diff --git a/test/TestUtils.py b/test/TestUtils.py
index b83dcb0312..84601c6f05 100644
--- a/test/TestUtils.py
+++ b/test/TestUtils.py
@@ -203,39 +203,6 @@ class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
 
         assert res == 'hello world'
 
-    #####################################
-    ### Template function tests
-
-    def test_template_basic(self):
-        template = 'hello {{ who }}'
-        vars = {
-            'who': 'world',
-        }
-
-        res = ansible.utils.template(template, vars, {}, no_engine=False)
-
-        assert res == 'hello world'
-
-    def test_template_whitespace(self):
-        template = 'hello {{ who }}\n'
-        vars = {
-            'who': 'world',
-        }
-
-        res = ansible.utils.template(template, vars, {}, no_engine=False)
-
-        assert res == 'hello world\n'
-
-    def test_template_unicode(self):
-        template = 'hello {{ who }}'
-        vars = {
-            'who': u'wórld',
-        }
-
-        res = ansible.utils.template(template, vars, {}, no_engine=False)
-
-        assert res == u'hello wórld'
-
     def test_template_varReplace_iterated(self):
         template = 'hello $who'
         vars = {
@@ -247,6 +214,36 @@ class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
 
         assert res == u'hello oh great one'
 
+    #####################################
+    ### Template function tests
+
+    def test_template_basic(self):
+        vars = {
+            'who': 'world',
+        }
+
+        res = ansible.utils.template_from_file("test", "template-basic", vars, {})
+
+        assert res == 'hello world'
+
+    def test_template_whitespace(self):
+        vars = {
+            'who': 'world',
+        }
+
+        res = ansible.utils.template_from_file("test", "template-whitespace", vars, {})
+
+        assert res == 'hello world\n'
+
+    def test_template_unicode(self):
+        vars = {
+            'who': u'wórld',
+        }
+
+        res = ansible.utils.template_from_file("test", "template-basic", vars, {})
+
+        assert res == u'hello wórld'
+
     #####################################
     ### key-value parsing
 
diff --git a/test/template-basic b/test/template-basic
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9aa58b909c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/template-basic
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello {{ who }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/template-whitespace b/test/template-whitespace
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..795953837b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/template-whitespace
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello {{ who }}