diff --git a/cert/_mapdata/init.sls b/cert/_mapdata/init.sls
index 3529a8d..0252877 100644
--- a/cert/_mapdata/init.sls
+++ b/cert/_mapdata/init.sls
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ---
 {#- Get the `tplroot` from `tpldir` #}
 {%- set tplroot = tpldir.split("/")[0] %}
-{%- from tplroot ~ "/map.jinja" import mapdata with context %}
+{%- from tplroot ~ "/map.jinja" import mapdata without context %}
 
 {%- set _mapdata = {
       "values": mapdata,
diff --git a/cert/init.sls b/cert/init.sls
index c096a76..5cea1ef 100644
--- a/cert/init.sls
+++ b/cert/init.sls
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This is the main state file for deploying certificates
 
-{% from "cert/map.jinja" import mapdata with context %}
+{% from "cert/map.jinja" import mapdata without context %}
 
 # Install required packages
 cert_packages:
diff --git a/cert/libmapstack.jinja b/cert/libmapstack.jinja
index c671c0e..fdbff76 100644
--- a/cert/libmapstack.jinja
+++ b/cert/libmapstack.jinja
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 {#- -*- coding: utf-8 -*- #}
 {#- vim: ft=jinja #}
 
-{#- Get the `tplroot` from `tpldir` #}
-{%- set tplroot = tpldir.split("/")[0] %}
+{#- Force import `without context` #}
+{#- `with context` override the `tplfile` and `tpldir` variables #}
+{%- if not tplfile.endswith("/libmapstack.jinja") %}
+{{ raise("Import error: map.jinja must be imported without context. tplfile='" ~ tplfile ~ "'") }}
+{%- endif %}
+
+{#- Force import with absolute path #}
+{%- if tplfile.startswith("../") %}
+{{ raise("Import error: map.jinja must be imported with absolute path. tplfile='" ~ tplfile ~ "'") }}
+{%- endif %}
+
+{#- `tplroot` is the directory of the current imported file #}
+{%- set tplroot = tpldir %}
 {%- from tplroot ~ "/libmatchers.jinja" import parse_matchers, query_map %}
 
 {%- set _default_config_dirs = [
diff --git a/cert/libmatchers.jinja b/cert/libmatchers.jinja
index e9aaed3..ca16c80 100644
--- a/cert/libmatchers.jinja
+++ b/cert/libmatchers.jinja
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 {#- -*- coding: utf-8 -*- #}
 {#- vim: ft=jinja #}
 
-{#- Get the `tplroot` from `tpldir` #}
-{%- set tplroot = tpldir.split("/")[0] %}
+{#- Force import `without context` #}
+{#- `with context` override the `tplfile` and `tpldir` variables #}
+{%- if not tplfile.endswith("/libmatchers.jinja") %}
+{{ raise("Import error: map.jinja must be imported without context. tplfile='" ~ tplfile ~ "'") }}
+{%- endif %}
+
+{#- Force import with absolute path #}
+{%- if tplfile.startswith("../") %}
+{{ raise("Import error: map.jinja must be imported with absolute path. tplfile='" ~ tplfile ~ "'") }}
+{%- endif %}
+
+{#- `tplroot` is the directory of the current imported file #}
+{%- set tplroot = tpldir %}
 {%- from tplroot ~ "/libsaltcli.jinja" import cli %}
 
 {%- set query_map = {
diff --git a/cert/map.jinja b/cert/map.jinja
index 7340d53..aca0f4e 100644
--- a/cert/map.jinja
+++ b/cert/map.jinja
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# vim: ft=jinja
+{#- -*- coding: utf-8 -*- #}
+{#- vim: ft=jinja #}
 
-{#- Get the `tplroot` from `tpldir` #}
-{%- set tplroot = tpldir.split("/")[0] %}
+{#- Force import `without context` #}
+{#- `with context` override the `tplfile` and `tpldir` variables #}
+{%- if not tplfile.endswith("/map.jinja") %}
+{{ raise("Import error: map.jinja must be imported without context. tplfile='" ~ tplfile ~ "'") }}
+{%- endif %}
+
+{#- Force import with absolute path #}
+{%- if tplfile.startswith("../") %}
+{{ raise("Import error: map.jinja must be imported with absolute path. tplfile='" ~ tplfile ~ "'") }}
+{%- endif %}
+
+{#- `tplroot` is the directory of the current imported file #}
+{%- set tplroot = tpldir %}
 {%- from tplroot ~ "/libmapstack.jinja" import mapstack %}
 
 {#- Where to lookup parameters source files #}
diff --git a/test/salt/states/setup-certs-to-remove.sls b/test/salt/states/setup-certs-to-remove.sls
index f71b71c..6130eeb 100644
--- a/test/salt/states/setup-certs-to-remove.sls
+++ b/test/salt/states/setup-certs-to-remove.sls
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # A testing state created to add certificate and key file that will
 # be removed to test certificate removal.
 
-{% from "cert/map.jinja" import mapdata with context %}
+{% from "cert/map.jinja" import mapdata without context %}
 
 add-test-cert:
   file.managed: