diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/configmap.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/configmap.yml
index 942c2410d9..c40278bbea 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/configmap.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/elections/templates/configmap.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: elections
 data:
+  {%- macro load_file(filename) %}    {% include filename %}{%- endmacro -%}
   alembic.ini: |-
-    {% include('alembic.ini') | indent %}
+    {% load_file('alembic.ini') | indent %}
   fedora-elections.cfg: |-
-    {% include('fedora-elections.cfg') | indent %}
+    {% load_file('fedora-elections.cfg') | indent %}