diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
index bb519613..5a650b90 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Cullen Rhodes            `@c-rhodes`_
   Curtis St Pierre         `@curtisstpierre`_            @cstpierre1388
   Dan Shultz               `@shultz`_
+  Dani Hodovic             `@danihodovic`
   Daniel Hepper            `@dhepper`_                   @danielhepper
   Daniele Tricoli          `@eriol`_
   David Díaz               `@ddiazpinto`_                @DavidDiazPinto
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
 .. _@Collederas: https://github.com/Collederas
 .. _@curtisstpierre: https://github.com/curtisstpierre
 .. _@dadokkio: https://github.com/dadokkio
+.. _@danihodovic: https://github.com/danihodovic
 .. _@davitovmasyan: https://github.com/davitovmasyan
 .. _@ddiazpinto: https://github.com/ddiazpinto
 .. _@delneg: https://github.com/delneg
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
index 2745058d..4ffa5021 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ TEMPLATES = [
         # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-dirs
         "DIRS": [str(APPS_DIR.path("templates"))],
         "OPTIONS": {
-            # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-debug
-            "debug": DEBUG,
             # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#template-loaders
             # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/api/#loader-types
             "loaders": [
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
index 0c0588bd..bbc9ab35 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/local.py
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ CACHES = {
     }
 }
 
-# TEMPLATES
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#templates
-TEMPLATES[0]["OPTIONS"]["debug"] = DEBUG  # noqa F405
-
 # EMAIL
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 {% if cookiecutter.use_mailhog == 'y' and cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' -%}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/test.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/test.py
index 2ade134a..35e1a010 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/test.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/test.py
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ PASSWORD_HASHERS = ["django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher"]
 
 # TEMPLATES
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#templates
-TEMPLATES[0]["OPTIONS"]["debug"] = DEBUG  # noqa F405
 TEMPLATES[0]["OPTIONS"]["loaders"] = [  # noqa F405
     (
         "django.template.loaders.cached.Loader",