diff --git a/tpl/data/cache.go b/tpl/data/cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37990f124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tpl/data/cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package data
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/url"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"github.com/spf13/hugo/config"
+	"github.com/spf13/hugo/helpers"
+)
+
+var cacheMu sync.RWMutex
+
+// getCacheFileID returns the cache ID for a string.
+func getCacheFileID(cfg config.Provider, id string) string {
+	return cfg.GetString("cacheDir") + url.QueryEscape(id)
+}
+
+// getCache returns the content for an ID from the file cache or an error.
+// If the ID is not found, return nil,nil.
+func getCache(id string, fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider, ignoreCache bool) ([]byte, error) {
+	if ignoreCache {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	cacheMu.RLock()
+	defer cacheMu.RUnlock()
+
+	fID := getCacheFileID(cfg, id)
+	isExists, err := helpers.Exists(fID, fs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if !isExists {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	return afero.ReadFile(fs, fID)
+}
+
+// writeCache writes bytes associated with an ID into the file cache.
+func writeCache(id string, c []byte, fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider, ignoreCache bool) error {
+	if ignoreCache {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cacheMu.Lock()
+	defer cacheMu.Unlock()
+
+	fID := getCacheFileID(cfg, id)
+	f, err := fs.Create(fID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("Error: " + err.Error() + ". Failed to create file: " + fID)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	n, err := f.Write(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.New("Error: " + err.Error() + ". Failed to write to file: " + fID)
+	}
+	if n == 0 {
+		return errors.New("No bytes written to file: " + fID)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func deleteCache(id string, fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider) error {
+	return fs.Remove(getCacheFileID(cfg, id))
+}
diff --git a/tpl/data/resources.go b/tpl/data/resources.go
index 5f4cf9b94..56714e1a1 100644
--- a/tpl/data/resources.go
+++ b/tpl/data/resources.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ var (
 	remoteURLLock = &remoteLock{m: make(map[string]*sync.Mutex)}
 	resSleep      = time.Second * 2 // if JSON decoding failed sleep for n seconds before retrying
 	resRetries    = 1               // number of retries to load the JSON from URL or local file system
-	resCacheMu    sync.RWMutex
 )
 
 type remoteLock struct {
@@ -68,63 +66,6 @@ func (l *remoteLock) URLUnlock(url string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// getCacheFileID returns the cache ID for a string.
-func getCacheFileID(cfg config.Provider, id string) string {
-	return cfg.GetString("cacheDir") + url.QueryEscape(id)
-}
-
-// getCache returns the content for an ID from the file cache or an error.
-// If the ID is not found, return nil,nil.
-func getCache(id string, fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider, ignoreCache bool) ([]byte, error) {
-	if ignoreCache {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	resCacheMu.RLock()
-	defer resCacheMu.RUnlock()
-
-	fID := getCacheFileID(cfg, id)
-	isExists, err := helpers.Exists(fID, fs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if !isExists {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	return afero.ReadFile(fs, fID)
-}
-
-// writeCache writes bytes associated with an ID into the file cache.
-func writeCache(id string, c []byte, fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider, ignoreCache bool) error {
-	if ignoreCache {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	resCacheMu.Lock()
-	defer resCacheMu.Unlock()
-
-	fID := getCacheFileID(cfg, id)
-	f, err := fs.Create(fID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.New("Error: " + err.Error() + ". Failed to create file: " + fID)
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	n, err := f.Write(c)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.New("Error: " + err.Error() + ". Failed to write to file: " + fID)
-	}
-	if n == 0 {
-		return errors.New("No bytes written to file: " + fID)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func deleteCache(id string, fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider) error {
-	return fs.Remove(getCacheFileID(cfg, id))
-}
-
 // getRemote loads the content of a remote file. This method is thread safe.
 func getRemote(url string, fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider, hc *http.Client) ([]byte, error) {
 	c, err := getCache(url, fs, cfg, cfg.GetBool("ignoreCache"))