11\"",
 ]
 
-{%0 if cookiecutter.include_example_code == 'y' %}
+{%- if cookiecutter.include_example_code == 'y' %}
 [project.scripts]
 astropy_package_template_example = "{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}.example_mod:main"
 {% endif -%}