diff --git a/django/template/__init__.py b/django/template/__init__.py
index 2f68924d18..ba7ca4c02b 100644
--- a/django/template/__init__.py
+++ b/django/template/__init__.py
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.template.context import Context, RequestContext, ContextPopException
 from django.utils.functional import curry
 from django.utils.text import smart_split
-from django.dispatch import dispatcher
-from django.template import signals
 
 __all__ = ('Template', 'Context', 'RequestContext', 'compile_string')
 
@@ -139,14 +137,13 @@ class StringOrigin(Origin):
         return self.source
 
 class Template(object):
-    def __init__(self, template_string, origin=None, name='<Unknown Template>'):
+    def __init__(self, template_string, origin=None):
         "Compilation stage"
         if settings.TEMPLATE_DEBUG and origin == None:
             origin = StringOrigin(template_string)
             # Could do some crazy stack-frame stuff to record where this string
             # came from...
         self.nodelist = compile_string(template_string, origin)
-        self.name = name
 
     def __iter__(self):
         for node in self.nodelist:
@@ -155,7 +152,6 @@ class Template(object):
 
     def render(self, context):
         "Display stage -- can be called many times"
-        dispatcher.send(signal=signals.template_rendered, sender=self, template=self, context=context)
         return self.nodelist.render(context)
 
 def compile_string(template_string, origin):
diff --git a/django/template/defaulttags.py b/django/template/defaulttags.py
index d111ddca89..0a4fe33d82 100644
--- a/django/template/defaulttags.py
+++ b/django/template/defaulttags.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class SsiNode(Node):
             output = ''
         if self.parsed:
             try:
-                t = Template(output, name=self.filepath)
+                t = Template(output)
                 return t.render(context)
             except TemplateSyntaxError, e:
                 if settings.DEBUG:
diff --git a/django/template/loader.py b/django/template/loader.py
index 03e6f8d49d..60f24554f1 100644
--- a/django/template/loader.py
+++ b/django/template/loader.py
@@ -76,16 +76,14 @@ def get_template(template_name):
     Returns a compiled Template object for the given template name,
     handling template inheritance recursively.
     """
-    source, origin = find_template_source(template_name)
-    template = get_template_from_string(source, origin, template_name)
-    return template
+    return get_template_from_string(*find_template_source(template_name))
 
-def get_template_from_string(source, origin=None, name=None):
+def get_template_from_string(source, origin=None):
     """
     Returns a compiled Template object for the given template code,
     handling template inheritance recursively.
     """
-    return Template(source, origin, name)
+    return Template(source, origin)
 
 def render_to_string(template_name, dictionary=None, context_instance=None):
     """
diff --git a/django/template/loader_tags.py b/django/template/loader_tags.py
index b20c318f1f..7f22f207b6 100644
--- a/django/template/loader_tags.py
+++ b/django/template/loader_tags.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class ExtendsNode(Node):
         except TemplateDoesNotExist:
             raise TemplateSyntaxError, "Template %r cannot be extended, because it doesn't exist" % parent
         else:
-            return get_template_from_string(source, origin, parent)
+            return get_template_from_string(source, origin)
 
     def render(self, context):
         compiled_parent = self.get_parent(context)
diff --git a/django/template/signals.py b/django/template/signals.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c9fd77d292..0000000000
--- a/django/template/signals.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-template_rendered=object()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/django/views/debug.py b/django/views/debug.py
index f15eb8ff01..6934360afd 100644
--- a/django/views/debug.py
+++ b/django/views/debug.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def technical_500_response(request, exc_type, exc_value, tb):
             'function': '?',
             'lineno': '?',
         }]
-    t = Template(TECHNICAL_500_TEMPLATE, name='Technical 500 Template')
+    t = Template(TECHNICAL_500_TEMPLATE)
     c = Context({
         'exception_type': exc_type.__name__,
         'exception_value': exc_value,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def technical_404_response(request, exception):
             # tried exists but is an empty list. The URLconf must've been empty.
             return empty_urlconf(request)
 
-    t = Template(TECHNICAL_404_TEMPLATE, name='Technical 404 Template')
+    t = Template(TECHNICAL_404_TEMPLATE)
     c = Context({
         'root_urlconf': settings.ROOT_URLCONF,
         'urlpatterns': tried,
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def technical_404_response(request, exception):
 
 def empty_urlconf(request):
     "Create an empty URLconf 404 error response."
-    t = Template(EMPTY_URLCONF_TEMPLATE, name='Empty URLConf Template')
+    t = Template(EMPTY_URLCONF_TEMPLATE)
     c = Context({
         'project_name': settings.SETTINGS_MODULE.split('.')[0]
     })
diff --git a/django/views/static.py b/django/views/static.py
index a8c8328014..ac323944d0 100644
--- a/django/views/static.py
+++ b/django/views/static.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def directory_index(path, fullpath):
     try:
         t = loader.get_template('static/directory_index')
     except TemplateDoesNotExist:
-        t = Template(DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_INDEX_TEMPLATE, name='Default Directory Index Template')
+        t = Template(DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_INDEX_TEMPLATE)
     files = []
     for f in os.listdir(fullpath):
         if not f.startswith('.'):