diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/build/config/android/rules.gni b/engine/src/flutter/build/config/android/rules.gni
index 00609bf2d23..dc6e13607d7 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/build/config/android/rules.gni
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/build/config/android/rules.gni
@@ -417,59 +417,6 @@ template("java_cpp_enum") {
   }
 }
 
-# Declare a target for processing a Jinja template.
-#
-# Variables
-#   input: The template file to be processed.
-#   output: Where to save the result.
-#   variables: (Optional) A list of variables to make available to the template
-#     processing environment, e.g. ["name=foo", "color=red"].
-#
-# Example
-#   jinja_template("chrome_shell_manifest") {
-#     input = "shell/java/AndroidManifest.xml"
-#     output = "$target_gen_dir/AndroidManifest.xml"
-#   }
-template("jinja_template") {
-  set_sources_assignment_filter([])
-  if (defined(invoker.testonly)) {
-    testonly = invoker.testonly
-  }
-
-  assert(defined(invoker.input))
-  assert(defined(invoker.output))
-
-  action(target_name) {
-    if (defined(invoker.visibility)) {
-      visibility = invoker.visibility
-    }
-
-    sources = [
-      invoker.input,
-    ]
-    script = "//build/android/gyp/jinja_template.py"
-    depfile = "$target_gen_dir/$target_name.d"
-
-    outputs = [
-      depfile,
-      invoker.output,
-    ]
-
-    args = [
-      "--inputs",
-      rebase_path(invoker.input, root_build_dir),
-      "--output",
-      rebase_path(invoker.output, root_build_dir),
-      "--depfile",
-      rebase_path(depfile, root_build_dir),
-    ]
-    if (defined(invoker.variables)) {
-      variables = invoker.variables
-      args += [ "--variables=${variables}" ]
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 # Declare a target for processing Android resources as Jinja templates.
 #
 # This takes an Android resource directory where each resource is a Jinja
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/build/config/templates/templates.gni b/engine/src/flutter/build/config/templates/templates.gni
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae00fca3aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/build/config/templates/templates.gni
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Declare a target for processing a template.
+#
+# Variables
+#   input: The template file to be processed.
+#   output: Where to save the result.
+#   variables: A list of variables to make available to the template
+#     processing environment, e.g. ["name=foo", "color=red"].
+#
+# Example
+#   file_template("chrome_shell_manifest") {
+#     input = "shell/java/AndroidManifest.xml"
+#     output = "$target_gen_dir/AndroidManifest.xml"
+#     variables = "app_name=chrome_shell app_version=1"
+#   }
+template("file_template") {
+  set_sources_assignment_filter([])
+
+  if (defined(invoker.testonly)) {
+    testonly = invoker.testonly
+  }
+
+  assert(defined(invoker.input),
+      "The input file must be specified")
+  assert(defined(invoker.output),
+      "The output file must be specified")
+  assert(defined(invoker.variables),
+      "The variable used for substitution in templates must be specified")
+
+  variables = invoker.variables
+
+  action(target_name) {
+    if(defined(invoker.visibility)) {
+      visibility = invoker.visibility
+    }
+
+    script = "//build/android/gyp/jinja_template.py"
+    depfile = "$target_gen_dir/$target_name.d"
+
+    sources = [ invoker.input ]
+    outputs = [ invoker.output, depfile ]
+
+    args = [
+      "--inputs",
+      rebase_path(invoker.input, root_build_dir),
+      "--output",
+      rebase_path(invoker.output, root_build_dir),
+      "--depfile",
+      rebase_path(depfile, root_build_dir),
+      "--variables=${variables}"
+    ]
+  }
+}