diff --git a/common/djangoapps/edxmako/makoloader.py b/common/djangoapps/edxmako/makoloader.py
index 994346a2ba0d832a8c2c2742049a2a064e92d5ac..cfe1915564ed63ca3109887d6bee35e23617802b 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/edxmako/makoloader.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/edxmako/makoloader.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class MakoLoader(object):
     This is a Django loader object which will load the template as a
     Mako template if the first line is "## mako". It is based off BaseLoader
     in django.template.loader.
+    We need this in order to be able to include mako templates inside main_django.html.
     """
 
     is_usable = False
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index 68fcc3e6c7780a6ad1b7cdbe745c8470a9497037..33e41b6333b3f9ba555bd9c205d1dbce29de5b62 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -472,12 +472,10 @@ TEMPLATES = [
         # Options specific to this backend.
         'OPTIONS': {
             'loaders': [
+                # We have to use mako-aware template loaders to be able to include
+                # mako templates inside django templates (such as main_django.html).
                 'edxmako.makoloader.MakoFilesystemLoader',
                 'edxmako.makoloader.MakoAppDirectoriesLoader',
-
-                'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
-                'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
-
             ],
             'context_processors': [
                 'django.template.context_processors.request',