diff --git a/django/template/loaders/app_directories.py b/django/template/loaders/app_directories.py
index 887f8a0b72..cea01558d9 100644
--- a/django/template/loaders/app_directories.py
+++ b/django/template/loaders/app_directories.py
@@ -61,5 +61,3 @@ class Loader(BaseLoader):
             except IOError:
                 pass
         raise TemplateDoesNotExist(template_name)
-
-_loader = Loader()
diff --git a/django/template/loaders/eggs.py b/django/template/loaders/eggs.py
index 7e35b34ec4..b7dcc75be3 100644
--- a/django/template/loaders/eggs.py
+++ b/django/template/loaders/eggs.py
@@ -31,5 +31,3 @@ class Loader(BaseLoader):
                     resource = resource.decode(settings.FILE_CHARSET)
                 return (resource, 'egg:%s:%s' % (app, pkg_name))
         raise TemplateDoesNotExist(template_name)
-
-_loader = Loader()
diff --git a/django/template/loaders/filesystem.py b/django/template/loaders/filesystem.py
index e87cfef987..1a7f0d2cd7 100644
--- a/django/template/loaders/filesystem.py
+++ b/django/template/loaders/filesystem.py
@@ -44,5 +44,3 @@ class Loader(BaseLoader):
             error_msg = "Your TEMPLATE_DIRS setting is empty. Change it to point to at least one template directory."
         raise TemplateDoesNotExist(error_msg)
     load_template_source.is_usable = True
-
-_loader = Loader()