diff --git a/lib/puppet/module_tool/skeleton/templates/generator/spec/spec.opts b/lib/puppet/module_tool/skeleton/templates/generator/spec/spec.opts
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index 91cd6427e..000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/module_tool/skeleton/templates/generator/spec/spec.opts
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
---format
-s
---colour
---loadby
-mtime
---backtrace