diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/prepare_commit_msg.py b/pre_commit_hooks/prepare_commit_msg.py
index c8ff3e8..ef91ad2 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/prepare_commit_msg.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/prepare_commit_msg.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from jinja2 import Template
 
 from pre_commit_hooks.util import CalledProcessError
 from pre_commit_hooks.util import cmd_output
-from testing.util import get_template_path
+from pre_commit_hooks.util import get_template_path
 
 
 def get_current_branch() -> str:
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/util.py b/pre_commit_hooks/util.py
index d6c90ae..64c026f 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/util.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/util.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 import subprocess
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -30,3 +31,8 @@ def zsplit(s: str) -> list[str]:
         return s.split('\0')
     else:
         return []
+
+
+def get_template_path(path: str) -> str:
+    parent_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.pardir))
+    return os.path.join(parent_dir, 'templates', path)
diff --git a/testing/util.py b/testing/util.py
index fb735b3..2bbbe64 100644
--- a/testing/util.py
+++ b/testing/util.py
@@ -14,8 +14,3 @@ def get_resource_path(path):
 def git_commit(*args, **kwargs):
     cmd = ('git', 'commit', '--no-gpg-sign', '--no-verify', '--no-edit', *args)
     subprocess.check_call(cmd, **kwargs)
-
-
-def get_template_path(path):
-    parent_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(TESTING_DIR, os.pardir))
-    return os.path.join(parent_dir, 'templates', path)
diff --git a/tests/prepare_commit_msg_test.py b/tests/prepare_commit_msg_test.py
index e066cd6..d2a4c7e 100644
--- a/tests/prepare_commit_msg_test.py
+++ b/tests/prepare_commit_msg_test.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from pre_commit_hooks.prepare_commit_msg import get_current_branch
 from pre_commit_hooks.prepare_commit_msg import main
 from pre_commit_hooks.prepare_commit_msg import update_commit_file
 from pre_commit_hooks.util import cmd_output
-from testing.util import get_template_path
+from pre_commit_hooks.util import get_template_path
 
 
 def test_current_branch(temp_git_dir):