diff --git a/golang/cosmos/daemon/cmd/root_test.go b/golang/cosmos/daemon/cmd/root_test.go
index 76d3c8af7512..0c3d7b2890f1 100644
--- a/golang/cosmos/daemon/cmd/root_test.go
+++ b/golang/cosmos/daemon/cmd/root_test.go
@@ -179,11 +179,7 @@ func TestCLIFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	// appTemplate, appConfig := initAppConfig()
 	appTemplate := serverconfig.DefaultConfigTemplate
 	appConfig := serverconfig.DefaultConfig()
-	tmpl := template.New("appConfigFileTemplate")
-	var configTemplate *template.Template
-	if configTemplate, err = tmpl.Parse(appTemplate); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+	configTemplate := template.Must(template.New("").Parse(appTemplate))
 	var buffer bytes.Buffer
 	if err := configTemplate.Execute(&buffer, appConfig); err != nil {
 		panic(err)