diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/meta.py b/jrnl/plugins/meta.py
index 3cbff1ec..8108a936 100644
--- a/jrnl/plugins/meta.py
+++ b/jrnl/plugins/meta.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import jrnl.contrib.importer
 import jrnl.plugins.exporter
 import jrnl.plugins.importer
 
-from .template_exporter import __all__ as template_exporters
-
 __exporters_builtin = list(
     pkgutil.iter_modules(
         jrnl.plugins.exporter.__path__, jrnl.plugins.exporter.__name__ + "."
@@ -43,9 +41,6 @@ __exporter_types_contrib = {
     for plugin in __exporters_contrib
     for name in importlib.import_module(plugin.name).Exporter.names
 }
-__exporter_types_template = {
-    name: plugin for plugin in template_exporters for name in plugin.names
-}
 
 
 __importer_types_builtin = {
@@ -62,7 +57,6 @@ __importer_types_contrib = {
 __exporter_types = {
     **__exporter_types_builtin,
     **__exporter_types_contrib,
-    **__exporter_types_template,
 }
 __importer_types = {**__importer_types_builtin, **__importer_types_contrib}
 
diff --git a/jrnl/plugins/template_exporter.py b/jrnl/plugins/template_exporter.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e6adfc0..00000000
--- a/jrnl/plugins/template_exporter.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# encoding: utf-8
-# Copyright (C) 2012-2021 jrnl contributors
-# License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
-
-from glob import glob
-import os
-
-from jrnl.plugins.template import Template
-from jrnl.plugins.exporter.text_exporter import Exporter as TextExporter
-
-
-class GenericTemplateExporter(TextExporter):
-    """This Exporter can convert entries and journals into text files."""
-
-    @classmethod
-    def export_entry(cls, entry):
-        """Returns a string representation of a single entry."""
-        vars = {"entry": entry, "tags": entry.tags}
-        return cls.template.render_block("entry", **vars)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def export_journal(cls, journal):
-        """Returns a string representation of an entire journal."""
-        vars = {"journal": journal, "entries": journal.entries, "tags": journal.tags}
-        return cls.template.render_block("journal", **vars)
-
-
-def __exporter_from_file(template_file):
-    """Create a template class from a file"""
-    name = os.path.basename(template_file).replace(".template", "")
-    template = Template.from_file(template_file)
-    return type(
-        str(f"{name.title()}TemplateExporter"),
-        (GenericTemplateExporter,),
-        {"names": [name], "extension": template.extension, "template": template},
-    )
-
-
-__all__ = []
-
-# Factory pattern to create Exporter classes for all available templates
-for template_file in glob("jrnl/templates/*.template"):
-    __all__.append(__exporter_from_file(template_file))
diff --git a/jrnl/templates/sample.template b/jrnl/templates/sample.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 983d6af3..00000000
--- a/jrnl/templates/sample.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-extension: txt
----
-
-{% block journal %}
-{% for entry in entries %}
-{% include entry %}
-{% endfor %}
-
-{% endblock %}
-
-{% block entry %}
-{{ entry.title }}
-{{ "-" * len(entry.title) }}
-
-{{ entry.body }}
-
-{% endblock %}