diff --git a/template/pkg/clean.sls b/template/pkg/clean.sls
index 1f7b8f12..daf3dfb9 100644
--- a/template/pkg/clean.sls
+++ b/template/pkg/clean.sls
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vim: ft=sls
 
-{%- from salt['file.dirname'](tpldir) ~ "/map.jinja" import template with context %}
+{#- Get the `topdir` from `tpldir` #}
+{%- set topdir = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
+{%- from topdir ~ "/map.jinja" import template with context %}
 
 template-service-dead:
   service.dead:
diff --git a/template/pkg/config.sls b/template/pkg/config.sls
index ddc67484..b921ba18 100644
--- a/template/pkg/config.sls
+++ b/template/pkg/config.sls
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vim: ft=sls
 
+{#- Get the `topdir` from `tpldir` #}
 {%- set topdir = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
-{%- from salt['file.dirname'](tpldir) ~ "/map.jinja" import template with context %}
-{%- from salt['file.dirname'](tpldir) ~ "/macros.jinja" import files_switch with context %}
+{%- from topdir ~ "/map.jinja" import template with context %}
+{%- from topdir ~ "/macros.jinja" import files_switch with context %}
 
 include:
   - .install
diff --git a/template/pkg/install.sls b/template/pkg/install.sls
index a2e4eb72..d71cbec9 100644
--- a/template/pkg/install.sls
+++ b/template/pkg/install.sls
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vim: ft=sls
 
-{%- from salt['file.dirname'](tpldir) ~ "/map.jinja" import template with context %}
+{#- Get the `topdir` from `tpldir` #}
+{%- set topdir = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
+{%- from topdir ~ "/map.jinja" import template with context %}
 
 template-pkg:
   pkg.installed:
diff --git a/template/pkg/service.sls b/template/pkg/service.sls
index 2449736a..b2c4dbc5 100644
--- a/template/pkg/service.sls
+++ b/template/pkg/service.sls
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vim: ft=sls
 
-{%- from salt['file.dirname'](tpldir) ~ "/map.jinja" import template with context %}
+{#- Get the `topdir` from `tpldir` #}
+{%- set topdir = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
+{%- from topdir ~ "/map.jinja" import template with context %}
 
 include:
   - .config