diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/__init__.py b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/__init__.py
index 3a510a14fd..1168393517 100644
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/__init__.py
+++ b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ def main(global_config, **settings):
     """ This function returns a Pyramid WSGI application.
     """
     config = Configurator(settings=settings)
-    config.include('pyramid_jinja2')
-    config.include('.models.meta')
+    config.include('pyramid_chameleon')
+    config.include('.models')
     config.add_static_view('static', 'static', cache_max_age=3600)
     config.add_route('home', '/')
     config.scan()
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/meta.py b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models.py
similarity index 80%
rename from pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/meta.py
rename to pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models.py
index f66d1e5ec9..832e67b379 100644
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/meta.py
+++ b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+from sqlalchemy import (
+    Column,
+    Index,
+    Integer,
+    Text,
+    )
+
 from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
@@ -45,3 +52,11 @@ def get_dbmaker(engine):
     return dbmaker
 
 
+class MyModel(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'models'
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    name = Column(Text)
+    value = Column(Integer)
+
+
+Index('my_index', MyModel.name, unique=True, mysql_length=255)
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/__init__.py b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 01c31e4979..0000000000
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# import all models classes here for sqlalchemy mappers
-# to pick up
-from .mymodel import MyModel
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/mymodel.py b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/mymodel.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b4191aa55a..0000000000
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/models/mymodel.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-from .meta import Base
-from sqlalchemy import (
-    Column,
-    Index,
-    Integer,
-    Text,
-)
-
-class MyModel(Base):
-    __tablename__ = 'models'
-    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
-    name = Column(Text)
-    value = Column(Integer)
-
-
-Index('my_index', MyModel.name, unique=True, mysql_length=255)
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/scripts/initializedb.py b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/scripts/initializedb.py
index f0d09729eb..43e25bff86 100644
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/scripts/initializedb.py
+++ b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/scripts/initializedb.py
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 from pyramid.scripts.common import parse_vars
 
-from ..models.meta import (
+from ..models import (
+    MyModel,
     Base,
     get_session,
     get_engine,
     get_dbmaker,
     )
-from ..models.mymodel import MyModel
 
 
 def usage(argv):
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/mytemplate.jinja2_tmpl b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/mytemplate.jinja2_tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 01fe5b8e33..0000000000
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/mytemplate.jinja2_tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{% extends "layout.jinja2" %}
-
-{% block content %}
-<div class="content">
-  <h1><span class="font-semi-bold">Pyramid</span> <span class="smaller">Alchemy scaffold</span></h1>
-  <p class="lead">Welcome to <span class="font-normal">\{\{project\}\}</span>, an&nbsp;application generated&nbsp;by<br>the <span class="font-normal">Pyramid Web Framework {{pyramid_version}}</span>.</p>
-</div>
-{% endblock content %}
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/layout.jinja2_tmpl b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/mytemplate.pt_tmpl
similarity index 76%
rename from pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/layout.jinja2_tmpl
rename to pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/mytemplate.pt_tmpl
index 51e3826549..3f1d23d479 100644
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/layout.jinja2_tmpl
+++ b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/templates/mytemplate.pt_tmpl
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="\{\{request.locale_name\}\}">
+<html lang="${request.locale_name}">
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
     <meta name="description" content="pyramid web application">
     <meta name="author" content="Pylons Project">
-    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="\{\{request.static_url('{{package}}:static/pyramid-16x16.png')\}\}">
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="${request.static_url('{{package}}:static/pyramid-16x16.png')}">
 
     <title>Alchemy Scaffold for The Pyramid Web Framework</title>
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <link href="//oss.maxcdn.com/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
 
     <!-- Custom styles for this scaffold -->
-    <link href="\{\{request.static_url('{{package}}:static/theme.css')\}\}" rel="stylesheet">
+    <link href="${request.static_url('{{package}}:static/theme.css')}" rel="stylesheet">
 
     <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
     <!--[if lt IE 9]>
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@
       <div class="container">
         <div class="row">
           <div class="col-md-2">
-            <img class="logo img-responsive" src="\{\{request.static_url('{{package}}:static/pyramid.png')\}\}" alt="pyramid web framework">
+            <img class="logo img-responsive" src="${request.static_url('{{package}}:static/pyramid.png')}" alt="pyramid web framework">
           </div>
           <div class="col-md-10">
-            {% block content %}
-                <p>No content</p>
-            {% endblock content %}
+            <div class="content">
+              <h1><span class="font-semi-bold">Pyramid</span> <span class="smaller">Alchemy scaffold</span></h1>
+              <p class="lead">Welcome to <span class="font-normal">${project}</span>, an&nbsp;application generated&nbsp;by<br>the <span class="font-normal">Pyramid Web Framework {{pyramid_version}}</span>.</p>
+            </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div class="row">
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/tests.py_tmpl b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/tests.py_tmpl
index 074c7a773c..4ce7060777 100644
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/tests.py_tmpl
+++ b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/tests.py_tmpl
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ class BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.config = testing.setUp(settings={
             'sqlalchemy.url': 'sqlite:///:memory:'
         })
-        self.config.include('.models.meta')
+        self.config.include('.models')
         settings = self.config.get_settings()
 
-        from .models.meta import (
+        from .models import (
             get_session,
             get_engine,
             get_dbmaker,
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ class BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.session = get_session(transaction.manager, dbmaker)
 
     def init_database(self):
-        from .models.meta import Base
+        from .models import Base
         Base.metadata.create_all(self.engine)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        from .models.meta import Base
+        from .models import Base
 
         testing.tearDown()
         transaction.abort()
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ class TestMyViewSuccessCondition(BaseTest):
         super(TestMyViewSuccessCondition, self).setUp()
         self.init_database()
 
-        from .models.mymodel import MyModel
+        from .models import MyModel
 
         model = MyModel(name='one', value=55)
         self.session.add(model)
 
     def test_passing_view(self):
-        from .views.default import my_view
+        from .views import my_view
         info = my_view(dummy_request(self.session))
         self.assertEqual(info['one'].name, 'one')
         self.assertEqual(info['project'], '{{project}}')
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ class TestMyViewSuccessCondition(BaseTest):
 class TestMyViewFailureCondition(BaseTest):
 
     def test_failing_view(self):
-        from .views.default import my_view
+        from .views import my_view
         info = my_view(dummy_request(self.session))
         self.assertEqual(info.status_int, 500)
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/views/default.py_tmpl b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/views.py_tmpl
similarity index 89%
rename from pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/views/default.py_tmpl
rename to pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/views.py_tmpl
index 027bb2934c..b559b31ce2 100644
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/views/default.py_tmpl
+++ b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/views.py_tmpl
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ from pyramid.view import view_config
 
 from sqlalchemy.exc import DBAPIError
 
-from ..models.mymodel import MyModel
+from .models import MyModel
 
 
-@view_config(route_name='home', renderer='../templates/mytemplate.jinja2')
+@view_config(route_name='home', renderer='templates/mytemplate.pt')
 def my_view(request):
     try:
         one = request.dbsession.query(MyModel).filter(MyModel.name == 'one').first()
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/views/__init__.py b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/+package+/views/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/setup.py_tmpl b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/setup.py_tmpl
index af193a73de..9496b9948b 100644
--- a/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/setup.py_tmpl
+++ b/pyramid/scaffolds/alchemy/setup.py_tmpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with open(os.path.join(here, 'CHANGES.txt')) as f:
 
 requires = [
     'pyramid',
-    'pyramid_jinja2',
+    'pyramid_chameleon',
     'pyramid_debugtoolbar',
     'pyramid_tm',
     'SQLAlchemy',