diff --git a/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/main.go b/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/main.go
index 25c587da7..d0d4f82af 100644
--- a/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/main.go
+++ b/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/main.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+//go:build ignore
 // +build ignore
 
 package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	_ "embed"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -126,85 +128,9 @@ func (p *PluralDataSourceGenerator) Generate(packageName, schemaFilename, acctes
 }
 
 // Terraform resource schema definition.
-var dataSourceSchemaTemplateBody = `
-// Code generated by generators/plural-data-source/main.go; DO NOT EDIT.
-
-package {{ .PackageName }}
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/tfsdk"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/types"
-	. "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-awscc/internal/generic"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-awscc/internal/registry"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	registry.AddDataSourceTypeFactory("{{ .TerraformTypeName }}", {{ .FactoryFunctionName }})
-}
-
-// {{ .FactoryFunctionName }} returns the Terraform {{ .TerraformTypeName }} data source type.
-// This Terraform data source type corresponds to the CloudFormation {{ .CloudFormationTypeName }} resource type.
-func {{ .FactoryFunctionName }}(ctx context.Context) (tfsdk.DataSourceType, error) {
-	attributes := map[string]tfsdk.Attribute {
-		"id": {
-			Description: "Uniquely identifies the data source.",
-			Type:        types.StringType,
-			Computed:    true,
-		},		
-		"ids": {
-		  Description: "Set of Resource Identifiers.",
-		  Type:        types.SetType{ElemType:types.StringType},
-		  Computed:    true,
-    	},
-	}
-
-	schema := tfsdk.Schema{
-		Description: "{{ .SchemaDescription }}",
-		Version:     {{ .SchemaVersion }},
-		Attributes:  attributes,
-	}
-
-    var opts DataSourceTypeOptions
-
-	opts = opts.WithCloudFormationTypeName("{{ .CloudFormationTypeName }}").WithTerraformTypeName("{{ .TerraformTypeName }}")
-	opts = opts.WithTerraformSchema(schema)
-	
-    pluralDataSourceType, err := NewPluralDataSourceType(ctx, opts...)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return pluralDataSourceType, nil
-}
-`
+//go:embed schema.tmpl
+var dataSourceSchemaTemplateBody string
 
 // Terraform acceptance tests.
-var acceptanceTestsTemplateBody = `
-// Code generated by generators/plural-data-source/main.go; DO NOT EDIT.
-
-package {{ .PackageName }}_test
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-awscc/internal/acctest"
-)
-
-func {{ .AcceptanceTestFunctionPrefix }}DataSource_basic(t *testing.T) {
-	td := acctest.NewTestData(t, "{{ .CloudFormationTypeName }}", "{{ .TerraformTypeName }}", "test")
-
-	td.DataSourceTest(t, []resource.TestStep{
-		{
-			Config: td.EmptyDataSourceConfig(),
-			Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
-				resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(fmt.Sprintf("data.%s", td.ResourceName), "ids.#"), 
-			),
-		},
-	})
-}
-`
+//go:embed tests.tmpl
+var acceptanceTestsTemplateBody string
diff --git a/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/schema.tmpl b/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/schema.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db1085e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/schema.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Code generated by generators/plural-data-source/main.go; DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package {{ .PackageName }}
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/tfsdk"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/types"
+	. "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-awscc/internal/generic"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-awscc/internal/registry"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	registry.AddDataSourceTypeFactory("{{ .TerraformTypeName }}", {{ .FactoryFunctionName }})
+}
+
+// {{ .FactoryFunctionName }} returns the Terraform {{ .TerraformTypeName }} data source type.
+// This Terraform data source type corresponds to the CloudFormation {{ .CloudFormationTypeName }} resource type.
+func {{ .FactoryFunctionName }}(ctx context.Context) (tfsdk.DataSourceType, error) {
+	attributes := map[string]tfsdk.Attribute {
+		"id": {
+			Description: "Uniquely identifies the data source.",
+			Type:        types.StringType,
+			Computed:    true,
+		},		
+		"ids": {
+		  Description: "Set of Resource Identifiers.",
+		  Type:        types.SetType{ElemType:types.StringType},
+		  Computed:    true,
+    	},
+	}
+
+	schema := tfsdk.Schema{
+		Description: "{{ .SchemaDescription }}",
+		Version:     {{ .SchemaVersion }},
+		Attributes:  attributes,
+	}
+
+    var opts DataSourceTypeOptions
+
+	opts = opts.WithCloudFormationTypeName("{{ .CloudFormationTypeName }}").WithTerraformTypeName("{{ .TerraformTypeName }}")
+	opts = opts.WithTerraformSchema(schema)
+	
+    pluralDataSourceType, err := NewPluralDataSourceType(ctx, opts...)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return pluralDataSourceType, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/tests.tmpl b/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/tests.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13f562bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/provider/generators/plural-data-source/tests.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Code generated by generators/plural-data-source/main.go; DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package {{ .PackageName }}_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-awscc/internal/acctest"
+)
+
+func {{ .AcceptanceTestFunctionPrefix }}DataSource_basic(t *testing.T) {
+	td := acctest.NewTestData(t, "{{ .CloudFormationTypeName }}", "{{ .TerraformTypeName }}", "test")
+
+	td.DataSourceTest(t, []resource.TestStep{
+		{
+			Config: td.EmptyDataSourceConfig(),
+			Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+				resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet(fmt.Sprintf("data.%s", td.ResourceName), "ids.#"), 
+			),
+		},
+	})
+}