diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/build_config_commands.py b/freqtrade/commands/build_config_commands.py
index 311622458..3b0c39921 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/build_config_commands.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/build_config_commands.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import chown_user_directory
 from freqtrade.constants import UNLIMITED_STAKE_AMOUNT
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.exchange import MAP_EXCHANGE_CHILDCLASS, available_exchanges
-from freqtrade.misc import render_template
+from freqtrade.util import render_template
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py b/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
index 8237a63db..75da2552e 100644
--- a/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
+++ b/freqtrade/commands/deploy_commands.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import copy_sample_files, crea
 from freqtrade.constants import USERPATH_STRATEGIES
 from freqtrade.enums import RunMode
 from freqtrade.exceptions import OperationalException
-from freqtrade.misc import render_template, render_template_with_fallback
+from freqtrade.util import render_template, render_template_with_fallback
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/freqtrade/misc.py b/freqtrade/misc.py
index e715c280a..f8d730fae 100644
--- a/freqtrade/misc.py
+++ b/freqtrade/misc.py
@@ -192,30 +192,6 @@ def plural(num: float, singular: str, plural: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     return singular if (num == 1 or num == -1) else plural or singular + 's'
 
 
-def render_template(templatefile: str, arguments: dict = {}) -> str:
-
-    from jinja2 import Environment, PackageLoader, select_autoescape
-
-    env = Environment(
-        loader=PackageLoader('freqtrade', 'templates'),
-        autoescape=select_autoescape(['html', 'xml'])
-    )
-    template = env.get_template(templatefile)
-    return template.render(**arguments)
-
-
-def render_template_with_fallback(templatefile: str, templatefallbackfile: str,
-                                  arguments: dict = {}) -> str:
-    """
-    Use templatefile if possible, otherwise fall back to templatefallbackfile
-    """
-    from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateNotFound
-    try:
-        return render_template(templatefile, arguments)
-    except TemplateNotFound:
-        return render_template(templatefallbackfile, arguments)
-
-
 def chunks(lst: List[Any], n: int) -> Iterator[List[Any]]:
     """
     Split lst into chunks of the size n.
diff --git a/freqtrade/util/__init__.py b/freqtrade/util/__init__.py
index 92c79b899..af09624ac 100644
--- a/freqtrade/util/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/util/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from freqtrade.util.datetime_helpers import (dt_floor_day, dt_from_ts, dt_humani
                                              dt_utc, format_ms_time, shorten_date)
 from freqtrade.util.ft_precise import FtPrecise
 from freqtrade.util.periodic_cache import PeriodicCache
+from freqtrade.util.template_renderer import render_template, render_template_with_fallback  # noqa
 
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/freqtrade/util/template_renderer.py b/freqtrade/util/template_renderer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..821b8e458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/freqtrade/util/template_renderer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""
+Jinja2 rendering utils, used to generate new strategy and configurations.
+"""
+def render_template(templatefile: str, arguments: dict = {}) -> str:
+
+    from jinja2 import Environment, PackageLoader, select_autoescape
+
+    env = Environment(
+        loader=PackageLoader('freqtrade', 'templates'),
+        autoescape=select_autoescape(['html', 'xml'])
+    )
+    template = env.get_template(templatefile)
+    return template.render(**arguments)
+
+
+def render_template_with_fallback(templatefile: str, templatefallbackfile: str,
+                                  arguments: dict = {}) -> str:
+    """
+    Use templatefile if possible, otherwise fall back to templatefallbackfile
+    """
+    from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateNotFound
+    try:
+        return render_template(templatefile, arguments)
+    except TemplateNotFound:
+        return render_template(templatefallbackfile, arguments)