diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/course_info_edit.js b/cms/static/js/views/course_info_edit.js
index ae0a66d45b..cb91422143 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/course_info_edit.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/course_info_edit.js
@@ -232,16 +232,11 @@ CMS.Views.ClassInfoHandoutsView = Backbone.View.extend({
     },
 
     initialize: function() {
+        this.template = _.template($("#course_info_handouts-tpl").text());
         var self = this;
         this.model.fetch({
             complete: function() {
-                window.templateLoader.loadRemoteTemplate("course_info_handouts",
-                    "/static/client_templates/course_info_handouts.html",
-                    function (raw_template) {
-                        self.template = _.template(raw_template);
-                        self.render();
-                    }
-                );
+                self.render();
             },
             reset: true
         });
diff --git a/cms/templates/course_info.html b/cms/templates/course_info.html
index eca3628b50..03f4c35d14 100644
--- a/cms/templates/course_info.html
+++ b/cms/templates/course_info.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <%block name="bodyclass">is-signedin course course-info updates</%block>
 
 <%block name="header_extras">
-% for template_name in ["course_info_update"]:
+% for template_name in ["course_info_update", "course_info_handouts"]:
   <script type="text/template" id="${template_name}-tpl">
     <%static:include path="js/${template_name}.underscore" />
   </script>
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 </%block>
 
 <%block name="jsextra">
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/template_loader.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/models/course_info.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/models/module_info.js')}"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/views/course_info_edit.js')}"></script>
diff --git a/cms/static/client_templates/course_info_handouts.html b/cms/templates/js/course_info_handouts.underscore
similarity index 100%
rename from cms/static/client_templates/course_info_handouts.html
rename to cms/templates/js/course_info_handouts.underscore