diff --git a/create/skeletons/site/archetypes/default.md b/create/skeletons/site/archetypes/default.md
deleted file mode 100644
index c6f3fcef6e3..00000000000
--- a/create/skeletons/site/archetypes/default.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-+++
-title = '{{ replace .File.ContentBaseName "-" " " | title }}'
-date = {{ .Date }}
-draft = true
-+++
diff --git a/create/skeletons/skeletons.go b/create/skeletons/skeletons.go
index aec79c1496b..5be14b5f3e1 100644
--- a/create/skeletons/skeletons.go
+++ b/create/skeletons/skeletons.go
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ func CreateSite(createpath string, sourceFs afero.Fs, force bool, format string)
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err = newSiteCreateArchetype(sourceFs, createpath, format)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return copyFiles(createpath, sourceFs, siteFs)
 }
 
@@ -109,3 +114,19 @@ func newSiteCreateConfig(fs afero.Fs, createpath string, format string) (err err
 
 	return helpers.WriteToDisk(filepath.Join(createpath, "hugo."+format), &buf, fs)
 }
+
+func newSiteCreateArchetype(fs afero.Fs, createpath string, format string) (err error) {
+	in := map[string]any{
+		"title": "{{ replace .File.ContentBaseName \"-\" \" \" | title }}",
+		"date":  "{{ .Date }}",
+		"draft": true,
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	err = parser.InterfaceToConfig(in, metadecoders.FormatFromString(format), &buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return helpers.WriteToDisk(filepath.Join(createpath, "archetypes", "default."+format), &buf, fs)
+}