diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/factories/webLibrary.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/factories/webLibrary.ts
index a58e9f2935..b0010c377d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/factories/webLibrary.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/factories/webLibrary.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import camelCase from 'lodash/camelCase';
 import upperFirst from 'lodash/upperFirst';
 import { paths } from '../../paths';
 import { addCodeownersEntry, getCodeownersFilePath } from '../../codeowners';
 import { createFactory, CreateContext } from '../types';
-import { addPackageDependency, Task } from '../../tasks';
+import { Task } from '../../tasks';
 import { ownerPrompt, pluginIdPrompt } from './common/prompts';
 import { executePluginPackageTemplate } from './common/tasks';
 
@@ -41,9 +40,7 @@ export const webLibrary = createFactory<Options>({
   async create(options: Options, ctx: CreateContext) {
     const { id } = options;
 
-    const name = ctx.scope
-      ? `@${ctx.scope}/${id}`
-      : `backstage-plugin-${id}`;
+    const name = ctx.scope ? `@${ctx.scope}/${id}` : `backstage-plugin-${id}`;
     const extensionName = `${upperFirst(camelCase(id))}Page`;
 
     Task.log();
@@ -67,55 +64,6 @@ export const webLibrary = createFactory<Options>({
       },
     });
 
-    if (await fs.pathExists(paths.resolveTargetRoot('packages/app'))) {
-      await Task.forItem('app', 'adding dependency', async () => {
-        await addPackageDependency(
-          paths.resolveTargetRoot('packages/app/package.json'),
-          {
-            dependencies: {
-              [name]: `^${ctx.defaultVersion}`,
-            },
-          },
-        );
-      });
-
-      await Task.forItem('app', 'adding import', async () => {
-        const pluginsFilePath = paths.resolveTargetRoot(
-          'packages/app/src/App.tsx',
-        );
-        if (!(await fs.pathExists(pluginsFilePath))) {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        const content = await fs.readFile(pluginsFilePath, 'utf8');
-        const revLines = content.split('\n').reverse();
-
-        const lastImportIndex = revLines.findIndex(line =>
-          line.match(/ from ("|').*("|')/),
-        );
-        const lastRouteIndex = revLines.findIndex(line =>
-          line.match(/<\/FlatRoutes/),
-        );
-
-        if (lastImportIndex !== -1 && lastRouteIndex !== -1) {
-          const importLine = `import { ${extensionName} } from '${name}';`;
-          if (!content.includes(importLine)) {
-            revLines.splice(lastImportIndex, 0, importLine);
-          }
-
-          const componentLine = `<Route path="/${id}" element={<${extensionName} />} />`;
-          if (!content.includes(componentLine)) {
-            const [indentation] =
-              revLines[lastRouteIndex + 1].match(/^\s*/) ?? [];
-            revLines.splice(lastRouteIndex + 1, 0, indentation + componentLine);
-          }
-
-          const newContent = revLines.reverse().join('\n');
-          await fs.writeFile(pluginsFilePath, newContent, 'utf8');
-        }
-      });
-    }
-
     if (options.owner) {
       await addCodeownersEntry(`/packages/${id}`, options.owner);
     }
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/web-library-package/package.json.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/web-library-package/package.json.hbs
index 666b3859e3..d364dba9e1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/web-library-package/package.json.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/web-library-package/package.json.hbs
@@ -27,29 +27,14 @@
     "prepack": "backstage-cli package prepack",
     "postpack": "backstage-cli package postpack"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@backstage/core-components": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/core-components'}}",
-    "@backstage/core-plugin-api": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/core-plugin-api'}}",
-    "@backstage/theme": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/theme'}}",
-    "@material-ui/core": "{{versionQuery '@material-ui/core' '4.12.2'}}",
-    "@material-ui/icons": "{{versionQuery '@material-ui/icons' '4.9.1'}}",
-    "@material-ui/lab": "{{versionQuery '@material-ui/lab' '4.0.0-alpha.57'}}",
-    "react-use": "{{versionQuery 'react-use' '17.2.4'}}"
-  },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "{{versionQuery 'react' '^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0'}}"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@backstage/cli": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/cli'}}",
-    "@backstage/core-app-api": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/core-app-api'}}",
-    "@backstage/dev-utils": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/dev-utils'}}",
-    "@backstage/test-utils": "{{versionQuery '@backstage/test-utils'}}",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "{{versionQuery '@testing-library/jest-dom' '5.10.1'}}",
     "@testing-library/react": "{{versionQuery '@testing-library/react' '12.1.3'}}",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "{{versionQuery '@testing-library/user-event' '14.0.0'}}",
-    "@types/node": "{{versionQuery '@types/node' '16.11.26'}}",
-    "msw": "{{versionQuery 'msw' '0.47.0'}}",
-    "cross-fetch": "{{versionQuery 'cross-fetch' '3.1.5'}}"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"