diff --git a/templates/mixed/.gitignore b/templates/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/mixed/.gitignore
rename to templates/.gitignore
diff --git a/templates/mixed/Cargo.toml b/templates/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/mixed/Cargo.toml
rename to templates/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/templates/pure-rust/cargo-generate.toml b/templates/cargo-generate.toml
similarity index 59%
rename from templates/pure-rust/cargo-generate.toml
rename to templates/cargo-generate.toml
index a97dcdc26..22d00065d 100644
--- a/templates/pure-rust/cargo-generate.toml
+++ b/templates/cargo-generate.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
+[placeholders.mixed_layout]
+type = "bool"
+prompt = "Use mixed Rust/Python project layout?"
+default = false
+
 [placeholders.binding]
 type = "string"
 prompt = "What binding to use?"
 choices = ["pyo3", "rust-cpython", "cffi", "bin"]
 default = "pyo3"
 
+[conditional.'mixed_layout != true']
+ignore = [ "{{crate_name}}/" ]
+
 [conditional.'binding != "bin"']
 ignore = [ "src/main.rs" ]
 
diff --git a/templates/mixed/cargo-generate.toml b/templates/mixed/cargo-generate.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index daaf646db..000000000
--- a/templates/mixed/cargo-generate.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[placeholders.binding]
-type = "string"
-prompt = "What binding to use?"
-choices = ["pyo3", "rust-cpython", "cffi"]
-default = "pyo3"
diff --git a/templates/pure-rust/.gitignore b/templates/pure-rust/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c8f044299..000000000
--- a/templates/pure-rust/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/target
-
-# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
-__pycache__/
-.pytest_cache/
-*.py[cod]
-
-# C extensions
-*.so
-
-# Distribution / packaging
-.Python
-.venv/
-env/
-bin/
-build/
-develop-eggs/
-dist/
-eggs/
-lib/
-lib64/
-parts/
-sdist/
-var/
-include/
-man/
-venv/
-*.egg-info/
-.installed.cfg
-*.egg
-
-# Installer logs
-pip-log.txt
-pip-delete-this-directory.txt
-pip-selfcheck.json
-
-# Unit test / coverage reports
-htmlcov/
-.tox/
-.coverage
-.cache
-nosetests.xml
-coverage.xml
-
-# Translations
-*.mo
-
-# Mr Developer
-.mr.developer.cfg
-.project
-.pydevproject
-
-# Rope
-.ropeproject
-
-# Django stuff:
-*.log
-*.pot
-
-.DS_Store
-
-# Sphinx documentation
-docs/_build/
-
-# PyCharm
-.idea/
-
-# VSCode
-.vscode/
-
-# Pyenv
-.python-version
diff --git a/templates/pure-rust/Cargo.toml b/templates/pure-rust/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index c977fdf2d..000000000
--- a/templates/pure-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "{{project-name}}"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2018"
-description = "{{description}}"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
-
-[lib]
-name = "{{crate_name}}"
-crate-type = ["cdylib"]
-
-[dependencies]
-{% case binding -%}
-{%- when "pyo3" -%}
-pyo3 = { version = "0.15.1", features = ["extension-module"] }
-{%- when "rust-cpython" -%}
-cpython = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["extension-module"] }
-{%- else -%}
-{%- endcase %}
diff --git a/templates/pure-rust/pyproject.toml b/templates/pure-rust/pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 397439554..000000000
--- a/templates/pure-rust/pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["maturin>=0.12,<0.13"]
-build-backend = "maturin"
-
-[project]
-name = "{{project-name}}"
-requires-python = ">=3.6"
-classifiers = [
-    "Programming Language :: Rust",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
-]
-{% if binding == "cffi" -%}
-dependencies = ["cffi"]
-{%- endif %}
-[tool.maturin]
-bindings = "{{binding}}"
diff --git a/templates/pure-rust/src/lib.rs b/templates/pure-rust/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 777ef9dac..000000000
--- a/templates/pure-rust/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{%- case binding -%}
-{%- when "pyo3" -%}
-use pyo3::prelude::*;
-
-#[pymodule]
-fn {{crate_name}}(_py: Python, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
-    Ok(())
-}
-{%- when "rust-cpython" -%}
-use cpython::py_module_initializer;
-
-py_module_initializer!({{crate_name}}, |py, m| {
-    m.add(py, "__doc__", "Module documentation string")?;
-    Ok(())
-});
-{%- else -%}
-{% endcase %}
diff --git a/templates/mixed/pyproject.toml b/templates/pyproject.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/mixed/pyproject.toml
rename to templates/pyproject.toml
diff --git a/templates/mixed/src/lib.rs b/templates/src/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/mixed/src/lib.rs
rename to templates/src/lib.rs
diff --git a/templates/pure-rust/src/main.rs b/templates/src/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/pure-rust/src/main.rs
rename to templates/src/main.rs
diff --git a/templates/mixed/{{crate_name}}/__init__.py b/templates/{{crate_name}}/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/mixed/{{crate_name}}/__init__.py
rename to templates/{{crate_name}}/__init__.py