diff --git a/cmd/openshift-install/create.go b/cmd/openshift-install/create.go
index 87239c914be..eca6cbd9d9a 100644
--- a/cmd/openshift-install/create.go
+++ b/cmd/openshift-install/create.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var (
 			Short: "Generates the unrendered Kubernetes manifest templates",
 			Long:  "",
 		},
-		assets: []asset.WritableAsset{&templates.Templates{}},
+		assets: templates.Templates,
 	}
 
 	ignitionConfigsTarget = target{
diff --git a/pkg/asset/templates/templates.go b/pkg/asset/templates/templates.go
index a1b2993dd33..0b3e15a4336 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/templates/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/templates/templates.go
@@ -7,115 +7,25 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/templates/content/openshift"
 )
 
-var _ asset.WritableAsset = (*Templates)(nil)
-
-// Templates generates the dependent unrendered template files
-type Templates struct {
-	FileList []*asset.File
-}
-
-// Name returns a human friendly name for the templates asset
-func (m *Templates) Name() string {
-	return "Common Templates"
-}
-
-// Dependencies returns all of the dependencies directly needed by a
-// Templates asset.
-func (m *Templates) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
-	return []asset.Asset{
-		&bootkube.KubeCloudConfig{},
-		&bootkube.MachineConfigServerTLSSecret{},
-		&bootkube.OpenshiftServiceCertSignerSecret{},
-		&bootkube.Pull{},
-		&bootkube.CVOOverrides{},
-		&bootkube.HostEtcdServiceEndpointsKubeSystem{},
-		&bootkube.KubeSystemConfigmapEtcdServingCA{},
-		&bootkube.KubeSystemConfigmapRootCA{},
-		&bootkube.KubeSystemSecretEtcdClient{},
-		&bootkube.OpenshiftMachineConfigOperator{},
-		&bootkube.OpenshiftClusterAPINamespace{},
-		&bootkube.OpenshiftServiceCertSignerNamespace{},
-		&bootkube.EtcdServiceKubeSystem{},
-		&bootkube.HostEtcdServiceKubeSystem{},
-		&openshift.BindingDiscovery{},
-		&openshift.CloudCredsSecret{},
-		&openshift.KubeadminPasswordSecret{},
-		&openshift.RoleCloudCredsSecretReader{},
-	}
-}
-
-// Generate generates the respective operator config.yml files
-func (m *Templates) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
-	kubeCloudConfig := &bootkube.KubeCloudConfig{}
-	machineConfigServerTLSSecret := &bootkube.MachineConfigServerTLSSecret{}
-	openshiftServiceCertSignerSecret := &bootkube.OpenshiftServiceCertSignerSecret{}
-	pull := &bootkube.Pull{}
-	cVOOverrides := &bootkube.CVOOverrides{}
-	hostEtcdServiceEndpointsKubeSystem := &bootkube.HostEtcdServiceEndpointsKubeSystem{}
-	kubeSystemConfigmapEtcdServingCA := &bootkube.KubeSystemConfigmapEtcdServingCA{}
-	kubeSystemConfigmapRootCA := &bootkube.KubeSystemConfigmapRootCA{}
-	kubeSystemSecretEtcdClient := &bootkube.KubeSystemSecretEtcdClient{}
-	openshiftMachineConfigOperator := &bootkube.OpenshiftMachineConfigOperator{}
-	openshiftClusterAPINamespace := &bootkube.OpenshiftClusterAPINamespace{}
-	openshiftServiceCertSignerNamespace := &bootkube.OpenshiftServiceCertSignerNamespace{}
-	etcdServiceKubeSystem := &bootkube.EtcdServiceKubeSystem{}
-	hostEtcdServiceKubeSystem := &bootkube.HostEtcdServiceKubeSystem{}
-
-	bindingDiscovery := &openshift.BindingDiscovery{}
-	cloudCredsSecret := &openshift.CloudCredsSecret{}
-	kubeadminPasswordSecret := &openshift.KubeadminPasswordSecret{}
-	roleCloudCredsSecretReader := &openshift.RoleCloudCredsSecretReader{}
-
-	dependencies.Get(
-		kubeCloudConfig,
-		machineConfigServerTLSSecret,
-		openshiftServiceCertSignerSecret,
-		pull,
-		cVOOverrides,
-		hostEtcdServiceEndpointsKubeSystem,
-		kubeSystemConfigmapEtcdServingCA,
-		kubeSystemConfigmapRootCA,
-		kubeSystemSecretEtcdClient,
-		openshiftMachineConfigOperator,
-		openshiftClusterAPINamespace,
-		openshiftServiceCertSignerNamespace,
-		etcdServiceKubeSystem,
-		hostEtcdServiceKubeSystem,
-		bindingDiscovery,
-		cloudCredsSecret,
-		kubeadminPasswordSecret,
-		roleCloudCredsSecretReader)
-
-	m.FileList = []*asset.File{}
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, kubeCloudConfig.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, machineConfigServerTLSSecret.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, openshiftServiceCertSignerSecret.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, pull.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, cVOOverrides.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, hostEtcdServiceEndpointsKubeSystem.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, kubeSystemConfigmapEtcdServingCA.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, kubeSystemConfigmapRootCA.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, kubeSystemSecretEtcdClient.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, openshiftMachineConfigOperator.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, openshiftClusterAPINamespace.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, openshiftServiceCertSignerNamespace.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, etcdServiceKubeSystem.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, hostEtcdServiceKubeSystem.Files()...)
-
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, bindingDiscovery.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, cloudCredsSecret.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, kubeadminPasswordSecret.Files()...)
-	m.FileList = append(m.FileList, roleCloudCredsSecretReader.Files()...)
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Files returns the files generated by the asset.
-func (m *Templates) Files() []*asset.File {
-	return m.FileList
-}
-
-// Load returns the manifests asset from disk.
-func (m *Templates) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (bool, error) {
-	return false, nil
+// Templates are the targeted assets for generating the dependent unrendered
+// template files.
+var Templates = []asset.WritableAsset{
+	&bootkube.KubeCloudConfig{},
+	&bootkube.MachineConfigServerTLSSecret{},
+	&bootkube.OpenshiftServiceCertSignerSecret{},
+	&bootkube.Pull{},
+	&bootkube.CVOOverrides{},
+	&bootkube.HostEtcdServiceEndpointsKubeSystem{},
+	&bootkube.KubeSystemConfigmapEtcdServingCA{},
+	&bootkube.KubeSystemConfigmapRootCA{},
+	&bootkube.KubeSystemSecretEtcdClient{},
+	&bootkube.OpenshiftMachineConfigOperator{},
+	&bootkube.OpenshiftClusterAPINamespace{},
+	&bootkube.OpenshiftServiceCertSignerNamespace{},
+	&bootkube.EtcdServiceKubeSystem{},
+	&bootkube.HostEtcdServiceKubeSystem{},
+	&openshift.BindingDiscovery{},
+	&openshift.CloudCredsSecret{},
+	&openshift.KubeadminPasswordSecret{},
+	&openshift.RoleCloudCredsSecretReader{},
 }