diff --git a/.copywrite.hcl b/.copywrite.hcl
index dbe52115c2..243a0a7307 100644
--- a/.copywrite.hcl
+++ b/.copywrite.hcl
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ project {
     "agent/grpc-middleware/rate_limit_mappings.gen.go",
     "agent/uiserver/dist/**",
 
+    # ignoring policy embedded files
+    "agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/**",
+
     # licensed under MPL - ignoring for now until the copywrite tool can support
     # multiple licenses per repo.
     "sdk/**",
diff --git a/agent/acl_endpoint_test.go b/agent/acl_endpoint_test.go
index ca4fb3668d..e3cc5e4143 100644
--- a/agent/acl_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/agent/acl_endpoint_test.go
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ func TestACL_HTTP(t *testing.T) {
 
 				var templatedPolicy api.ACLTemplatedPolicyResponse
 				require.NoError(t, json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&templatedPolicy))
-				require.Equal(t, structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSSchema, templatedPolicy.Schema)
+				require.Equal(t, structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyNoRequiredVariablesSchema, templatedPolicy.Schema)
 				require.Equal(t, api.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSName, templatedPolicy.TemplateName)
 				require.Equal(t, structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNS, templatedPolicy.Template)
 			})
diff --git a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy.go b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy.go
index fcb5003291..ad5c5f849c 100644
--- a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy.go
+++ b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy.go
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ const (
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyServiceID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyNodeID    = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000004"
 	ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSID     = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000005"
-	ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSSchema = "" // empty schema as it does not require variables
+
+	ACLTemplatedPolicyNoRequiredVariablesSchema = "" // catch-all schema for all templated policy that don't require a schema
 )
 
 // ACLTemplatedPolicyBase contains basic information about builtin templated policies
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ var (
 		api.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSName: {
 			TemplateID:   ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSID,
 			TemplateName: api.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSName,
-			Schema:       ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSSchema,
+			Schema:       ACLTemplatedPolicyNoRequiredVariablesSchema,
 			Template:     ACLTemplatedPolicyDNS,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce.go b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce.go
index 5645f00281..f4a857b5c6 100644
--- a/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce.go
+++ b/agent/structs/acl_templated_policy_ce.go
@@ -5,40 +5,16 @@
 
 package structs
 
-const (
-	ACLTemplatedPolicyService = `
-service "{{.Name}}" {
-	policy = "write"
-}
-service "{{.Name}}-sidecar-proxy" {
-	policy = "write"
-}
-service_prefix "" {
-	policy = "read"
-}
-node_prefix "" {
-	policy = "read"
-}`
+import _ "embed"
 
-	ACLTemplatedPolicyNode = `
-node "{{.Name}}" {
-	policy = "write"
-}
-service_prefix "" {
-	policy = "read"
-}`
+//go:embed acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/service.hcl
+var ACLTemplatedPolicyService string
 
-	ACLTemplatedPolicyDNS = `
-node_prefix "" {
-	policy = "read"
-}
-service_prefix "" {
-	policy = "read"
-}
-query_prefix "" {
-	policy = "read"
-}`
-)
+//go:embed acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/node.hcl
+var ACLTemplatedPolicyNode string
+
+//go:embed acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/dns.hcl
+var ACLTemplatedPolicyDNS string
 
 func (t *ACLToken) TemplatedPolicyList() []*ACLTemplatedPolicy {
 	if len(t.TemplatedPolicies) == 0 {
diff --git a/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/dns.hcl b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/dns.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6627f1c96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/dns.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+node_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+service_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+query_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/node.hcl b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/node.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6b03a2250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/node.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+node "{{.Name}}" {
+	policy = "write"
+}
+service_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/service.hcl b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/service.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8d2faf279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/structs/acltemplatedpolicy/policies/ce/service.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+service "{{.Name}}" {
+	policy = "write"
+}
+service "{{.Name}}-sidecar-proxy" {
+	policy = "write"
+}
+service_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
+node_prefix "" {
+	policy = "read"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/command/acl/templatedpolicy/formatter_test.go b/command/acl/templatedpolicy/formatter_test.go
index 887e518ea0..71a3ca1724 100644
--- a/command/acl/templatedpolicy/formatter_test.go
+++ b/command/acl/templatedpolicy/formatter_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func testFormatTemplatedPolicy(t *testing.T, dirPath string) {
 		"dns-templated-policy": {
 			templatedPolicy: api.ACLTemplatedPolicyResponse{
 				TemplateName: api.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSName,
-				Schema:       structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSSchema,
+				Schema:       structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyNoRequiredVariablesSchema,
 				Template:     structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNS,
 			},
 		},
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func testFormatTemplatedPolicyList(t *testing.T, dirPath string) {
 		},
 		"builtin/dns": {
 			TemplateName: api.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSName,
-			Schema:       structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSSchema,
+			Schema:       structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyNoRequiredVariablesSchema,
 			Template:     structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNS,
 		},
 		"builtin/service": {
diff --git a/command/acl/templatedpolicy/list/templated_policy_list_test.go b/command/acl/templatedpolicy/list/templated_policy_list_test.go
index bdde3782d7..5f548918e7 100644
--- a/command/acl/templatedpolicy/list/templated_policy_list_test.go
+++ b/command/acl/templatedpolicy/list/templated_policy_list_test.go
@@ -98,5 +98,5 @@ func TestTemplatedPolicyListCommand_JSON(t *testing.T) {
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(output), &jsonOutput)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	outputTemplate := jsonOutput[api.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSName]
-	assert.Equal(t, structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyDNSSchema, outputTemplate.Schema)
+	assert.Equal(t, structs.ACLTemplatedPolicyNoRequiredVariablesSchema, outputTemplate.Schema)
 }