diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eeaeff79ebb25..54454e84b5a97 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1407,9 +1407,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cargo_metadata 0.18.1",
+ "rinja 0.2.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -3100,6 +3100,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rinja"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2d47a46d7729e891c8accf260e9daa02ae6d570aa2a94fb1fb27eb5364a2323"
+dependencies = [
+ "humansize",
+ "num-traits",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rinja_derive 0.2.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rinja"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -3107,7 +3119,24 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6d3762e3740cdbf2fd2be465cc2c26d643ad17353cc2e0223d211c1b096118bd"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
- "rinja_derive",
+ "rinja_derive 0.3.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rinja_derive"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44dae9afe59d58ed8d988d67d1945f3638125d2fd2104058399382e11bd3ea2a"
+dependencies = [
+ "basic-toml",
+ "mime",
+ "mime_guess",
+ "once_map",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rinja_parser 0.2.0",
+ "serde",
+ "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3123,11 +3152,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_map",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "rinja_parser",
+ "rinja_parser 0.3.0",
  "serde",
  "syn 2.0.67",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rinja_parser"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b1771c78cd5d3b1646ef8d8f2ed100db936e8b291d3cc06e92a339ff346858c"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rinja_parser"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -4606,7 +4644,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "minifier",
  "pulldown-cmark 0.9.6",
  "regex",
- "rinja",
+ "rinja 0.3.0",
  "rustdoc-json-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/src/tools/generate-copyright/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/generate-copyright/Cargo.toml
index c00292cf33108..d200e2ec9f1e1 100644
--- a/src/tools/generate-copyright/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/generate-copyright/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ description = "Produces a manifest of all the copyrighted materials in the Rust
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.65"
 cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
-html-escape = "0.2.13"
 rinja = "0.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.147", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.85"
-tempfile = "3"
 thiserror = "1"
diff --git a/src/tools/generate-copyright/src/main.rs b/src/tools/generate-copyright/src/main.rs
index 03b789b739298..37de24648d56d 100644
--- a/src/tools/generate-copyright/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/generate-copyright/src/main.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ struct Metadata {
 }
 
 /// Describes one node in our metadata tree
-#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize, rinja::Template)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case", tag = "type")]
+#[template(path = "Node.html")]
 pub(crate) enum Node {
     Root { children: Vec<Node> },
     Directory { name: String, children: Vec<Node>, license: Option<License> },
@@ -71,76 +72,6 @@ pub(crate) enum Node {
     Group { files: Vec<String>, directories: Vec<String>, license: License },
 }
 
-fn with_box<F>(fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>, inner: F) -> std::fmt::Result
-where
-    F: FnOnce(&mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result,
-{
-    writeln!(fmt, r#"<div style="border:1px solid black; padding: 5px;">"#)?;
-    inner(fmt)?;
-    writeln!(fmt, "</div>")?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-impl std::fmt::Display for Node {
-    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Node::Root { children } => {
-                if children.len() > 1 {
-                    with_box(fmt, |f| {
-                        for child in children {
-                            writeln!(f, "{child}")?;
-                        }
-                        Ok(())
-                    })
-                } else {
-                    for child in children {
-                        writeln!(fmt, "{child}")?;
-                    }
-                    Ok(())
-                }
-            }
-            Node::Directory { name, children, license } => with_box(fmt, |f| {
-                render_tree_license(std::iter::once(name), license.as_ref(), f)?;
-                if !children.is_empty() {
-                    writeln!(f, "<p><b>Exceptions:</b></p>")?;
-                    for child in children {
-                        writeln!(f, "{child}")?;
-                    }
-                }
-                Ok(())
-            }),
-            Node::Group { files, directories, license } => with_box(fmt, |f| {
-                render_tree_license(directories.iter().chain(files.iter()), Some(license), f)
-            }),
-            Node::File { name, license } => {
-                with_box(fmt, |f| render_tree_license(std::iter::once(name), Some(license), f))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Draw a series of sibling files/folders, as HTML, into the given formatter.
-fn render_tree_license<'a>(
-    names: impl Iterator<Item = &'a String>,
-    license: Option<&License>,
-    f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>,
-) -> std::fmt::Result {
-    writeln!(f, "<p><b>File/Directory:</b> ")?;
-    for name in names {
-        writeln!(f, "<code>{}</code>", html_escape::encode_text(&name))?;
-    }
-    writeln!(f, "</p>")?;
-
-    if let Some(license) = license {
-        writeln!(f, "<p><b>License:</b> {}</p>", html_escape::encode_text(&license.spdx))?;
-        for copyright in license.copyright.iter() {
-            writeln!(f, "<p><b>Copyright:</b> {}</p>", html_escape::encode_text(&copyright))?;
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 /// A License has an SPDX license name and a list of copyright holders.
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
 struct License {
diff --git a/src/tools/generate-copyright/templates/Node.html b/src/tools/generate-copyright/templates/Node.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a71a1bf3b73d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/generate-copyright/templates/Node.html
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{% match self %}
+
+{% when Node::Root { children } %}
+
+{% for child in children %}
+{{ child|safe }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% when Node::Directory { name, children, license } %}
+
+<div style="border:1px solid black; padding: 5px;">
+
+    <p>
+    <b>File/Directory:</b> <code>{{ name }}</code>
+    </p>
+
+    {% if let Some(license) = license %}
+
+    <p><b>License:</b> {{ license.spdx }}</p>
+    {% for copyright in license.copyright.iter() %}
+    <p><b>Copyright:</b> {{ copyright }}</p>
+    {% endfor %}
+
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {% if !children.is_empty() %}
+
+    <p><b>Exceptions:</b></p>
+    {% for child in children %}
+    {{ child|safe }}
+    {% endfor %}
+
+    {% endif %}
+
+</div>
+
+{% when Node::File { name, license } %}
+
+<div style="border:1px solid black; padding: 5px;">
+    <p>
+    <b>File/Directory:</b> <code>{{ name }}</code>
+    </p>
+
+    <p><b>License:</b> {{ license.spdx }}</p>
+    {% for copyright in license.copyright.iter() %}
+    <p><b>Copyright:</b> {{ copyright }}</p>
+    {% endfor %}
+</div>
+
+{% when Node::Group { files, directories, license } %}
+
+<div style="border:1px solid black; padding: 5px;">
+
+    <p>
+        <b>File/Directory:</b>
+        {% for name in files %}
+        <code>{{ name }}</code>
+        {% endfor %}
+        {% for name in directories %}
+        <code>{{ name }}</code>
+        {% endfor %}
+    </p>
+
+    <p><b>License:</b> {{ license.spdx }}</p>
+    {% for copyright in license.copyright.iter() %}
+    <p><b>Copyright:</b> {{ copyright }}</p>
+    {% endfor %}
+
+</div>
+
+{% endmatch %}