diff --git a/crates-cli/yaak-cli/src/plugin_events.rs b/crates-cli/yaak-cli/src/plugin_events.rs
index 146c1025..d59bbdd9 100644
--- a/crates-cli/yaak-cli/src/plugin_events.rs
+++ b/crates-cli/yaak-cli/src/plugin_events.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use yaak::plugin_events::{
     GroupedPluginEvent, HostRequest, SharedPluginEventContext, handle_shared_plugin_event,
 };
-use yaak::render::{render_grpc_request, render_http_request};
+use yaak_models::render::{render_grpc_request, render_http_request};
 use yaak::response_body::FileResponseBodyStore;
 use yaak::send::{SendHttpRequestWithPluginsParams, send_http_request_with_plugins};
 use yaak_crypto::manager::EncryptionManager;
diff --git a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/render.rs b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/render.rs
index 788b6767..2c995b0d 100644
--- a/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/render.rs
+++ b/crates-tauri/yaak-app-client/src/render.rs
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 //! `yaak-commands` when the template commands did. Callers in this crate do not
 //! need to track which is which.
 
-pub use yaak::render::{render_grpc_request, render_http_request};
+pub use yaak_models::render::{render_grpc_request, render_http_request};
 pub use yaak_commands::render::{render_json_value, render_template};
diff --git a/crates/yaak-models/src/render.rs b/crates/yaak-models/src/render.rs
index c509788d..e48d3287 100644
--- a/crates/yaak-models/src/render.rs
+++ b/crates/yaak-models/src/render.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+//! Rendering requests against an environment chain.
+//!
+//! Lives here rather than beside the send engine so that the browser's wasm
+//! host, which has the model layer but no sockets, renders exactly what the
+//! desktop renders.
+
 use crate::models::{
-    Environment, EnvironmentVariable, HttpRequest, HttpRequestHeader, HttpUrlParameter,
+    Environment, EnvironmentVariable, GrpcRequest, HttpRequest, HttpRequestHeader, HttpUrlParameter,
 };
 use crate::path_placeholders::apply_path_placeholders;
 use log::info;
@@ -7,11 +13,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 use yaak_templates::{RenderOptions, TemplateCallback, parse_and_render, render_json_value_raw};
 
-/// Render every template in a request against an environment chain.
-///
-/// Lives here rather than beside the send engine so that the browser's wasm
-/// host, which has the model layer but no sockets, renders exactly what the
-/// desktop renders.
+/// Render every template in an HTTP request against an environment chain.
 pub async fn render_http_request<T: TemplateCallback>(
     request: &HttpRequest,
     environment_chain: Vec<Environment>,
@@ -95,6 +97,64 @@ pub async fn render_http_request<T: TemplateCallback>(
     Ok(HttpRequest { url, url_parameters, headers, body, authentication, ..request.to_owned() })
 }
 
+pub async fn render_grpc_request<T: TemplateCallback>(
+    r: &GrpcRequest,
+    environment_chain: Vec<Environment>,
+    cb: &T,
+    opt: &RenderOptions,
+) -> yaak_templates::error::Result<GrpcRequest> {
+    let vars = &make_vars_hashmap(environment_chain);
+
+    let mut metadata = Vec::new();
+    for p in r.metadata.clone() {
+        if !p.enabled {
+            continue;
+        }
+        metadata.push(HttpRequestHeader {
+            enabled: p.enabled,
+            name: parse_and_render(p.name.as_str(), vars, cb, opt).await?,
+            value: parse_and_render(p.value.as_str(), vars, cb, opt).await?,
+            id: p.id,
+        })
+    }
+
+    let authentication = {
+        let mut disabled = false;
+        let mut auth = BTreeMap::new();
+        match r.authentication.get("disabled") {
+            Some(Value::Bool(true)) => {
+                disabled = true;
+            }
+            Some(Value::String(tmpl)) => {
+                disabled = parse_and_render(tmpl.as_str(), vars, cb, opt)
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                    .is_empty();
+                info!(
+                    "Rendering authentication.disabled as a template: {disabled} from \"{tmpl}\""
+                );
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        if disabled {
+            auth.insert("disabled".to_string(), Value::Bool(true));
+        } else {
+            for (k, v) in r.authentication.clone() {
+                if k == "disabled" {
+                    auth.insert(k, Value::Bool(false));
+                } else {
+                    auth.insert(k, render_json_value_raw(v, vars, cb, opt).await?);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        auth
+    };
+
+    let url = parse_and_render(r.url.as_str(), vars, cb, opt).await?;
+
+    Ok(GrpcRequest { url, metadata, authentication, ..r.to_owned() })
+}
+
 pub fn make_vars_hashmap(environment_chain: Vec<Environment>) -> HashMap<String, String> {
     let mut variables = HashMap::new();
 
diff --git a/crates/yaak/src/lib.rs b/crates/yaak/src/lib.rs
index e21be7e3..56eaabe8 100644
--- a/crates/yaak/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/yaak/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ pub mod error;
 pub mod export;
 pub mod import;
 pub mod plugin_events;
-pub mod render;
 pub mod response_body;
 pub mod send;
 
diff --git a/crates/yaak/src/render.rs b/crates/yaak/src/render.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cecf215..00000000
--- a/crates/yaak/src/render.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-use log::info;
-use serde_json::Value;
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
-use yaak_models::models::{Environment, GrpcRequest, HttpRequestHeader};
-use yaak_models::render::make_vars_hashmap;
-use yaak_templates::{RenderOptions, TemplateCallback, parse_and_render, render_json_value_raw};
-
-pub use yaak_models::render::render_http_request;
-
-pub async fn render_grpc_request<T: TemplateCallback>(
-    r: &GrpcRequest,
-    environment_chain: Vec<Environment>,
-    cb: &T,
-    opt: &RenderOptions,
-) -> yaak_templates::error::Result<GrpcRequest> {
-    let vars = &make_vars_hashmap(environment_chain);
-
-    let mut metadata = Vec::new();
-    for p in r.metadata.clone() {
-        if !p.enabled {
-            continue;
-        }
-        metadata.push(HttpRequestHeader {
-            enabled: p.enabled,
-            name: parse_and_render(p.name.as_str(), vars, cb, opt).await?,
-            value: parse_and_render(p.value.as_str(), vars, cb, opt).await?,
-            id: p.id,
-        })
-    }
-
-    let authentication = {
-        let mut disabled = false;
-        let mut auth = BTreeMap::new();
-        match r.authentication.get("disabled") {
-            Some(Value::Bool(true)) => {
-                disabled = true;
-            }
-            Some(Value::String(tmpl)) => {
-                disabled = parse_and_render(tmpl.as_str(), vars, cb, opt)
-                    .await
-                    .unwrap_or_default()
-                    .is_empty();
-                info!(
-                    "Rendering authentication.disabled as a template: {disabled} from \"{tmpl}\""
-                );
-            }
-            _ => {}
-        }
-        if disabled {
-            auth.insert("disabled".to_string(), Value::Bool(true));
-        } else {
-            for (k, v) in r.authentication.clone() {
-                if k == "disabled" {
-                    auth.insert(k, Value::Bool(false));
-                } else {
-                    auth.insert(k, render_json_value_raw(v, vars, cb, opt).await?);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        auth
-    };
-
-    let url = parse_and_render(r.url.as_str(), vars, cb, opt).await?;
-
-    Ok(GrpcRequest { url, metadata, authentication, ..r.to_owned() })
-}
diff --git a/crates/yaak/src/send.rs b/crates/yaak/src/send.rs
index e48e0606..0b906085 100644
--- a/crates/yaak/src/send.rs
+++ b/crates/yaak/src/send.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::render::render_http_request;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use log::warn;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ use yaak_models::models::{
     ResolvedHttpRequestSettings, ResolvedSetting,
 };
 use yaak_models::query_manager::QueryManager;
+use yaak_models::render::render_http_request;
 use yaak_models::util::{UpdateSource, generate_prefixed_id};
 use yaak_plugins::events::{
     CallHttpAuthenticationRequest, HttpHeader, PluginContext, RenderPurpose,