diff --git a/examples/automatic-labelling-from-repository/main.tf b/examples/automatic-labelling-from-repository/main.tf
index 72d6625..828b521 100644
--- a/examples/automatic-labelling-from-repository/main.tf
+++ b/examples/automatic-labelling-from-repository/main.tf
@@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ resource "null_resource" "configure_repository" {
   }
 }
 
-data "null_data_source" "main" {
-  inputs = {
-    source_repository_url = "https://source.developers.google.com/projects/${var.project_id}/repos/${random_pet.main.id}/moveable-aliases/master/paths/"
-  }
-
-  depends_on = [null_resource.configure_repository]
-}
-
 module "event_project_log_entry" {
   source = "../../modules/event-project-log-entry"
 
@@ -71,11 +63,12 @@ module "repository_function" {
   name                  = random_pet.main.id
   project_id            = var.project_id
   region                = var.region
-  source_repository_url = data.null_data_source.main.outputs["source_repository_url"]
+  source_repository_url = "https://source.developers.google.com/projects/${var.project_id}/repos/${random_pet.main.id}/moveable-aliases/master/paths/"
 
   timeouts = {
     update = "10m"
   }
+  depends_on = [null_resource.configure_repository]
 }
 
 resource "null_resource" "wait_for_function" {
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index e32673e..da79b14 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -39,23 +39,13 @@ resource "null_resource" "dependent_files" {
   }
 }
 
-data "null_data_source" "wait_for_files" {
-  inputs = {
-    # This ensures that this data resource will not be evaluated until
-    # after the null_resource has been created.
-    dependent_files_id = null_resource.dependent_files.id
-
-    # This value gives us something to implicitly depend on
-    # in the archive_file below.
-    source_dir = pathexpand(var.source_directory)
-  }
-}
-
 data "archive_file" "main" {
   type        = "zip"
   output_path = pathexpand("${var.source_directory}.zip")
-  source_dir  = data.null_data_source.wait_for_files.outputs["source_dir"]
+  source_dir  = pathexpand(var.source_directory)
   excludes    = var.files_to_exclude_in_source_dir
+
+  depends_on = [null_resource.dependent_files]
 }