diff --git a/data/templates/default.latex b/data/templates/default.latex
index e63cd82aa..60af51225 100644
--- a/data/templates/default.latex
+++ b/data/templates/default.latex
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ $endif$
 $if(beamerarticle)$
 \usepackage{beamerarticle} % needs to be loaded first
 $endif$
+\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
 $if(fontfamily)$
 \usepackage[$for(fontfamilyoptions)$$fontfamilyoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$fontfamily$}
 $else$
@@ -97,17 +98,14 @@ $endif$
 $if(linestretch)$
 \usepackage{setspace}
 $endif$
-\usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
 \ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
   \usepackage[$if(fontenc)$$fontenc$$else$T1$endif$]{fontenc}
   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
   \usepackage{textcomp} % provide euro and other symbols
-  \usepackage{amssymb}
 \else % if luatex or xetex
 $if(mathspec)$
   \ifxetex
-    \usepackage{amssymb}
     \usepackage{mathspec}
   \else
     \usepackage{unicode-math}
diff --git a/test/lhs-test.latex b/test/lhs-test.latex
index 7b2991ef5..32042b103 100644
--- a/test/lhs-test.latex
+++ b/test/lhs-test.latex
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 %
 \documentclass[
 ]{article}
+\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
 \usepackage{lmodern}
-\usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
 \ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
   \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
   \usepackage{textcomp} % provide euro and other symbols
-  \usepackage{amssymb}
 \else % if luatex or xetex
   \usepackage{unicode-math}
   \defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
diff --git a/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs b/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
index 8ac0ad567..4bc674f4a 100644
--- a/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
+++ b/test/lhs-test.latex+lhs
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 %
 \documentclass[
 ]{article}
+\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
 \usepackage{lmodern}
-\usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
 \ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
   \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
   \usepackage{textcomp} % provide euro and other symbols
-  \usepackage{amssymb}
 \else % if luatex or xetex
   \usepackage{unicode-math}
   \defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
diff --git a/test/writer.latex b/test/writer.latex
index cd939a57f..7fc707b27 100644
--- a/test/writer.latex
+++ b/test/writer.latex
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 %
 \documentclass[
 ]{article}
+\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
 \usepackage{lmodern}
-\usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
 \ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
   \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
   \usepackage{textcomp} % provide euro and other symbols
-  \usepackage{amssymb}
 \else % if luatex or xetex
   \usepackage{unicode-math}
   \defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
diff --git a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
index 05465e581..1172d23a2 100644
--- a/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
+++ b/test/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
 \documentclass[
   english,
 ]{article}
+\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
 \usepackage{lmodern}
-\usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{ifxetex,ifluatex}
 \ifnum 0\ifxetex 1\fi\ifluatex 1\fi=0 % if pdftex
   \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
   \usepackage{textcomp} % provide euro and other symbols
-  \usepackage{amssymb}
 \else % if luatex or xetex
   \usepackage{unicode-math}
   \defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}