diff --git a/mavensmate.sublime-settings b/mavensmate.sublime-settings
index 1a21310..f7dc86f 100644
--- a/mavensmate.sublime-settings
+++ b/mavensmate.sublime-settings
@@ -174,26 +174,17 @@ To override default MavensMate settings, modify user-specific settings (MavensMa
 		".apxt"
 	],
 
-	//template location, e.g. "github" or "bitbucket" or "local". "remote" is synonymous with "github"
+	//template location, e.g. "remote" or "local" ("remote" refers to templates located on github)
 	"mm_template_location": "remote",
 
 	//template location 
 	//if "mm_template_location" is set to "local", set to absolute location of the directory where you've forked the MavensMate-Templates project
-	"mm_template_source" : "/path/to/templates",
-
-	//if "mm_template_location" is set to "remote","github" or "bitbucket" set the repository owner, name and branch
-	"mm_template_repo_owner" : "joeferraro",
-	"mm_template_repo_name" : "MavensMate-Templates",
-	"mm_template_repo_branch" : "master",
-
-	//if you need to access a secured repository, set mm_template_auth to true, and set username and password as appropriate
-	//if using github, it is recommended that you generate an OAuth token here https://github.com/settings/applications#personal-access-tokens
-	//and set that as your username, leaving the password blank
-	//bitbucket does not appear to offer this capability at present
-	"mm_template_auth" : false,
-	"mm_template_username" : "",
-	"mm_template_password" : "",
-
+		//example: "mm_template_source" : "/path/to/templates"
+	//if "mm_template_location" is set to "remote", set to github location)
+		//example: "mm_template_source" : "username/reponame/branchname"
+	//project directory/repository must be in the format found here: https://github.com/joeferraro/MavensMate-Templates
+	"mm_template_source": "joeferraro/MavensMate-Templates/master",
+	
 	//the default metadata available in a project (may be set on a per-project basis in the "advanced" tab of the new and edit project UIs)
 	"mm_default_subscription" : [
 		"ApexClass",
diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index aaaf84a..39e4ded 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 from xml.dom.minidom import parse
 
 import urllib.request
-import base64
 
 import MavensMate.config as config
 import MavensMate.lib.apex.apex_extensions as apex_extensions
@@ -76,12 +75,16 @@ def parse_json_from_file(location):
 def parse_templates_package(mtype=None):
     try:
         settings = sublime.load_settings('mavensmate.sublime-settings')
+        template_source = settings.get('mm_template_source', 'joeferraro/MavensMate-Templates/master')
         template_location = settings.get('mm_template_location', 'remote')
-        if template_location == 'remote' or template_location == 'github' or template_location == 'bitbucket':
-            response = get_remote_package_json()
+        if template_location == 'remote':
+            if 'linux' in sys.platform:
+                response = os.popen('wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{0}/{1} -q -O -'.format(template_source, "package.json")).read()
+            else:
+                response = urllib.request.urlopen('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{0}/{1}'.format(template_source, "package.json")).read().decode('utf-8')
             j = json.loads(response)
         else:
-            local_template_path = os.path.join(settings.get('mm_template_source'),"package.json")
+            local_template_path = os.path.join(template_source,"package.json")
             debug(local_template_path)
             j = parse_json_from_file(local_template_path)
             if j == None or j == {}:
@@ -96,38 +99,6 @@ def parse_templates_package(mtype=None):
     else:
         return j
 
-def get_remote_package_json():
-    settings = sublime.load_settings('mavensmate.sublime-settings')
-    auth = settings.get('mm_template_auth',False)
-    template_location = settings.get('mm_template_location', 'github')
-    template_repo_owner = settings.get('mm_template_repo_owner', 'joeferraro')
-    template__repo_name = settings.get('mm_template_repo_name', 'MavensMate-Templates')
-    template_repo_branch = settings.get('mm_template_repo_branch', 'master')
-    username = settings.get('mm_template_username')
-    password = settings.get('mm_template_password')
-
-    if template_location == 'github' or template_location == 'remote':
-        if auth:
-            endpoint = ("https://api.github.com/repos/{0}/{1}/contents/package.json?ref={2}").format(template_repo_owner, template__repo_name, template_repo_branch)
-        else:
-            endpoint = ("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{0}/{1}/{2}/package.json").format(template_repo_owner, template__repo_name, template_repo_branch)
-    elif template_location == 'bitbucket':
-        endpoint = ("https://bitbucket.org/{0}/{1}/raw/{2}/package.json").format(template_repo_owner, template__repo_name, template_repo_branch)
-
-    if 'linux' in sys.platform:
-        if auth:
-            command = "wget {0} --header='Accept: application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw' --http-user={1} --http-password={2} -q -O -".format(endpoint, username, password)
-        else:
-            command = "wget {0} --header='Accept: application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw' -q -O -".format(endpoint)
-
-        return os.popen(command).read()
-
-    else:
-        req = urllib.request.Request(endpoint)
-        if auth:
-            req.add_header('Authorization', b'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(username.encode('ascii') + b':' + password.encode('ascii')))
-        req.add_header('Accept', 'application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw')
-        return urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode('utf-8')
 
 def get_number_of_lines_in_file(file_path):
     f = open(file_path)