diff --git a/cms/templates/certificates.html b/cms/templates/certificates.html
index 6cfbaaf3c8..ee6f1786e6 100644
--- a/cms/templates/certificates.html
+++ b/cms/templates/certificates.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
<%inherit file="base.html" />
<%def name="online_help_token()"><% return "certificates" %>%def>
<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
-<%! import json %>
<%!
- from contentstore import utils
- from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+import json
+from contentstore import utils
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
%>
<%block name="title">${_("Course Certificates")}%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/course-create-rerun.html b/cms/templates/course-create-rerun.html
index 456d09cb26..44f828192f 100644
--- a/cms/templates/course-create-rerun.html
+++ b/cms/templates/course-create-rerun.html
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
<%inherit file="base.html" />
<%def name="online_help_token()"><% return "course_rerun" %>%def>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
-<%! from django.template.defaultfilters import escapejs %>
+<%!
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.template.defaultfilters import escapejs
+%>
<%block name="title">${_("Create a Course Rerun of:")}%block>
<%block name="bodyclass">is-signedin view-course-create view-course-create-rerun%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/course_info.html b/cms/templates/course_info.html
index e9825ea400..bbb5e12d72 100644
--- a/cms/templates/course_info.html
+++ b/cms/templates/course_info.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<%!
- from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
- from django.template.defaultfilters import escapejs
-%>
<%inherit file="base.html" />
<%def name="online_help_token()"><% return "updates" %>%def>
<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
-<%! import json %>
+<%!
+import json
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.template.defaultfilters import escapejs
+%>
<%block name="title">${_("Course Updates")}%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/error.html b/cms/templates/error.html
index 09bb830fa6..99191a3d4d 100644
--- a/cms/templates/error.html
+++ b/cms/templates/error.html
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
<%inherit file="base.html" />
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
+<%!
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+from django.conf import settings
+%>
<%block name="bodyclass">error%block>
<%block name="title">
% if error == '404':
@@ -11,8 +14,6 @@
%block>
<%!
-from django.conf import settings
-
if settings.TENDER_DOMAIN:
help_link_start = ''.format(
domain=settings.TENDER_DOMAIN,
diff --git a/cms/templates/group_configurations.html b/cms/templates/group_configurations.html
index 74e3695483..865c8959d6 100644
--- a/cms/templates/group_configurations.html
+++ b/cms/templates/group_configurations.html
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
<%def name="content_groups_help_token()"><% return "content_groups" %>%def>
<%def name="experiment_group_configurations_help_token()"><% return "group_configurations" %>%def>
<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
-<%! import json %>
<%!
- from contentstore import utils
- from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+import json
+from contentstore import utils
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
%>
<%block name="title">${_("Group Configurations")}%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/manage_users.html b/cms/templates/manage_users.html
index 64f3601c50..2a898fc9b9 100644
--- a/cms/templates/manage_users.html
+++ b/cms/templates/manage_users.html
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-<%! import json %>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
<%inherit file="base.html" />
+<%!
+import json
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+%>
<%def name="online_help_token()"><% return "team_course" %>%def>
<%block name="title">${_("Course Team Settings")}%block>
<%block name="bodyclass">is-signedin course users view-team%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/manage_users_lib.html b/cms/templates/manage_users_lib.html
index 2d40585775..7c8ed187a1 100644
--- a/cms/templates/manage_users_lib.html
+++ b/cms/templates/manage_users_lib.html
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-<%! import json %>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
<%inherit file="base.html" />
+<%!
+import json
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+%>
<%def name="online_help_token()"><% return "team_library" %>%def>
<%block name="title">${_("Library User Access")}%block>
<%block name="bodyclass">is-signedin course users view-team%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/register.html b/cms/templates/register.html
index 609dbc141e..0ff0024179 100644
--- a/cms/templates/register.html
+++ b/cms/templates/register.html
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
<%inherit file="base.html" />
<%def name="online_help_token()"><% return "register" %>%def>
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
+<%!
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+%>
<%block name="title">${_("Sign Up")}%block>
<%block name="bodyclass">not-signedin view-signup%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/registration/activation_complete.html b/cms/templates/registration/activation_complete.html
index 92a0e180f7..242547e6f0 100644
--- a/cms/templates/registration/activation_complete.html
+++ b/cms/templates/registration/activation_complete.html
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
<%inherit file="../base.html" />
+<%!
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+%>
<%namespace name='static' file='../static_content.html'/>
diff --git a/cms/templates/textbooks.html b/cms/templates/textbooks.html
index 55712d7a3b..6fe1f5ac88 100644
--- a/cms/templates/textbooks.html
+++ b/cms/templates/textbooks.html
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
<%inherit file="base.html" />
<%def name="online_help_token()"><% return "textbooks" %>%def>
<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
-<%! import json %>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%!
+import json
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+%>
<%block name="title">${_("Textbooks")}%block>
<%block name="bodyclass">is-signedin course view-textbooks%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/ux/reference/course-create-rerun.html b/cms/templates/ux/reference/course-create-rerun.html
index 0757969a5e..527b08004a 100644
--- a/cms/templates/ux/reference/course-create-rerun.html
+++ b/cms/templates/ux/reference/course-create-rerun.html
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
<%include file="_note-usage.html" />
%block>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
+<%!
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+%>
<%block name="title">[template] Create a Course Rerun of HarvardX SW12.2x T2_2014%block>
<%block name="bodyclass">is-signedin view-course-create view-course-create-rerun%block>
diff --git a/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html b/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
index ae75880557..4ddfd3763b 100644
--- a/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
+++ b/cms/templates/widgets/footer.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
-<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%!
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+%>