diff --git a/src/json5.rs b/src/json5.rs
index e3c9536..11bb3ba 100644
--- a/src/json5.rs
+++ b/src/json5.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl Default for FormatOptions {
 /// ```
 pub fn template<C: Config>(options: FormatOptions) -> String {
     let mut out = Json5Formatter::new(&options);
-    template::format::<C>(&mut out, options.general);
+    template::format(&C::META, &mut out, options.general);
     out.finish()
 }
 
diff --git a/src/template.rs b/src/template.rs
index ab5a8ce..6ed54f9 100644
--- a/src/template.rs
+++ b/src/template.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 
-use crate::{Config, meta::{Meta, FieldKind, LeafKind, Expr}};
+use crate::meta::{Meta, FieldKind, LeafKind, Expr};
 
 
 /// Trait abstracting over the format differences when it comes to formatting a
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ impl Default for FormatOptions {
 /// If you don't need to use a custom formatter, rather look at the `format`
 /// functions in the format-specific modules (e.g. `toml::format`,
 /// `yaml::format`).
-pub(crate) fn format<C: Config>(out: &mut impl Formatter, options: FormatOptions) {
-    let meta = &C::META;
-
+pub(crate) fn format(meta: &Meta, out: &mut impl Formatter, options: FormatOptions) {
     // Print root docs.
     if options.comments {
         meta.doc.iter().for_each(|doc| out.comment(doc));
diff --git a/src/toml.rs b/src/toml.rs
index 9917b59..37a3ec7 100644
--- a/src/toml.rs
+++ b/src/toml.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ impl Default for FormatOptions {
 /// ```
 pub fn template<C: Config>(options: FormatOptions) -> String {
     let mut out = TomlFormatter::new(&options);
-    template::format::<C>(&mut out, options.general);
+    template::format(&C::META, &mut out, options.general);
     out.finish()
 }
 
diff --git a/src/yaml.rs b/src/yaml.rs
index 28d280f..116e595 100644
--- a/src/yaml.rs
+++ b/src/yaml.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl Default for FormatOptions {
 /// ```
 pub fn template<C: Config>(options: FormatOptions) -> String {
     let mut out = YamlFormatter::new(&options);
-    template::format::<C>(&mut out, options.general);
+    template::format(&C::META, &mut out, options.general);
     out.finish()
 }