diff --git a/resources/static/pages/js/manage_account.js b/resources/static/pages/js/manage_account.js
index 119febf71a1c0f2fb6c8466b5a6b9fa704911452..c6f85634a123582a6c0b80420911385ac1fbfe04 100644
--- a/resources/static/pages/js/manage_account.js
+++ b/resources/static/pages/js/manage_account.js
@@ -211,8 +211,7 @@ BrowserID.manageAccount = (function() {
 
       var self=this,
           oncomplete = options.ready,
-          template = new EJS({ text: dom.getInner("#templateManage") }),
-          manage = template.render({});
+          manage = dom.getInner("#templateManage") });
 
       dom.insertAfter(manage, "#hAlign");
 
diff --git a/resources/views/index.ejs b/resources/views/index.ejs
index 77c2b4af563974f63d7e8a87db4f56f03e9e4a4a..600183a560fc6ba8717b5e1cca8ad93b8dd1f084 100644
--- a/resources/views/index.ejs
+++ b/resources/views/index.ejs
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
       </div>
   </div>
 
+  <!-- 
+    These "templates" below aren't available as EJS client-side, since all
+    EJS tags are processed when this view is served by the server.
+  -->
+
   <script type="text/html" id="templateUser">
     <li class="identity cf" id="{{ email.replace('@', '_').replace('.', '_') }}">
       <div class="email">{{ email }}</div>