diff --git a/code-gen/renderer-templates/main.go b/code-gen/renderer-templates/main.go
index 52c315b1..05a1e5b9 100644
--- a/code-gen/renderer-templates/main.go
+++ b/code-gen/renderer-templates/main.go
@@ -15,21 +15,37 @@ const (
 	sgmlRenderer = `package sgml
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
-	text "text/template"
+	"strings"
+	texttemplate "text/template"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 type sgmlRenderer struct {
 	    templates   Templates
-		functions   text.FuncMap
+		functions   texttemplate.FuncMap
 {{ range  $i, $tmpl := . }}
 		{{ once $tmpl}} sync.Once
-		{{ tmpl $tmpl}} *text.Template
+		{{ tmpl $tmpl}} *texttemplate.Template
 {{ end }}
 }
 
 type template func() (*texttemplate.Template, error)
 
+func (r *sgmlRenderer) execute(tmpl template, data interface{}) (string, error) {
+	result := &strings.Builder{}
+	t, err := tmpl()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if err := t.Execute(result, data); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return result.String(), nil
+}
+
 func (r *sgmlRenderer) newTemplate(name string, tmpl string, err error) (*texttemplate.Template, error) {
 	// NB: if the data is missing below, it will be an empty string.
 	if err != nil {
@@ -48,7 +64,7 @@ func (r *sgmlRenderer) newTemplate(name string, tmpl string, err error) (*textte
 }
 
 {{ range  $i, $tmpl := . }}
-func (r *sgmlRenderer) {{ func $tmpl }} (*text.Template, error) {
+func (r *sgmlRenderer) {{ func $tmpl }} (*texttemplate.Template, error) {
 	var err error
 	r.{{ once $tmpl }}.Do(func() {
 		r.{{ tmpl $tmpl }}, err = r.newTemplate("{{ $tmpl }}", r.templates.{{ $tmpl }}, err)
diff --git a/pkg/renderer/sgml/sgml_renderer.go b/pkg/renderer/sgml/sgml_renderer.go
index 69a10ada..f084f74d 100644
--- a/pkg/renderer/sgml/sgml_renderer.go
+++ b/pkg/renderer/sgml/sgml_renderer.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	texttemplate "text/template"
 
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -245,6 +244,18 @@ type sgmlRenderer struct {
 
 type template func() (*texttemplate.Template, error)
 
+func (r *sgmlRenderer) execute(tmpl template, data interface{}) (string, error) {
+	result := &strings.Builder{}
+	t, err := tmpl()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if err := t.Execute(result, data); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return result.String(), nil
+}
+
 func (r *sgmlRenderer) newTemplate(name string, tmpl string, err error) (*texttemplate.Template, error) {
 	// NB: if the data is missing below, it will be an empty string.
 	if err != nil {
@@ -262,19 +273,6 @@ func (r *sgmlRenderer) newTemplate(name string, tmpl string, err error) (*textte
 	return t, nil
 }
 
-func (s *sgmlRenderer) execute(loadTmpl template, data interface{}) (string, error) {
-	tmpl, err := loadTmpl()
-	result := &strings.Builder{}
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "unable to load template")
-	}
-	if err := tmpl.Execute(result, data); err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return result.String(), nil
-
-}
-
 func (r *sgmlRenderer) admonitionBlock() (*texttemplate.Template, error) {
 	var err error
 	r.admonitionBlockOnce.Do(func() {