diff --git a/jobs/templates/swh-pipeline.yaml b/jobs/templates/swh-pipeline.yaml
index b5d82d5..bd07fb3 100644
--- a/jobs/templates/swh-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/jobs/templates/swh-pipeline.yaml
@@ -1,100 +1,82 @@
 - job-template:
     name: swh-{name}/static
-    node: swh-tox
     project-type: pipeline
 
-    parameters:
-      - string:
-          name: BRANCH
-          default: '{branch|master}'
-    scm:
-      - git:
-          refspec: 'refs/heads/{branch|master}'
-          url: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-{name}.git
-
     numToKeep: 20
 
-    triggers:
-      - pollscm:
-          cron: "H */3 * * *"
-
-    wrappers:
-      - timestamps
-
     dsl: |
-      def modname = {name}.replace('-', '.')
-
+      def modname = '{name}'.replace('-', '.')
       pipeline {{
       agent {{ label 'swh-tox' }}
 
       parameters {{
         string(name: 'BRANCH',
                defaultValue: 'master',
                description: 'branch to checkout from the repository')
         }}
       stages {{
         stage('Checkout') {{
           steps {{
-            checkout scm
+            git branch: "${{params.BRANCH}}", url: 'https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-{name}.git'
           }}
         }}
         stage('Static analysis') {{
           steps {{
             echo "flake8"
             sh '''python3 -m tox -e flake8'''
 
             echo "radon"
             sh  '''
             mkdir -p reports
             python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade https://github.com/douardda/radon/archive/main-module.zip
             python3 -m radon raw --json swh/ > reports/raw_report.json
             python3 -m radon cc  --json swh/ > reports/cc_report.json
             python3 -m radon mi  --json swh/ > reports/mi_report.json
             python3 -m radon hal --json swh/ > reports/hal_report.json
             python3 -m radon cc  --xml  swh/ > reports/cc_report.xml
             '''
           }}
         }}
         stage('Unit tests') {{
           steps {{
             echo "nose with cov"
             sh  '''
             mkdir reports
             python3 -m tox -e py3 -- --with-coverage --cover-xml \
             --cover-xml-file=./reports/coverage.xml --cover-package=swh.${{modname}} \
             --cover-inclusive \
             --with-xunit --xunit-file=./reports/test-results.xml
             '''
           }}
           post {{
             always {{
               step([$class: 'CoberturaPublisher',
                     autoUpdateHealth: false,
                     autoUpdateStability: false,
                     coberturaReportFile: 'reports/coverage.xml',
                     failNoReports: false,
                     failUnhealthy: false,
                     failUnstable: false,
                     maxNumberOfBuilds: 10,
                     onlyStable: false,
                     sourceEncoding: 'ASCII',
                     zoomCoverageChart: false])
               junit allowEmptyResults: true, testResults: 'reports/test-results.xml'
               // disabled for now, reauires the plugin Warning v5 (still in RC)
               //recordIssues enabledForFailure: true, tools: [[pattern: '**/reports/cc_report.xml', tool: [$class: 'Ccm']]]
             }}
           }}
         }}
       }}
       }}
 
 - job-group:
     name: '{name}-tests'
     jobs:
       - '{name}-unit-tests':
           isay: 'hello'
 
 - project:
     name: project-name
     jobs:
     - '{name}-tests'