diff --git a/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs.go b/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs.go
index cabfcbd8d3..3a7f2f631d 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/awslogs/cloudwatchlogs.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package awslogs
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/loggerutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/dockerversion"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/templates"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -194,19 +192,6 @@ var strftimeToRegex = map[string]string{
 	/*milliseconds          */ `%L`: `\.\d{3}`,
 }
 
-func parseLogGroup(info logger.Info, groupTemplate string) (string, error) {
-	tmpl, err := templates.NewParse("log-group", groupTemplate)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	if err := tmpl.Execute(buf, &info); err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	return buf.String(), nil
-}
-
 // newRegionFinder is a variable such that the implementation
 // can be swapped out for unit tests.
 var newRegionFinder = func() regionFinder {
diff --git a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/log_tag.go b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/log_tag.go
index f801047c41..7c170909a7 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/log_tag.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/log_tag.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/templates"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/templates"
 )
 
 // DefaultTemplate defines the defaults template logger should use.
diff --git a/pkg/templates/templates.go b/daemon/logger/templates/templates.go
similarity index 65%
rename from pkg/templates/templates.go
rename to daemon/logger/templates/templates.go
index d2d7e0c3d7..f632e6e4b5 100644
--- a/pkg/templates/templates.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/templates/templates.go
@@ -27,34 +27,6 @@ var basicFunctions = template.FuncMap{
 	"truncate": truncateWithLength,
 }
 
-// HeaderFunctions are used to created headers of a table.
-// This is a replacement of basicFunctions for header generation
-// because we want the header to remain intact.
-// Some functions like `split` are irrelevant so not added.
-var HeaderFunctions = template.FuncMap{
-	"json": func(v string) string {
-		return v
-	},
-	"title": func(v string) string {
-		return v
-	},
-	"lower": func(v string) string {
-		return v
-	},
-	"upper": func(v string) string {
-		return v
-	},
-	"truncate": func(v string, l int) string {
-		return v
-	},
-}
-
-// Parse creates a new anonymous template with the basic functions
-// and parses the given format.
-func Parse(format string) (*template.Template, error) {
-	return NewParse("", format)
-}
-
 // NewParse creates a new tagged template with the basic functions
 // and parses the given format.
 func NewParse(tag, format string) (*template.Template, error) {
diff --git a/daemon/logger/templates/templates_test.go b/daemon/logger/templates/templates_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6205e1dc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/daemon/logger/templates/templates_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package templates
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestNewParse(t *testing.T) {
+	tm, err := NewParse("foo", "this is a {{ . }}")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	assert.NoError(t, tm.Execute(&b, "string"))
+	want := "this is a string"
+	assert.Equal(t, want, b.String())
+}
diff --git a/pkg/templates/templates_test.go b/pkg/templates/templates_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 296bcb7107..0000000000
--- a/pkg/templates/templates_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-package templates
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-// Github #32120
-func TestParseJSONFunctions(t *testing.T) {
-	tm, err := Parse(`{{json .Ports}}`)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	assert.NoError(t, tm.Execute(&b, map[string]string{"Ports": "0.0.0.0:2->8/udp"}))
-	want := "\"0.0.0.0:2->8/udp\""
-	assert.Equal(t, want, b.String())
-}
-
-func TestParseStringFunctions(t *testing.T) {
-	tm, err := Parse(`{{join (split . ":") "/"}}`)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	assert.NoError(t, tm.Execute(&b, "text:with:colon"))
-	want := "text/with/colon"
-	assert.Equal(t, want, b.String())
-}
-
-func TestNewParse(t *testing.T) {
-	tm, err := NewParse("foo", "this is a {{ . }}")
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	var b bytes.Buffer
-	assert.NoError(t, tm.Execute(&b, "string"))
-	want := "this is a string"
-	assert.Equal(t, want, b.String())
-}
-
-func TestParseTruncateFunction(t *testing.T) {
-	source := "tupx5xzf6hvsrhnruz5cr8gwp"
-
-	testCases := []struct {
-		template string
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{
-			template: `{{truncate . 5}}`,
-			expected: "tupx5",
-		},
-		{
-			template: `{{truncate . 25}}`,
-			expected: "tupx5xzf6hvsrhnruz5cr8gwp",
-		},
-		{
-			template: `{{truncate . 30}}`,
-			expected: "tupx5xzf6hvsrhnruz5cr8gwp",
-		},
-		{
-			template: `{{pad . 3 3}}`,
-			expected: "   tupx5xzf6hvsrhnruz5cr8gwp   ",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, testCase := range testCases {
-		tm, err := Parse(testCase.template)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-		t.Run("Non Empty Source Test with template: "+testCase.template, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var b bytes.Buffer
-			assert.NoError(t, tm.Execute(&b, source))
-			assert.Equal(t, testCase.expected, b.String())
-		})
-
-		t.Run("Empty Source Test with template: "+testCase.template, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var c bytes.Buffer
-			assert.NoError(t, tm.Execute(&c, ""))
-			assert.Equal(t, "", c.String())
-		})
-
-		t.Run("Nil Source Test with template: "+testCase.template, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var c bytes.Buffer
-			assert.Error(t, tm.Execute(&c, nil))
-			assert.Equal(t, "", c.String())
-		})
-	}
-}
diff --git a/profiles/apparmor/apparmor.go b/profiles/apparmor/apparmor.go
index 48b41c5b2d..e957727d52 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor/apparmor.go
+++ b/profiles/apparmor/apparmor.go
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/aaparser"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/templates"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type profileData struct {
 
 // generateDefault creates an apparmor profile from ProfileData.
 func (p *profileData) generateDefault(out io.Writer) error {
-	compiled, err := templates.NewParse("apparmor_profile", baseTemplate)
+	compiled, err := template.New("apparmor_profile").Parse(baseTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}