diff --git a/src/actions.c b/src/actions.c
index 7bcc6d42..6cd692be 100644
--- a/src/actions.c
+++ b/src/actions.c
@@ -2010,7 +2010,6 @@ void get_additional_symbols(int what)
       if(xctx->tok_size && sch[0]) { /* "schematic" token exists  and a schematic is specified */
         int j;
         char *sym = NULL;
-        char *templ = NULL;
         char *symname_attr = NULL;
         int ignore_schematic = 0;
         xSymbol *symptr = xctx->inst[i].ptr + xctx->sym;
@@ -2030,15 +2029,13 @@ void get_additional_symbols(int what)
           my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &sym, add_ext(rel_sym_path(sch), ".sym"));
         }
 
-        my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &templ, get_tok_value(symptr->prop_ptr, "template", 0));
         my_mstrcat(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname_attr, "symname=", get_cell(sym, 0), NULL);
         my_mstrcat(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname_attr, " symref=", get_sym_name(i, 9999, 1, 1), NULL);
         my_strdup(_ALLOC_ID_, &spice_sym_def, 
             translate3(spice_sym_def, 1, xctx->inst[i].prop_ptr,
-                                         templ, 
+                                         symptr->templ, 
                                          symname_attr));
         dbg(1, "get_additional_symbols(): spice_sym_def=%s\n", spice_sym_def);
-        my_free(_ALLOC_ID_, &templ);
         my_free(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname_attr);
         /* if instance symbol has default_schematic set to ignore copy the symbol anyway, since
          * the base symbol will not be netlisted by *_block_netlist() */
@@ -2395,8 +2392,7 @@ int descend_schematic(int instnumber, int fallback, int alert, int set_title)
 
    my_strdup(_ALLOC_ID_, &xctx->hier_attr[xctx->currsch].prop_ptr, 
              xctx->inst[n].prop_ptr);
-   my_strdup(_ALLOC_ID_, &xctx->hier_attr[xctx->currsch].templ,
-             get_tok_value(xctx->sym[xctx->inst[n].ptr].prop_ptr, "template", 0));
+   my_strdup(_ALLOC_ID_, &xctx->hier_attr[xctx->currsch].templ, xctx->sym[xctx->inst[n].ptr].templ);
 
    dbg(1,"descend_schematic(): inst_number=%d\n", inst_number);
    my_strcat(_ALLOC_ID_, &xctx->sch_path[xctx->currsch+1], find_nth(str, ",", "", 0, inst_number));
diff --git a/src/save.c b/src/save.c
index c088b816..28f135cc 100644
--- a/src/save.c
+++ b/src/save.c
@@ -5140,7 +5140,7 @@ int descend_symbol(void)
   my_strdup(_ALLOC_ID_, &xctx->hier_attr[xctx->currsch].prop_ptr,
             xctx->inst[n].prop_ptr);
   my_strdup(_ALLOC_ID_, &xctx->hier_attr[xctx->currsch].templ,
-            get_tok_value(xctx->sym[xctx->inst[n].ptr].prop_ptr, "template", 0));
+            xctx->sym[xctx->inst[n].ptr].templ);
 
   if(!xctx->inst[n].embed)
     /* use -1 to keep track we are descending into symbol from instance with no embed attr
diff --git a/src/spice_netlist.c b/src/spice_netlist.c
index 911289d1..6e17771d 100644
--- a/src/spice_netlist.c
+++ b/src/spice_netlist.c
@@ -641,14 +641,9 @@ int spice_block_netlist(FILE *fd, int i, int alert)
   my_strdup(_ALLOC_ID_, &sym_def, get_tok_value(xctx->sym[i].prop_ptr,"spice_sym_def",0));
   if(sym_def) {
     char *symname_attr = NULL;
-    char *templ = NULL;
     const char *translated_sym_def;
-    my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &templ, get_tok_value(xctx->sym[i].prop_ptr, "template", 0));
     my_mstrcat(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname_attr, "symname=", get_cell(name, 0), NULL);
-    translated_sym_def = translate3(sym_def, 1, "",
-                                                templ,
-                                                symname_attr);
-    my_free(_ALLOC_ID_, &templ);
+    translated_sym_def = translate3(sym_def, 1, "", xctx->sym[i].templ, symname_attr);
     my_free(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname_attr);
     fprintf(fd, "%s\n", translated_sym_def);
     my_free(_ALLOC_ID_, &sym_def);
diff --git a/src/token.c b/src/token.c
index e8e3d855..246f5d08 100644
--- a/src/token.c
+++ b/src/token.c
@@ -1856,7 +1856,6 @@ static int has_included_subcircuit(int inst, int symbol, char **result)
 
   if(xctx->tok_size) {
     char *symname = NULL;
-    char *templ = NULL;
     char *symname_attr = NULL;
     int no_of_pins = (xctx->inst[inst].ptr + xctx->sym)->rects[PINLAYER];
     int i;
@@ -1865,7 +1864,6 @@ static int has_included_subcircuit(int inst, int symbol, char **result)
     Str_hashentry *entry;
     Str_hashtable table = {NULL, 0};
     
-    my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &templ, get_tok_value(xctx->sym[symbol].prop_ptr, "template", 0));
     my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname, get_tok_value(xctx->inst[inst].prop_ptr, "schematic", 0));
     if(!symname[0]) {
       my_strdup2(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname, get_tok_value(xctx->sym[symbol].prop_ptr, "schematic", 0));
@@ -1876,7 +1874,7 @@ static int has_included_subcircuit(int inst, int symbol, char **result)
     my_mstrcat(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname_attr, "symname=", get_cell(symname, 0), NULL);
     my_mstrcat(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname_attr, " symref=", get_sym_name(inst, 9999, 1, 1), NULL);
     translated_sym_def = translate3(spice_sym_def, 1, xctx->inst[inst].prop_ptr,
-                                                      templ,
+                                                      xctx->sym[symbol].templ,
                                                       symname_attr);
     dbg(1, "has_included_subcircuit(): translated_sym_def=%s\n", translated_sym_def);
     dbg(1, "has_included_subcircuit(): symname=%s\n", symname);
@@ -1915,7 +1913,6 @@ static int has_included_subcircuit(int inst, int symbol, char **result)
     tclvareval("has_included_subcircuit {", get_cell(symname, 0), "} {",
                 translated_sym_def, "} ", my_itoa(exp_no_of_pins), NULL);
 
-    my_free(_ALLOC_ID_, &templ);
     my_free(_ALLOC_ID_, &symname_attr);
     if(tclresult()[0]) { /* a valid spice_sym_def netlist was found */
       char *subckt_pin, *pin_save;