diff --git a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/role_personal_workstation.yml b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/role_personal_workstation.yml
index b1e30bf..fcb52a5 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/role_personal_workstation.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/role_personal_workstation.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,4 @@ personal_workstation_directories:
   - path: "{{ user_home }}/Remotes"
     mode: "0755"
 
-personal_workstation_dotfiles:
-  - src: .gitignore_global
-    dest: .gitignore_global
-    mode: "0644"
-  - src: .themes.gitignore
-    dest: .themes.gitignore
-    mode: "0644"
-
 personal_workstation_flatpak_packages: []
diff --git a/ansible/roles/dotfiles_common/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/dotfiles_common/tasks/main.yml
index 8e4af38..20edcd0 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/dotfiles_common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/dotfiles_common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     dest: "{{ effective_user_home }}/Templates"
     owner: "{{ effective_username }}"
     group: "{{ effective_user_group }}"
+    creates: "{{ effective_user_home }}/Templates/code/main.c"
   when: "'desktop' in group_names"
 
 - name: Ensure Emacs authoring directories exist
diff --git a/ansible/roles/profile_personal_workstation/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/profile_personal_workstation/tasks/main.yml
index f7b00c5..cf86d25 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_personal_workstation/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_personal_workstation/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,15 +10,3 @@
   loop: "{{ personal_workstation_directories | default([]) }}"
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item.path }}"
-
-- name: Copy personal workstation dotfiles
-  tags: [dotfiles, dotfiles:workstation]
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../dotfiles/workstation/{{ item.src }}"
-    dest: "{{ user_home }}/{{ item.dest }}"
-    owner: "{{ username }}"
-    group: "{{ user_group }}"
-    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
-  loop: "{{ personal_workstation_dotfiles | default([]) }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.dest }}"