diff --git a/lib/loader.js b/lib/loader.js
index bd17fe88..592e45b4 100644
--- a/lib/loader.js
+++ b/lib/loader.js
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 'use strict';
 const _ = require('lodash');
-const loaderUtils = require('loader-utils');
 
 module.exports = function (source) {
   // Get templating options
-  const options = this.query !== '' ? loaderUtils.getOptions(this) : {};
+  const options = this.getOptions();
   const force = options.force || false;
 
   const allLoadersButThisOne = this.loaders.filter(function (loader) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index abf5743e..e6d34768 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "css-loader": "5.0.1",
     "cz-conventional-changelog": "2.1.0",
     "dir-compare": "1.7.2",
-    "html-loader": "2.0.0",
+    "html-loader": "2.1.1",
     "jest": "26.5.3",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "1.0.0",
     "pug": "3.0.2",
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/html-minifier-terser": "^5.0.0",
     "html-minifier-terser": "^5.0.1",
-    "loader-utils": "^2.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "pretty-error": "^2.1.1",
     "tapable": "^2.0.0"