diff --git a/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/scala/AbstractScalaCodegen.java b/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/scala/AbstractScalaCodegen.java
index aab44d3262..33f6e42bbf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/scala/AbstractScalaCodegen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/scala/AbstractScalaCodegen.java
@@ -226,11 +226,6 @@ public String escapeUnsafeCharacters(String input) {
         return input.replace("*/", "*_/").replace("/*", "/_*");
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public TemplateEngine getTemplateEngine() {
-        return new MustacheTemplateEngine(this);
-    }
-
     protected String formatIdentifier(String name, boolean capitalized) {
         String identifier = camelize(sanitizeName(name), true);
         if (capitalized) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/scala/AkkaHttpServerCodegen.java b/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/scala/AkkaHttpServerCodegen.java
index b405bcf497..2a743f0057 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/scala/AkkaHttpServerCodegen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/v3/generators/scala/AkkaHttpServerCodegen.java
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ public AkkaHttpServerCodegen() {
         apiPackage = "io.swagger.server.api";
         modelPackage = "io.swagger.server.model";
 
-        //TEMPLATING
-        embeddedTemplateDir = templateDir = getTemplateDir();
-
         apiTemplateFiles.put("api.mustache", ".scala");
         modelTemplateFiles.put("model.mustache", ".scala");
 
@@ -58,6 +55,12 @@ public AkkaHttpServerCodegen() {
 
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void processOpts() {
+        super.processOpts();
+        embeddedTemplateDir = templateDir = getTemplateDir();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Map<String, Object> postProcessOperations(Map<String, Object> objs) {
         return setComplexTypes(objs);