diff --git a/completion.sh.hbs b/completion.sh.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 272540b1a..000000000
--- a/completion.sh.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-###-begin-{{app_name}}-completions-###
-#
-# yargs command completion script
-#
-# Installation: {{app_path}} {{completion_command}} >> ~/.bashrc
-#    or {{app_path}} {{completion_command}} >> ~/.bash_profile on OSX.
-#
-_yargs_completions()
-{
-    local cur_word args type_list
-
-    cur_word="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
-    args=("${COMP_WORDS[@]}")
-
-    # ask yargs to generate completions.
-    type_list=$({{app_path}} --get-yargs-completions "${args[@]}")
-
-    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${type_list}" -- ${cur_word}) )
-
-    # if no match was found, fall back to filename completion
-    if [ ${#COMPREPLY[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-      COMPREPLY=()
-    fi
-
-    return 0
-}
-complete -o default -F _yargs_completions {{app_name}}
-###-end-{{app_name}}-completions-###
diff --git a/completion.zsh.hbs b/completion.zsh.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a819e249..000000000
--- a/completion.zsh.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-###-begin-{{app_name}}-completions-###
-#
-# yargs command completion script
-#
-# Installation: {{app_path}} {{completion_command}} >> ~/.zshrc
-#    or {{app_path}} {{completion_command}} >> ~/.zsh_profile on OSX.
-#
-_{{app_name}}_yargs_completions()
-{
-  local reply
-  local si=$IFS
-  IFS=$'\n' reply=($(COMP_CWORD="$((CURRENT-1))" COMP_LINE="$BUFFER" COMP_POINT="$CURSOR" {{app_path}} --get-yargs-completions "${words[@]}"))
-  IFS=$si
-  _describe 'values' reply
-}
-compdef _{{app_name}}_yargs_completions {{app_name}}
-###-end-{{app_name}}-completions-###
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/completion-templates.js b/lib/completion-templates.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43714fb6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/completion-templates.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+exports.completionShTemplate =
+`###-begin-{{app_name}}-completions-###
+#
+# yargs command completion script
+#
+# Installation: {{app_path}} {{completion_command}} >> ~/.bashrc
+#    or {{app_path}} {{completion_command}} >> ~/.bash_profile on OSX.
+#
+_yargs_completions()
+{
+    local cur_word args type_list
+
+    cur_word="\${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
+    args=("\${COMP_WORDS[@]}")
+
+    # ask yargs to generate completions.
+    type_list=$({{app_path}} --get-yargs-completions "\${args[@]}")
+
+    COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "\${type_list}" -- \${cur_word}) )
+
+    # if no match was found, fall back to filename completion
+    if [ \${#COMPREPLY[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+      COMPREPLY=()
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}
+complete -o default -F _yargs_completions {{app_name}}
+###-end-{{app_name}}-completions-###
+`
+
+exports.completionZshTemplate = `###-begin-{{app_name}}-completions-###
+#
+# yargs command completion script
+#
+# Installation: {{app_path}} {{completion_command}} >> ~/.zshrc
+#    or {{app_path}} {{completion_command}} >> ~/.zsh_profile on OSX.
+#
+_{{app_name}}_yargs_completions()
+{
+  local reply
+  local si=$IFS
+  IFS=$'\n' reply=($(COMP_CWORD="$((CURRENT-1))" COMP_LINE="$BUFFER" COMP_POINT="$CURSOR" {{app_path}} --get-yargs-completions "\${words[@]}"))
+  IFS=$si
+  _describe 'values' reply
+}
+compdef _{{app_name}}_yargs_completions {{app_name}}
+###-end-{{app_name}}-completions-###
+`
diff --git a/lib/completion.js b/lib/completion.js
index a8de5b04e..e5cdd588a 100644
--- a/lib/completion.js
+++ b/lib/completion.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 'use strict'
-const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 
 // add bash completions to your
@@ -92,10 +91,8 @@ module.exports = function completion (yargs, usage, command) {
 
   // generate the completion script to add to your .bashrc.
   self.generateCompletionScript = function generateCompletionScript ($0, cmd) {
-    let script = fs.readFileSync(
-      path.resolve(__dirname, zshShell ? '../completion.zsh.hbs' : '../completion.sh.hbs'),
-      'utf-8'
-    )
+    const templates = require('./completion-templates')
+    let script = zshShell ? templates.completionZshTemplate : templates.completionShTemplate
     const name = path.basename($0)
 
     // add ./to applications not yet installed as bin.