diff --git a/django/template/base.py b/django/template/base.py
index 2917d8323d..42c0047079 100644
--- a/django/template/base.py
+++ b/django/template/base.py
@@ -1264,13 +1264,12 @@ class Library(object):
                     _dict = func(*resolved_args, **resolved_kwargs)
 
                     if not getattr(self, 'nodelist', False):
-                        from django.template.loader import get_template, select_template
                         if isinstance(file_name, Template):
                             t = file_name
                         elif not isinstance(file_name, six.string_types) and is_iterable(file_name):
-                            t = select_template(file_name)
+                            t = context.engine.select_template(file_name)
                         else:
-                            t = get_template(file_name)
+                            t = context.engine.get_template(file_name)
                         self.nodelist = t.nodelist
                     new_context = context_class(_dict, **{
                         'autoescape': context.autoescape,
diff --git a/django/template/loader_tags.py b/django/template/loader_tags.py
index 5bd0d27428..b41b1ea4c3 100644
--- a/django/template/loader_tags.py
+++ b/django/template/loader_tags.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 
 from django.template.base import TemplateSyntaxError, Library, Node, TextNode,\
     token_kwargs, Variable
-from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils import six
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ class ExtendsNode(Node):
             raise TemplateSyntaxError(error_msg)
         if hasattr(parent, 'render'):
             return parent  # parent is a Template object
-        return get_template(parent)
+        return context.engine.get_template(parent)
 
     def render(self, context):
         compiled_parent = self.get_parent(context)
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ class IncludeNode(Node):
             # Does this quack like a Template?
             if not callable(getattr(template, 'render', None)):
                 # If not, we'll try get_template
-                template = get_template(template)
+                template = context.engine.get_template(template)
             values = {
                 name: var.resolve(context)
                 for name, var in six.iteritems(self.extra_context)
diff --git a/django/template/loaders/base.py b/django/template/loaders/base.py
index bbcdd3aec2..6c6706206c 100644
--- a/django/template/loaders/base.py
+++ b/django/template/loaders/base.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from django.template.base import TemplateDoesNotExist
-from django.template.loader import get_template_from_string
 
 
 class Loader(object):
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ class Loader(object):
             template_name, template_dirs)
 
         try:
-            template = get_template_from_string(source, origin, template_name)
+            template = self.engine.from_string(source, origin, template_name)
         except TemplateDoesNotExist:
             # If compiling the template we found raises TemplateDoesNotExist,
             # back off to returning the source and display name for the
diff --git a/django/template/loaders/cached.py b/django/template/loaders/cached.py
index fd058e1eaa..8b053aed42 100644
--- a/django/template/loaders/cached.py
+++ b/django/template/loaders/cached.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ to load templates from them in order, caching the result.
 
 import hashlib
 from django.template.base import TemplateDoesNotExist
-from django.template.loader import get_template_from_string
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 from .base import Loader as BaseLoader
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ class Loader(BaseLoader):
             template, origin = self.find_template(template_name, template_dirs)
             if not hasattr(template, 'render'):
                 try:
-                    template = get_template_from_string(template, origin, template_name)
+                    template = self.engine.from_string(template, origin, template_name)
                 except TemplateDoesNotExist:
                     # If compiling the template we found raises TemplateDoesNotExist,
                     # back off to returning the source and display name for the template