diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/orders/directives/customer_search_override.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/orders/directives/customer_search_override.js.coffee
index 76200d92ff..79d4ac4a4b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/orders/directives/customer_search_override.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/orders/directives/customer_search_override.js.coffee
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ angular.module("admin.orders").directive 'customerSearchOverride', ->
   scope:
     distributorId: '@'
   link: (scope, element, attr) ->
+    if $('#customer_autocomplete_template').length > 0
+      customerTemplate = Handlebars.compile($('#customer_autocomplete_template').text())
+
     formatCustomerResult = (customer) ->
       customerTemplate
         customer: customer
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/spree/orders/customer_autocomplete.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/spree/orders/customer_autocomplete.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bc12f5148d..0000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/spree/orders/customer_autocomplete.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-$(document).ready(function() {
-  if ($('#customer_autocomplete_template').length > 0) {
-    window.customerTemplate = Handlebars.compile($('#customer_autocomplete_template').text());
-  }
-});