diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 7a0e1331..906ea877 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ^data-raw$
-^.*\.Rproj$
+surveydown.Rproj
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^docs$
 ^notes$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8f86c543..7b943fa1 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Imports:
     markdown,
     readr,
     RPostgres,
-    rstudioapi,
     rvest,
     shiny,
     shinyjs,
diff --git a/R/templates.R b/R/templates.R
index 9b499a44..87b4e0b8 100644
--- a/R/templates.R
+++ b/R/templates.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #' This function creates a survey template in a specified directory. It can use
 #' different templates, with `"simple"` being the default. The function prompts
 #' the user to confirm the use of the current working directory if no path is
-#' specified. It also opens the new project in RStudio.
+#' specified.
 #'
 #' @param path A character string specifying the directory in which to create
 #' the survey template. Defaults to the current working directory.
@@ -52,12 +52,4 @@ create_survey <- function(path = getwd(), template = "simple") {
   file.copy(list.files(source_dir, full.names = TRUE), path, recursive = TRUE)
 
   usethis::ui_done(paste("Survey template created at", path))
-
-  # Change to the new project if running in RStudio
-  if (requireNamespace("rstudioapi", quietly = TRUE) && rstudioapi::isAvailable()) {
-    proj_file <- file.path(path, "survey.Rproj")
-    if (file.exists(proj_file)) {
-      rstudioapi::openProject(proj_file)
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/man/create_survey.Rd b/man/create_survey.Rd
index 89a20cbd..8d3045d9 100644
--- a/man/create_survey.Rd
+++ b/man/create_survey.Rd
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ A message indicating the successful creation of the survey template.
 This function creates a survey template in a specified directory. It can use
 different templates, with \code{"simple"} being the default. The function prompts
 the user to confirm the use of the current working directory if no path is
-specified. It also opens the new project in RStudio.
+specified.
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{