diff --git a/templates/gnome b/templates/gnome
index e6fa93c..bcafaa1 100644
--- a/templates/gnome
+++ b/templates/gnome
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ Group:         ...
 Vendor:        @VENDOR@
 Distribution:  @DISTRO@
 Packager:      @packager_fullname@ <@packager_email@>
-URL:           http://www.gnome.org
-# bugfixes: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/%{pkgname}-*.tar.bz2
-Source:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/%{gnomegroup}/%{gnomemajver}/%{gnomever}/sources/%{pkgname}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+URL:           https://www.gnome.org
+Source:        https://download.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/%{gnomegroup}/%{gnomemajver}/%{gnomever}/sources/%{pkgname}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 License:       GPL
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 ## note: run 'autospec -u -a6 @pck_name@' to get the list of build requirements.
diff --git a/templates/kde5 b/templates/kde5
index 860eeb6..b0d0d96 100644
--- a/templates/kde5
+++ b/templates/kde5
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Group:         ...
 Vendor:        @VENDOR@
 Distribution:  @DISTRO@
 Packager:      @packager_fullname@ <@packager_email@>
-URL:           http://www.kde.org
+URL:           https://kde.org
 Source:        ...
-# Source:        http://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/%{majver}/...-%{version}.tar.xz
+# Source:        https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/%{majver}/...-%{version}.tar.xz
 License:       ...
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 ## note: run 'autospec -u -a6 @pck_name@' to get the list of build requirements.
diff --git a/templates/perl b/templates/perl
index 088c9be..1c6eba2 100644
--- a/templates/perl
+++ b/templates/perl
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ Group:         System/Libraries/Perl
 Vendor:        @VENDOR@
 Distribution:  @DISTRO@
 Packager:      @packager_fullname@ <@packager_email@>
-URL:           http://www.cpan.org
-Source:        http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/...
+URL:           https://www.cpan.org
+Source:        https://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/...
 License:       GPL, Artistic
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 ## note: run 'autospec -u -a6 @pck_name@' to get the list of build requirements.
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
-BuildRequires: perl-devel
 Requires:      perl >= %perl_major_ver
 
 %description
diff --git a/templates/python b/templates/python
index 700bff9..d3aca01 100644
--- a/templates/python
+++ b/templates/python
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ sed -i "\\,\\.egg-info/,d;s,.*/man/.*,&.gz," %{name}.filelist
 %files %{?pyappend} -f %{name}.filelist
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 ## note: this list is just an example; modify as required
-#%dir %{python_sitearch}/%{pkgname}-%{version}-py*.egg-info
-#%{python_sitearch}/%{pkgname}-%{version}-py*.egg-info/*
+%dir %{python_sitearch}/%{pkgname}-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+%{python_sitearch}/%{pkgname}-%{version}-py*.egg-info/*
 @standard_docs@
 ## note: add extra documentation (if any)
 # @standard_docs_devel@