diff --git a/provider/gcp/gcp.go b/provider/gcp/gcp.go
index 3b8b5d7..1b96515 100644
--- a/provider/gcp/gcp.go
+++ b/provider/gcp/gcp.go
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
 	"github.com/convox/convox/pkg/elastic"
 	"github.com/convox/convox/pkg/structs"
-	"github.com/convox/convox/pkg/templater"
 	"github.com/convox/convox/provider/k8s"
-	"github.com/gobuffalo/packr"
 )
 
 type Provider struct {
@@ -22,9 +20,8 @@ type Provider struct {
 	Region   string
 	Registry string
 
-	elastic   *elastic.Client
-	storage   *storage.Client
-	templater *templater.Templater
+	elastic *elastic.Client
+	storage *storage.Client
 }
 
 func FromEnv() (*Provider, error) {
@@ -48,8 +45,6 @@ func FromEnv() (*Provider, error) {
 
 	p.Key = key
 
-	p.templater = templater.New(packr.NewBox("../gcp/template"), p.templateHelpers())
-
 	k.Engine = p
 
 	return p, nil
diff --git a/provider/gcp/template.go b/provider/gcp/template.go
index 2efcf84..1e1ee74 100644
--- a/provider/gcp/template.go
+++ b/provider/gcp/template.go
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/convox/convox/pkg/common"
 )
 
-func (p *Provider) RenderTemplate(name string, params map[string]interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
-	data, err := p.templater.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%s.yml.tmpl", name), params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return common.FormatYAML(data)
-}
-
 func (p *Provider) templateHelpers() template.FuncMap {
 	return template.FuncMap{
 		"coalesce": func(ss ...string) string {