diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/android/gradleConfig.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/android/gradleConfig.ts
index 573cad4f..2c93f8bc 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/android/gradleConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/android/gradleConfig.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 import { BuildContext } from '../context';
 
-const EAS_BUILD_GRADLE_TEMPLATE_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../../templates/eas-build.gradle');
+const EAS_BUILD_GRADLE_TEMPLATE = require('../../templates/eas-build.gradle');
 const APPLY_EAS_BUILD_GRADLE_LINE = 'apply from: "./eas-build.gradle"';
 
 export async function configureBuildGradle(ctx: BuildContext<Android.Job>): Promise<void> {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function getEasBuildGradlePath(projectRoot: string): string {
 
 async function createEasBuildGradle(projectRoot: string): Promise<void> {
   const easBuildGradlePath = getEasBuildGradlePath(projectRoot);
-  await fs.copy(EAS_BUILD_GRADLE_TEMPLATE_PATH, easBuildGradlePath);
+  await fs.writeFile(easBuildGradlePath, EAS_BUILD_GRADLE_TEMPLATE);
 }
 
 async function addApplyToBuildGradle(projectRoot: string): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/ios/fastfile.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/ios/fastfile.ts
index 28b95a9b..f490c8b8 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/ios/fastfile.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/ios/fastfile.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import path from 'path';
-
 import templateFile from '@expo/template-file';
 
 import { TargetProvisioningProfiles } from './credentials/manager';
 
-const RESIGN_TEMPLATE_FILE_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../../templates/Fastfile.resign.template');
+const RESIGN_TEMPLATE = require('../../templates/Fastfile.resign.template');
 
 export async function createFastfileForResigningBuild({
   outputFile,
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ export async function createFastfileForResigningBuild({
   }
 
   await templateFile(
-    RESIGN_TEMPLATE_FILE_PATH,
+    RESIGN_TEMPLATE,
     {
       IPA_PATH: ipaPath,
       SIGNING_IDENTITY: signingIdentity,
@@ -38,6 +36,8 @@ export async function createFastfileForResigningBuild({
       KEYCHAIN_PATH: keychainPath,
     },
     outputFile,
-    { mustache: false }
+    {
+      mustache: false,
+    }
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/ios/gymfile.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/ios/gymfile.ts
index e9056513..1f43a748 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/ios/gymfile.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/ios/gymfile.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-import path from 'path';
-
 import templateFile from '@expo/template-file';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 import { Credentials } from './credentials/manager';
 
-const ARCHIVE_TEMPLATE_FILE_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../../templates/Gymfile.archive.template');
-const SIMULATOR_TEMPLATE_FILE_PATH = path.join(
-  __dirname,
-  '../../templates/Gymfile.simulator.template'
-);
+const ARCHIVE_TEMPLATE = require('../../templates/Gymfile.archive.template');
+const SIMULATOR_TEMPLATE = require('../../templates/Gymfile.simulator.template');
 
 interface ArchiveBuildOptions {
   outputFile: string;
@@ -58,7 +53,7 @@ export async function createGymfileForArchiveBuild({
 
   await fs.mkdirp(logsDirectory);
   await createGymfile({
-    template: ARCHIVE_TEMPLATE_FILE_PATH,
+    template: ARCHIVE_TEMPLATE,
     outputFile,
     vars: {
       KEYCHAIN_PATH: credentials.keychainPath,
@@ -85,7 +80,7 @@ export async function createGymfileForSimulatorBuild({
 }: SimulatorBuildOptions): Promise<void> {
   await fs.mkdirp(logsDirectory);
   await createGymfile({
-    template: SIMULATOR_TEMPLATE_FILE_PATH,
+    template: SIMULATOR_TEMPLATE,
     outputFile,
     vars: {
       SCHEME: scheme,
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/generateGymfileFromTemplate.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/generateGymfileFromTemplate.ts
index b21e5fee..00958518 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/generateGymfileFromTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/generateGymfileFromTemplate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
 import path from 'path';
-import os from 'os';
 
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { BuildFunction, BuildStepInput, BuildStepInputValueTypeName } from '@expo/steps';
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import { IOSConfig } from '@expo/config-plugins';
 import plist from '@expo/plist';
 import { bunyan } from '@expo/logger';
 import templateFile from '@expo/template-file';
-import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 
 import { IosBuildCredentialsSchema } from '../utils/ios/credentials/credentials';
 import IosCredentialsManager, { Credentials } from '../utils/ios/credentials/manager';
@@ -147,8 +145,6 @@ export function generateGymfileFromTemplateFunction(): BuildFunction {
         buildConfiguration
       );
 
-      const templatePath = await saveTemplateToTemporaryFileAsync(template);
-
       const gymfilePath = path.join(stepCtx.workingDirectory, 'ios/Gymfile');
 
       const PROFILES: { BUNDLE_ID: string; UUID: string }[] = [];
@@ -175,7 +171,7 @@ export function generateGymfileFromTemplateFunction(): BuildFunction {
       const simulatorDestination = `generic/platform=${isTV ? 'tvOS' : 'iOS'} Simulator`;
 
       await createGymfile({
-        template: templatePath,
+        template,
         outputFile: gymfilePath,
         vars: {
           SCHEME: scheme,
@@ -238,11 +234,3 @@ async function createGymfile({
 }): Promise<void> {
   await templateFile(template, vars, outputFile, { mustache: false });
 }
-
-async function saveTemplateToTemporaryFileAsync(template: string): Promise<string> {
-  const directory = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `gymfile-template-${uuid()}`);
-  await fs.mkdir(directory, { recursive: true });
-  const templatePath = path.join(directory, 'Gymfile.template');
-  await fs.writeFile(templatePath, template);
-  return templatePath;
-}
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/useNpmToken.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/useNpmToken.ts
index 9516c32b..ad99ef79 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/useNpmToken.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/functions/useNpmToken.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { BuildFunction } from '@expo/steps';
 
 import { findPackagerRootDir } from '../../utils/packageManager';
 
-const NPMRC_TEMPLATE_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../../templates/npmrc');
+const NPMRC_TEMPLATE = require('../../../templates/npmrc');
 
 export function createSetUpNpmrcBuildFunction(): BuildFunction {
   return new BuildFunction({
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ export function createSetUpNpmrcBuildFunction(): BuildFunction {
         if (await fs.pathExists(projectNpmrcPath)) {
           logger.info('.npmrc already exists in your project directory, skipping generation');
         } else {
-          const npmrcContents = await fs.readFile(NPMRC_TEMPLATE_PATH, 'utf8');
+          const npmrcContents = NPMRC_TEMPLATE;
           logger.info('Creating .npmrc in your project directory with the following contents:');
           logger.info(npmrcContents);
-          await fs.copy(NPMRC_TEMPLATE_PATH, projectNpmrcPath);
+          await fs.writeFile(projectNpmrcPath, npmrcContents);
         }
       } else {
         const projectNpmrcPath = path.join(findPackagerRootDir(stepCtx.workingDirectory), '.npmrc');
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/utils/android/gradleConfig.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/utils/android/gradleConfig.ts
index 40b389ae..271130f8 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/steps/utils/android/gradleConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/steps/utils/android/gradleConfig.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,8 @@ import { bunyan } from '@expo/logger';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import templateFile from '@expo/template-file';
 
-const EAS_BUILD_INJECT_CREDENTIALS_GRADLE_TEMPLATE_PATH = path.join(
-  __dirname,
-  '../../../../templates/eas-build-inject-android-credentials.gradle'
-);
-const EAS_BUILD_CONFIGURE_VERSION_GRADLE_TEMPLATE_PATH = path.join(
-  __dirname,
-  '../../../../templates/eas-build-configure-version.gradle.template'
-);
+const EAS_BUILD_INJECT_CREDENTIALS_GRADLE_TEMPLATE = require('../../../../templates/eas-build-inject-android-credentials.gradle');
+const EAS_BUILD_CONFIGURE_VERSION_GRADLE_TEMPLATE = require('../../../../templates/eas-build-configure-version.gradle.template');
 
 const APPLY_EAS_BUILD_INJECT_CREDENTIALS_GRADLE_LINE =
   'apply from: "./eas-build-inject-android-credentials.gradle"';
@@ -68,7 +62,7 @@ function getEasBuildConfigureVersionGradlePath(workingDir: string): string {
 
 async function createEasBuildInjectCredentialsGradle(workingDir: string): Promise<void> {
   const targetPath = getEasBuildInjectCredentialsGradlePath(workingDir);
-  await fs.copy(EAS_BUILD_INJECT_CREDENTIALS_GRADLE_TEMPLATE_PATH, targetPath);
+  await fs.writeFile(targetPath, EAS_BUILD_INJECT_CREDENTIALS_GRADLE_TEMPLATE);
 }
 
 async function createEasBuildConfigureVersionGradle(
@@ -77,7 +71,7 @@ async function createEasBuildConfigureVersionGradle(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const targetPath = getEasBuildConfigureVersionGradlePath(workingDir);
   await templateFile(
-    EAS_BUILD_CONFIGURE_VERSION_GRADLE_TEMPLATE_PATH,
+    EAS_BUILD_CONFIGURE_VERSION_GRADLE_TEMPLATE,
     {
       VERSION_CODE: versionCode,
       VERSION_NAME: versionName,
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/utils/npmrc.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/utils/npmrc.ts
index 062f5a38..2efd4b72 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/utils/npmrc.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/utils/npmrc.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { BuildContext } from '../context';
 
 import { findPackagerRootDir } from './packageManager';
 
-const NPMRC_TEMPLATE_PATH = path.join(__dirname, '../../templates/npmrc');
+const NPMRC_TEMPLATE = require('../../templates/npmrc');
 
 export async function setUpNpmrcAsync(ctx: BuildContext<Job>, logger: bunyan): Promise<void> {
   if (ctx.env.NPM_TOKEN) {
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ async function createNpmrcIfNotExistsAsync(ctx: BuildContext<Job>, logger: bunya
   if (await fs.pathExists(projectNpmrcPath)) {
     logger.info('.npmrc already exists in your project directory, skipping generation');
   } else {
-    const npmrcContents = await fs.readFile(NPMRC_TEMPLATE_PATH, 'utf8');
+    const npmrcContents = NPMRC_TEMPLATE;
     logger.info('Creating .npmrc in your project directory with the following contents:');
     logger.info(npmrcContents);
-    await fs.copy(NPMRC_TEMPLATE_PATH, projectNpmrcPath);
+    await fs.writeFile(projectNpmrcPath, NPMRC_TEMPLATE);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/build-tools/src/utils/prepareBuildExecutable.ts b/packages/build-tools/src/utils/prepareBuildExecutable.ts
index 8013cbbf..d87b49f1 100644
--- a/packages/build-tools/src/utils/prepareBuildExecutable.ts
+++ b/packages/build-tools/src/utils/prepareBuildExecutable.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { BuildContext } from '../context';
 
 export async function prepareExecutableAsync(ctx: BuildContext<Job>): Promise<void> {
-  await fs.copy(
-    path.join(__dirname, '../../bin/set-env'),
-    path.join(ctx.buildExecutablesDirectory, 'set-env')
+  await fs.writeFile(
+    path.join(ctx.buildExecutablesDirectory, 'set-env'),
+    require('../../bin/set-env')
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-eas-build-function/src/templates.ts b/packages/create-eas-build-function/src/templates.ts
index 76c53fe7..65b9a239 100644
--- a/packages/create-eas-build-function/src/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/create-eas-build-function/src/templates.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import path from 'path';
-
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ export async function copyTemplateAsync(
     cwd: string;
   }
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const modulePath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../templates', resolvedTemplate);
+  const modulePath = require(`../templates/${resolvedTemplate}`);
   try {
     await copyDir(modulePath, props.cwd);
   } catch (error: any) {
diff --git a/packages/template-file/README.md b/packages/template-file/README.md
index df262f6f..bc4878bd 100644
--- a/packages/template-file/README.md
+++ b/packages/template-file/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## API
 
 ```ts
-templateFile(templateFilePath: string, outputFilePath: string, envs: Record<string, string | number>): Promise<void>
+templateFile(templateContents: string, outputFilePath: string, envs: Record<string, string | number>): Promise<void>
 ```
 
 ## Usage example
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ templateFile(templateFilePath: string, outputFilePath: string, envs: Record<stri
 ```ts
 import templateFile from '@expo/template-file';
 
-await templateFile('abc.json.template', 'abc.json', { ABC: 123, XYZ: 789 });
-```
-
-`abc.json.template` file contents:
-```
+const templateContents = `
 {
   "someKey": {{ ABC }},
   "anotherKey": {{ XYZ }}
 }
+`;
+
+await templateFile(templateContents, 'abc.json', { ABC: 123, XYZ: 789 });
 ```
 
 `abc.json` file should be created with the following contents:
+
 ```json
 {
   "someKey": 123,
diff --git a/packages/template-file/src/__tests__/templateFile.test.ts b/packages/template-file/src/__tests__/templateFile.test.ts
index d4a27b27..296bcde5 100644
--- a/packages/template-file/src/__tests__/templateFile.test.ts
+++ b/packages/template-file/src/__tests__/templateFile.test.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 import templateFile from '../templateFile';
 
-const templatePath = path.join(__dirname, 'example.json.template');
-
 describe('templateFile', () => {
   const outputFile = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'output.json');
 
@@ -15,14 +13,18 @@ describe('templateFile', () => {
   });
 
   it('should create an output file with the filled-out template', async () => {
-    await templateFile(templatePath, { SOME_KEY: 123, ANOTHER_KEY: 456 }, outputFile);
+    await templateFile(
+      require('./example.json.template'),
+      { SOME_KEY: 123, ANOTHER_KEY: 456 },
+      outputFile
+    );
     const outputFileContents = await fs.readFile(outputFile, 'utf8');
     const outputFileJson = JSON.parse(outputFileContents);
     expect(outputFileJson).toEqual({ someKey: 123, anotherKey: 456 });
   });
 
   it('should throw an error if some variables are missing', async () => {
-    const templateFilePromise = templateFile(templatePath, {}, outputFile);
+    const templateFilePromise = templateFile(require('./example.json.template'), {}, outputFile);
     await expect(templateFilePromise).rejects.toThrow(/is not defined/);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/template-file/src/templateFile.ts b/packages/template-file/src/templateFile.ts
index dd3e0634..022ece9a 100644
--- a/packages/template-file/src/templateFile.ts
+++ b/packages/template-file/src/templateFile.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
 async function templateFile(
-  templateFilePath: string,
+  templateString: string,
   envs: Record<string, string | number | any>,
   outputFilePath?: string,
   { mustache = true }: { mustache?: boolean } = {}
 ): Promise<string | void> {
-  const templateString = await fs.readFile(templateFilePath, 'utf8');
   const compiledTemplate = _.template(
     templateString,
     mustache