diff --git a/src/template.js b/src/template.js
index 66dd05f4c..4586d6059 100644
--- a/src/template.js
+++ b/src/template.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import * as _ from './util/underscore.js'
 import path from 'path'
 import {anySeries} from './util/promise.js'
-import {statFileAsync, readFileAsync} from './util/fs.js'
+import fs from 'fs'
+import {promisify} from 'util'
+
+const statFileAsync = promisify(fs.stat)
+const readFileAsync = promisify(fs.readFile)
 
 export async function resolve (filepath, root, options) {
   if (!path.extname(filepath)) {
@@ -22,5 +26,5 @@ export async function resolve (filepath, root, options) {
 }
 
 export async function read (filepath) {
-  return readFileAsync(filepath)
+  return readFileAsync(filepath, 'utf8')
 }
diff --git a/src/util/fs.js b/src/util/fs.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 276824139..000000000
--- a/src/util/fs.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'fs'
-
-export function readFileAsync (filepath) {
-  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-    fs.readFile(filepath, 'utf8', function (err, content) {
-      err ? reject(err) : resolve(content)
-    })
-  })
-};
-
-export function statFileAsync (path) {
-  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
-    fs.stat(path, (err, stat) => err ? reject(err) : resolve(stat))
-  })
-};
diff --git a/test/unit/template.js b/test/unit/template.js
index 4b9900a26..0d1a8f6f0 100644
--- a/test/unit/template.js
+++ b/test/unit/template.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {resolve} from '../../src/template.js'
 import mock from 'mock-fs'
 import chai from 'chai'
+import path from 'path'
 import chaiAsPromised from 'chai-as-promised'
 
 const expect = chai.expect
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ describe('template', function () {
   describe('#resolve()', function () {
     it('should resolve based on root', function () {
       const filepath = resolve('bar.html', '/foo', {root: []})
-      return expect(filepath).to.eventually.equal('/foo/bar.html')
+      const expected = path.resolve('/foo/bar.html')
+      return expect(filepath).to.eventually.equal(expected)
     })
     it('should resolve based on root', function () {
       return expect(resolve('foo.html', '/foo', {root: []}))