diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py b/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
index 0a4dab26..608e534e 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/examples/new_project_templates/lightning_module_template.py
@@ -154,17 +154,6 @@ class LightningTemplateModel(LightningModule):
         tqdm_dic = {'val_loss': val_loss_mean.item(), 'val_acc': val_acc_mean.item()}
         return tqdm_dic
 
-    # ---------------------
-    # MODEL SAVING
-    # ---------------------
-    def get_save_dict(self):
-        checkpoint = {'state_dict': self.state_dict()}
-        return checkpoint
-
-    def load_model_specific(self, checkpoint):
-        self.load_state_dict(checkpoint['state_dict'])
-        pass
-
     # ---------------------
     # TRAINING SETUP
     # ---------------------