diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/context.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/context.rs
index 904a65b4931..011d3cfcf72 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/context.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::io;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@
 
 use super::cache::{build_index, ExternalLocation};
 use super::print_item::{full_path, item_path, print_item};
+use super::templates;
 use super::write_shared::write_shared;
 use super::{
     collect_spans_and_sources, print_sidebar, settings, AllTypes, LinkFromSrc, NameDoc, StylePath,
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 use crate::html::escape::Escape;
 use crate::html::format::Buffer;
 use crate::html::markdown::{self, plain_text_summary, ErrorCodes, IdMap};
-use crate::html::static_files::{PAGE, PRINT_ITEM};
 use crate::html::{layout, sources};
 
 /// Major driving force in all rustdoc rendering. This contains information
@@ -416,16 +415,7 @@ fn init(
         };
         let mut issue_tracker_base_url = None;
         let mut include_sources = true;
-
-        let mut templates = tera::Tera::default();
-        templates.add_raw_template("page.html", PAGE).map_err(|e| Error {
-            file: "page.html".into(),
-            error: format!("{}: {}", e, e.source().map(|e| e.to_string()).unwrap_or_default()),
-        })?;
-        templates.add_raw_template("print_item.html", PRINT_ITEM).map_err(|e| Error {
-            file: "print_item.html".into(),
-            error: format!("{}: {}", e, e.source().map(|e| e.to_string()).unwrap_or_default()),
-        })?;
+        let templates = templates::load()?;
 
         // Crawl the crate attributes looking for attributes which control how we're
         // going to emit HTML
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 11682afdf89..e4c0ab6f10f 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 mod context;
 mod print_item;
 mod span_map;
+mod templates;
 mod write_shared;
 
 crate use context::*;
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/templates.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/templates.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1f18239447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/templates.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use std::error::Error as StdError;
+
+use crate::error::Error;
+
+pub(crate) fn load() -> Result<tera::Tera, Error> {
+    let mut templates = tera::Tera::default();
+
+    macro_rules! include_template {
+        ($file:literal, $fullpath:literal) => {
+            templates.add_raw_template($file, include_str!($fullpath)).map_err(|e| Error {
+                file: $file.into(),
+                error: format!("{}: {}", e, e.source().map(|e| e.to_string()).unwrap_or_default()),
+            })?
+        };
+    }
+
+    include_template!("page.html", "../templates/page.html");
+    include_template!("print_item.html", "../templates/print_item.html");
+    Ok(templates)
+}
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
index a498bd2d7f9..ccc25e6cc49 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@
 crate static RUST_FAVICON_PNG_16: &[u8] = include_bytes!("static/images/favicon-16x16.png");
 crate static RUST_FAVICON_PNG_32: &[u8] = include_bytes!("static/images/favicon-32x32.png");
 
-crate static PAGE: &str = include_str!("templates/page.html");
-crate static PRINT_ITEM: &str = include_str!("templates/print_item.html");
-
 /// The built-in themes given to every documentation site.
 crate mod themes {
     /// The "light" theme, selected by default when no setting is available. Used as the basis for