diff --git a/plugins/AI-Agent-Claude/settings.gradle.kts b/plugins/AI-Agent-Claude/settings.gradle.kts
index 43f3d863..57711798 100644
--- a/plugins/AI-Agent-Claude/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/AI-Agent-Claude/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/AI-Agent-Gemini/settings.gradle.kts b/plugins/AI-Agent-Gemini/settings.gradle.kts
index 308c19e0..dee80c66 100644
--- a/plugins/AI-Agent-Gemini/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/AI-Agent-Gemini/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/AI-Agent-Local/settings.gradle.kts b/plugins/AI-Agent-Local/settings.gradle.kts
index 56b2a99f..27e80454 100644
--- a/plugins/AI-Agent-Local/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/AI-Agent-Local/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/AI-Agent-MCP/settings.gradle.kts b/plugins/AI-Agent-MCP/settings.gradle.kts
index b7fcd8f6..76b258dc 100644
--- a/plugins/AI-Agent-MCP/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/AI-Agent-MCP/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/AI-Agent-OpenAI/settings.gradle.kts b/plugins/AI-Agent-OpenAI/settings.gradle.kts
index d5b0cc33..e3f85886 100644
--- a/plugins/AI-Agent-OpenAI/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/AI-Agent-OpenAI/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/README.md b/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/README.md
index bb3229b7..19d07cc4 100644
--- a/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/README.md
+++ b/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/README.md
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@ See [`../README.md`](../README.md) for authoring guidance and the format referen
 
 Written by **James Turner**. Converted from the standalone
 [FunandGames-jme](https://github.com/appdevforall/FunandGames-jme) repository to a template
-bundle in this repository. The one change to the skeletons: each `app/build.gradle.peb` takes
-jME from the jars in `app/libs` instead of from Maven Central.
+bundle in this repository. Two changes to the skeletons, which a sync from upstream must keep:
+each `app/build.gradle.peb` takes jME from the jars in `app/libs` instead of from Maven Central,
+and Demo's `settings.gradle.peb` does not list the jitpack.io repository (ADFA-6865).
diff --git a/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/demo/README.md b/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/demo/README.md
index b9ad9de9..c32e00f1 100644
--- a/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/demo/README.md
+++ b/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/demo/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ app/libs/jme3-android-native-3.6.1-stable.jar  # native .so libs for OpenGL ES
 app/libs/jme3-effects-3.6.1-stable.jar         # BloomFilter, post-processing
 ```
 
+Libraries resolve from Google and Maven Central only. For a library hosted on JitPack, add `maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }` to the `repositories` block under `dependencyResolutionManagement` in `settings.gradle`.
+
 jMonkeyEngine is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause license.
 
 ## Controls
diff --git a/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/demo/settings.gradle.peb b/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/demo/settings.gradle.peb
index 2410ca23..0a6e40d2 100644
--- a/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/demo/settings.gradle.peb
+++ b/templates/Fun-and-Games-JME/demo/settings.gradle.peb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { url = uri("https://jitpack.io") }
     }
 }