diff --git a/.github/actions/freyja-depgen/action.yml b/.github/actions/freyja-depgen/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 719bacec..00000000
--- a/.github/actions/freyja-depgen/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-name: Freyja depgen
-description: Generates a crate for Freyja dependencies
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: Copy environment config
-      run: |
-        mkdir -p ./.cargo/
-        cp ./depgen/res/config.template.toml ./.cargo/config.toml
-      shell: bash
-    - name: Run depgen
-      uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-      with:
-        command: run
-        args: --manifest-path depgen/Cargo.toml
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
index 23b4ba8a..2d11804d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ jobs:
           components: clippy rustfmt
       - name: Cache Dependencies
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - name: Freyja depgen
-        uses: ./.github/actions/freyja-depgen
       - name: Cargo check workspace
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
@@ -71,8 +69,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-rust-toolchain
       - name: Cache Dependencies
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - name: Freyja depgen
-        uses: ./.github/actions/freyja-depgen
       - name: Build
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/security-audit.yml
index a00f93a1..186d7927 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-audit.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-rust-toolchain
-      - name: Freyja depgen
-        uses: ./.github/actions/freyja-depgen
       - name: Cargo audit
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
diff --git a/docs/custom-adapters.md b/docs/custom-adapters.md
index 3f6bdaa8..be416dcf 100644
--- a/docs/custom-adapters.md
+++ b/docs/custom-adapters.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Freyja allows users to bring their own implementations of various traits which i
 
 ## How to Author a Custom Adapter
 
-Freyja supports custom implementations of the `DigitalTwinAdapter`, `CloudAdapter`, and `MappingClient` interfaces. To refer to these traits in your implementation, you will need to take a dependency on the `freyja-contracts` crate. It's recommended to use git as the package source as follows:
+Freyja supports custom implementations of the `DigitalTwinAdapter`, `CloudAdapter`, and `MappingClient` interfaces. To refer to these traits in your implementation, you will need to take a dependency on the `freyja-contracts` crate. The following `Cargo.toml` snippet shows how you can include this dependency:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ freyja-contracts = { git = "https://github.com/eclipse-ibeji/freyja", rev = "<co
 
 ## How to Author a Freyja Application
 
-To avoid the difficulty that comes with trying to statically link unknown external dependencies via Cargo, Freyja relies on users to implement the actual main executable. To do this, you will need to author a new Cargo package with a binary target (e.g., `cargo new --bin my-app`). This package should take as dependencies any crates that contain your adapter implementations or functionality needed for custom setup steps. In addition, you will need to take a dependency on one of two crates from the Freyja repository as mentioned below. These should be added as a dependency in the same way that the `freyja-contracts` crate is used above.
+To avoid the difficulty that comes with trying to statically link unknown external dependencies via Cargo, Freyja relies on users to implement the actual main executable. To do this, you will need to author a new Cargo package with a binary target (e.g., `cargo new --bin my-app`). This package should take as dependencies any crates that contain your adapter implementations or functionality needed for custom setup steps. In addition, you will need to take dependencies on the `freyja` and `tokio` crates, including the `macros` feature of the `tokio` crate. The following `Cargo.toml` snippet shows how you can include these dependencies:
 
-A template for a completed Freyja Application can be found in `examples/template`
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+freyja = { git = "https://github.com/eclipse-ibeji/freyja", rev = "<commit hash>" }
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros"] }
+```
+
+A complete sample of the Cargo file for a Freyja application can be found in the [template crate](../examples/template/Cargo.toml).
 
-In most cases, the `main.rs` file can be implemented using the `freyja_main!` macro which will take care of writing some boilerplate code for you. This macro only needs adapter typenames as input and will generate the main function signature and body. This macro is exposed through the `freyja-macros` crate. For an example of how to use this macro, see the code for the [in-memory example](../freyja/examples/in-memory.rs).
+In most cases, the `main.rs` file can be implemented using the `freyja_main!` macro which will take care of writing some boilerplate code for you. This macro only needs adapter typenames as input and will generate the main function signature and body. For an example of how to use this macro, see the code for the [in-memory example](../freyja/examples/in-memory.rs) or the [template crate](../examples/template/src/main.rs).
 
-If you have a more complex scenario that requires some additional setup before running the `freyja_main` function, you can instead invoke it manually without using the macro. This function is exposed through the `freyja-core` crate. For an example of how to use this function and how to manually author the main method, see the code for the [in-memory-with-fn example](../freyja/examples/in-memory-with-fn.rs).
+If you have a more complex scenario that requires some additional setup before running the `freyja_main` function, you can instead invoke it manually without using the macro. For an example of how to use this function and how to manually author the main method, see the code for the [in-memory-with-fn example](../freyja/examples/in-memory-with-fn.rs).
diff --git a/examples/template/Cargo.toml b/examples/template/Cargo.toml
index c13828fa..0df3f45b 100644
--- a/examples/template/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/template/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
-freyja = { git = "https://github.com/eclipse-ibeji/freyja", branch = "wilyle/test-freyja-lib" }
+# These two dependencies are required for anyone implementing a Freyja application
+freyja = { git = "file:///home/wilyle/repos/freyja", branch = "wilyle/test-freyja-lib" }
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros"] }
 
 # Put any dependencies that you need for your adapters down here.
 # This template utilizes the in-memory mock adapters as a sample
-in-memory-mock-cloud-adapter = { git = "https://github.com/eclipse-ibeji/freyja", branch = "wilyle/test-freyja-lib" }
-in-memory-mock-digital-twin-adapter = { git = "https://github.com/eclipse-ibeji/freyja", branch = "wilyle/test-freyja-lib" }
-in-memory-mock-mapping-client = { git = "https://github.com/eclipse-ibeji/freyja", branch = "wilyle/test-freyja-lib" }
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+in-memory-mock-cloud-adapter = { git = "file:///home/wilyle/repos/freyja", branch = "wilyle/test-freyja-lib" }
+in-memory-mock-digital-twin-adapter = { git = "file:///home/wilyle/repos/freyja", branch = "wilyle/test-freyja-lib" }
+in-memory-mock-mapping-client = { git = "file:///home/wilyle/repos/freyja", branch = "wilyle/test-freyja-lib" }
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diff --git a/freyja/src/lib.rs b/freyja/src/lib.rs
index 2949d7d9..0512660f 100644
--- a/freyja/src/lib.rs
+++ b/freyja/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+// Re-export this macro for convenience so users don't need different crates for different use cases
 pub use proc_macros::freyja_main;
 
 mod cartographer;
diff --git a/proc_macros/src/lib.rs b/proc_macros/src/lib.rs
index 936d5dd4..1b95b946 100644
--- a/proc_macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proc_macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 ///
 /// `use mock_dt_adapter::DtAdapterImpl;`
 #[proc_macro]
-#[deprecated = "deprecated in favor of using freyja-depgen"]
+#[deprecated = "deprecated in favor of writing a main function which links dependencies together with Freyja"]
 pub fn use_env(ts: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     use_env::use_env(ts.into()).into()
 }