diff --git a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesDapperMiddleware.cs b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesDapperMiddleware.cs
index 06ec6b17d..67d87fcc1 100644
--- a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesDapperMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesDapperMiddleware.cs
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Benchmarks.Configuration;
 using Benchmarks.Data;
+using Benchmarks.Templates;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using RazorSlices;
 
 namespace Benchmarks.Middleware
 {
@@ -20,13 +19,11 @@ public class FortunesDapperMiddleware
 
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
         private readonly HtmlEncoder _htmlEncoder;
-        private readonly SliceFactory<IEnumerable<FortuneUtf16>> _fortunesFactory;
 
         public FortunesDapperMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, HtmlEncoder htmlEncoder)
         {
             _next = next;
             _htmlEncoder = htmlEncoder;
-            _fortunesFactory = RazorSlice.ResolveSliceFactory<IEnumerable<FortuneUtf16>>("/Templates/FortunesUtf16.cshtml");
         }
 
         public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
@@ -35,8 +32,9 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
             {
                 var db = httpContext.RequestServices.GetService<DapperDb>();
                 var rows = await db.LoadFortunesRows();
+                
 
-                await MiddlewareHelpers.RenderFortunesHtml(rows, httpContext, _htmlEncoder, _fortunesFactory);
+                await MiddlewareHelpers.RenderFortunesHtml(rows, httpContext, _htmlEncoder, FortunesUtf16.Create);
 
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesEfMiddleware.cs b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesEfMiddleware.cs
index 049ef306e..05808feda 100644
--- a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesEfMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesEfMiddleware.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Benchmarks.Configuration;
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using RazorSlices;
 
 namespace Benchmarks.Middleware
 {
@@ -20,13 +18,11 @@ public class FortunesEfMiddleware
 
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
         private readonly HtmlEncoder _htmlEncoder;
-        private readonly SliceFactory<IEnumerable<Fortune>> _fortunesFactory;
 
         public FortunesEfMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, HtmlEncoder htmlEncoder)
         {
             _next = next;
             _htmlEncoder = htmlEncoder;
-            _fortunesFactory = RazorSlice.ResolveSliceFactory<IEnumerable<Fortune>>("/Templates/Fortunes.cshtml");
         }
 
         public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
                 var db = httpContext.RequestServices.GetService<EfDb>();
                 var rows = await db.LoadFortunesRows();
 
-                await MiddlewareHelpers.RenderFortunesHtml(rows, httpContext, _htmlEncoder, _fortunesFactory);
+                await MiddlewareHelpers.RenderFortunesHtml(rows, httpContext, _htmlEncoder, Templates.Fortunes.Create);
 
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesRawMiddleware.cs b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesRawMiddleware.cs
index 7124a78d4..de3aee470 100644
--- a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesRawMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesRawMiddleware.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Benchmarks.Configuration;
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using RazorSlices;
 
 namespace Benchmarks.Middleware
 {
@@ -20,13 +18,11 @@ public class FortunesRawMiddleware
 
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
         private readonly HtmlEncoder _htmlEncoder;
-        private readonly SliceFactory<IEnumerable<Fortune>> _fortunesFactory;
 
         public FortunesRawMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, HtmlEncoder htmlEncoder)
         {
             _next = next;
             _htmlEncoder = htmlEncoder;
-            _fortunesFactory = RazorSlice.ResolveSliceFactory<IEnumerable<Fortune>>("/Templates/Fortunes.cshtml");
         }
 
         public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
                 var db = httpContext.RequestServices.GetService<RawDb>();
                 var rows = await db.LoadFortunesRows();
 
-                await MiddlewareHelpers.RenderFortunesHtml(rows, httpContext, _htmlEncoder, _fortunesFactory);
+                await MiddlewareHelpers.RenderFortunesHtml(rows, httpContext, _htmlEncoder, Templates.Fortunes.Create);
 
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesRawSyncMiddleware.cs b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesRawSyncMiddleware.cs
index 765a79840..ec3ef495b 100644
--- a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesRawSyncMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/FortunesRawSyncMiddleware.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Benchmarks.Configuration;
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using RazorSlices;
 
 namespace Benchmarks.Middleware
 {
@@ -20,13 +18,11 @@ public class FortunesRawSyncMiddleware
 
         private readonly RequestDelegate _next;
         private readonly HtmlEncoder _htmlEncoder;
-        private readonly SliceFactory<IEnumerable<Fortune>> _fortunesFactory;
 
         public FortunesRawSyncMiddleware(RequestDelegate next, HtmlEncoder htmlEncoder)
         {
             _next = next;
             _htmlEncoder = htmlEncoder;
-            _fortunesFactory = RazorSlice.ResolveSliceFactory<IEnumerable<Fortune>>("/Templates/Fortunes.cshtml");
         }
 
         public Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ public Task Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
                 var db = httpContext.RequestServices.GetService<RawDb>();
                 var rows = db.LoadFortunesRowsSync();
 
-                return MiddlewareHelpers.RenderFortunesHtml(rows, httpContext, _htmlEncoder, _fortunesFactory);
+                return MiddlewareHelpers.RenderFortunesHtml(rows, httpContext, _htmlEncoder, Templates.Fortunes.Create);
             }
 
             return _next(httpContext);
diff --git a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/MiddlewareHelpers.cs b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/MiddlewareHelpers.cs
index 3b8ee4107..f46b66a91 100644
--- a/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/MiddlewareHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/Benchmarks/Middleware/MiddlewareHelpers.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@ public static int GetMultipleQueriesQueryCount(HttpContext httpContext)
         }
 
         public static async Task RenderFortunesHtml<T>(IEnumerable<T> model, HttpContext httpContext,
-            HtmlEncoder htmlEncoder, SliceFactory<IEnumerable<T>> fortunesFactory)
+            HtmlEncoder htmlEncoder, Func<IEnumerable<T>, RazorSlice> templateFactory)
         {
             httpContext.Response.StatusCode = StatusCodes.Status200OK;
             httpContext.Response.ContentType = "text/html; charset=UTF-8";
 
-            using var template = fortunesFactory(model);
-            await template.RenderToPipeWriterAsync(httpContext.Response.BodyWriter, htmlEncoder);
+            using var template = templateFactory(model);
+            await template.RenderAsync(httpContext.Response.BodyWriter, htmlEncoder);
             await httpContext.Response.BodyWriter.FlushAsync();
         }
     }