diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlBar.tsx b/ui/src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlBar.tsx
index 1179f3c237..08464cd513 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlBar.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlBar.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import uuid from 'uuid'
 
 import Authorized, {EDITOR_ROLE} from 'src/auth/Authorized'
 import TemplateControlDropdown from 'src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlDropdown'
-import {Template} from 'src/types/dashboard'
+import {Template} from 'src/types/tempVars'
 
 interface Props {
   meRole: string
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlDropdown.tsx b/ui/src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlDropdown.tsx
index 6bb2155cfe..0e0c34ca9a 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlDropdown.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/TemplateControlDropdown.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React, {SFC} from 'react'
 import Dropdown from 'src/shared/components/Dropdown'
 import {calculateDropdownWidth} from 'src/dashboards/constants/templateControlBar'
 import {isUserAuthorized, EDITOR_ROLE} from 'src/auth/Authorized'
-import {Template} from 'src/types/dashboard'
+import {Template} from 'src/types/tempVars'
 
 interface Props {
   template: Template
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/utils/tempVars.ts b/ui/src/dashboards/utils/tempVars.ts
index 4338216dfe..482e7c07f7 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/utils/tempVars.ts
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/utils/tempVars.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import _ from 'lodash'
 
 import {TEMPLATE_VARIABLE_QUERIES} from 'src/dashboards/constants'
-import {Template, TemplateQuery} from 'src/types/dashboard'
-import {URLQueries} from 'src/types'
+import {Template, TemplateQuery, URLQueries} from 'src/types/tempVars'
 
 interface PartialTemplateWithQuery {
   query: string
diff --git a/ui/src/types/dashboard.ts b/ui/src/types/dashboard.ts
index 53f82750f4..aa72ff1e0d 100644
--- a/ui/src/types/dashboard.ts
+++ b/ui/src/types/dashboard.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {QueryConfig} from 'src/types'
 import {ColorString} from 'src/types/colors'
+import {Template} from 'src/types/tempVars'
 
 interface Axis {
   bounds: [string, string]
@@ -96,32 +97,6 @@ export enum CellType {
   Guide = 'guide',
 }
 
-export interface TemplateValue {
-  value: string
-  type: string
-  selected: boolean
-}
-
-export interface TemplateQuery {
-  command: string
-  db: string
-  database?: string
-  rp?: string
-  measurement: string
-  tagKey: string
-  fieldKey: string
-  influxql: string
-}
-
-export interface Template {
-  id: string
-  tempVar: string
-  values: TemplateValue[]
-  type: string
-  label: string
-  query?: TemplateQuery
-}
-
 interface DashboardLinks {
   self: string
   cells: string
diff --git a/ui/src/types/index.ts b/ui/src/types/index.ts
index 72059c0c73..66d0343207 100644
--- a/ui/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/ui/src/types/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import {LayoutCell, LayoutQuery} from './layouts'
 import {Service, NewService} from './services'
 import {AuthLinks, Organization, Role, User, Me} from './auth'
-import {Template, Cell, CellQuery, Legend, Axes, Dashboard} from './dashboard'
+import {Cell, CellQuery, Legend, Axes, Dashboard} from './dashboard'
+import {Template, URLQueries} from './tempVars'
 import {
   GroupBy,
   Query,
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from './query'
 import {AlertRule, Kapacitor, Task} from './kapacitor'
 import {Source, SourceLinks} from './sources'
-import {DropdownAction, DropdownItem, URLQueries} from './shared'
+import {DropdownAction, DropdownItem} from './shared'
 import {
   Notification,
   NotificationFunc,
diff --git a/ui/src/types/shared.ts b/ui/src/types/shared.ts
index 4af8701ca4..600cc59a7c 100644
--- a/ui/src/types/shared.ts
+++ b/ui/src/types/shared.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,3 @@ export interface PageSection {
   component: ReactNode
   enabled: boolean
 }
-
-export interface URLQueries {
-  [key: string]: string
-}
diff --git a/ui/src/types/tempVars.ts b/ui/src/types/tempVars.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0929501e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/types/tempVars.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+export interface TemplateValue {
+  value: string
+  type: string
+  selected: boolean
+}
+
+export interface TemplateQuery {
+  command: string
+  db: string
+  database?: string
+  rp?: string
+  measurement: string
+  tagKey: string
+  fieldKey: string
+  influxql: string
+}
+
+export interface Template {
+  id: string
+  tempVar: string
+  values: TemplateValue[]
+  type: string
+  label: string
+  query?: TemplateQuery
+}
+
+export interface URLQueries {
+  [key: string]: string
+}