diff --git a/tests/template_tests/test_response.py b/tests/template_tests/test_response.py
index af516e90be..22863b49fc 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/test_response.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/test_response.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import os
 import pickle
 import time
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -14,9 +13,10 @@ from django.test import (
     RequestFactory, SimpleTestCase, ignore_warnings, override_settings,
 )
 from django.test.utils import require_jinja2
-from django.utils._os import upath
 from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 
+from .utils import TEMPLATE_DIR
+
 
 def test_processor(request):
     return {'processors': 'yes'}
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class SimpleTemplateResponseTest(SimpleTestCase):
 
 @override_settings(TEMPLATES=[{
     'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-    'DIRS': [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(upath(__file__)), 'templates')],
+    'DIRS': [TEMPLATE_DIR],
     'OPTIONS': {
         'context_processors': [test_processor_name],
     },
diff --git a/tests/template_tests/tests.py b/tests/template_tests/tests.py
index 9f2726753d..9460cc3f1d 100644
--- a/tests/template_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/template_tests/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import os
 import sys
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
@@ -10,9 +9,6 @@ from django.template import (
     Context, Template, TemplateSyntaxError, engines, loader,
 )
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
-from django.utils._os import upath
-
-TEMPLATES_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(upath(__file__)), 'templates')
 
 
 class TemplateTests(SimpleTestCase):