diff --git a/django/template/engine.py b/django/template/engine.py
index c377dbbc83..600c74ee24 100644
--- a/django/template/engine.py
+++ b/django/template/engine.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils import lru_cache
 
 from .base import Context, Template, TemplateDoesNotExist
-from .loaders.utils import _get_template_loaders
+from .loaders.utils import get_template_loaders
 
 
 _dirs_undefined = object()
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Engine(object):
 
     @cached_property
     def template_loaders(self):
-        return _get_template_loaders(self.loaders)
+        return get_template_loaders(self.loaders)
 
     def find_template(self, name, dirs=None):
         # Inner import to avoid circular dependency
diff --git a/django/template/loaders/cached.py b/django/template/loaders/cached.py
index cf9a62b831..925abbe31f 100644
--- a/django/template/loaders/cached.py
+++ b/django/template/loaders/cached.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from django.template.loader import get_template_from_string, make_origin
 from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
 
 from .base import Loader as BaseLoader
-from .utils import _get_template_loaders
+from .utils import get_template_loaders
 
 
 class Loader(BaseLoader):
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Loader(BaseLoader):
         self.find_template_cache = {}
         # Use the private, non-caching version of get_template_loaders
         # in case loaders isn't hashable.
-        self.loaders = _get_template_loaders(loaders)
+        self.loaders = get_template_loaders(loaders)
 
     def cache_key(self, template_name, template_dirs):
         if template_dirs:
diff --git a/django/template/loaders/utils.py b/django/template/loaders/utils.py
index a49b3ecfde..8b742f89fd 100644
--- a/django/template/loaders/utils.py
+++ b/django/template/loaders/utils.py
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
 import warnings
 
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.utils import lru_cache
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 
-@lru_cache.lru_cache()
-def get_template_loaders():
-    return _get_template_loaders(settings.TEMPLATE_LOADERS)
-
-
-def _get_template_loaders(template_loaders=None):
+def get_template_loaders(template_loaders):
     loaders = []
     for template_loader in template_loaders:
         loader = find_template_loader(template_loader)
         if loader is not None:
             loaders.append(loader)
-    # Immutable return value because it will be cached and shared by callers.
-    return tuple(loaders)
+    return loaders
 
 
 def find_template_loader(loader):