diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1ff276cf1..16dca0e03 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ set-hmc-version: yq
 .PHONY: test-hmc-version
 test-hmc-version: yq
 	@TEMPLATE_DIR=templates/provider/hmc-templates/files/templates/*; \
-	git checkout templates/cluster/; \
-	git checkout templates/provider/hmc-templates/files/templates/; \
 	cutversion=$$(echo $(VERSION) | sed "s/.*-//g"); \
 	for template in $$TEMPLATE_DIR; do \
   		if  [ $$(yq eval '.kind' $$template) = 'ClusterTemplate' ]; then \
@@ -90,16 +88,6 @@ test-hmc-version: yq
 	  sed -i "s/version:.*[^$$cutversion]*./&-$$cutversion/g" "$$chart"; \
 	done
 
-#@RELEASE_FILE=templates/provider/hmc-templates/files/release.bak; \
-#cutversion=$$(echo $(VERSION) | sed "s/.*-//g"); \
-#for provider in $$(yq eval -o=json $$RELEASE_FILE | jq -cr '.spec.providers[].template'); do \
-#  if echo "$$provider" | grep -q -v "projectsveltos"; then \
-#  	echo $$provider-$$cutversion; \
-#  	sed -i "s/template:.*$$provider/&-$$cutversion/g" $$RELEASE_FILE; \
-# fi; \
-# done
-#@VERSION=$(VERSION) hack/templateversions.sh
-
 .PHONY: hmc-chart-release
 hmc-chart-release: set-hmc-version templates-generate ## Generate hmc helm chart