diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/docs-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/docs-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
index 3464fc8d5d..2f9ce4d153 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/docs-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/docs-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ kind: Component
 metadata:
   name: {{cookiecutter.component_id | jsonify}}
   description: {{cookiecutter.description | jsonify}}
+  annotations:
     github.com/project-slug: {{cookiecutter.destination.git.owner + "/" + cookiecutter.destination.git.name}}
-    backstage.io/source-ref: {{cookiecutter.storePath | jsonify}}
     backstage.io/techdocs-ref: url:{{cookiecutter.storePath}}
 spec:
   type: documentation
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/react-ssr-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/react-ssr-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
index b6e152ee72..6197888f36 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/react-ssr-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/react-ssr-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ metadata:
   description: {{cookiecutter.description | jsonify}}
   annotations:
     github.com/project-slug: {{cookiecutter.destination.git.owner + "/" + cookiecutter.destination.git.name}}
-    backstage.io/source-url: {{cookiecutter.storePath | jsonify}}
     backstage.io/techdocs-ref: url:{{cookiecutter.storePath}}
 spec:
   type: website
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/springboot-grpc-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/springboot-grpc-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
index 83e0c58d20..02a8a7adf2 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/springboot-grpc-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/sample-templates/springboot-grpc-template/{{cookiecutter.component_id}}/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ metadata:
   description: {{cookiecutter.description | jsonify}}
   annotations:
     github.com/project-slug: {{cookiecutter.destination.git.owner + "/" + cookiecutter.destination.git.name}}
-    backstage.io/source-url: {{cookiecutter.storePath | jsonify}}
     backstage.io/techdocs-ref: url:{{cookiecutter.storePath}}
 spec:
   type: service