diff --git a/docs/project/contribution_tools.md b/docs/project/contribution_tools.md
index bffbb5fbd8ab..8d5e760b2bc6 100644
--- a/docs/project/contribution_tools.md
+++ b/docs/project/contribution_tools.md
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ than a separate install. They are noted here mainly to help findability.
 
 [new_proposal.py](/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py) is a helper for generating
 the PR and proposal file for a new proposal. It's documented in
-[the proposal template](/proposals/template.md).
+[the proposal template](/proposals/scripts/template.md).
 
 **NOTE**: This requires installing [the gh CLI](#gh).
 
diff --git a/docs/project/evolution.md b/docs/project/evolution.md
index b8c1562a5143..6c4cc60b32d8 100644
--- a/docs/project/evolution.md
+++ b/docs/project/evolution.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ language are well explained, justified, and reviewed by the community.
 
 -   Proposals consist of a PR (pull request) in GitHub that adds a document to
     the [`proposals/` directory](/proposals/) following
-    [the template](/proposals/template.md).
+    [the template](/proposals/scripts/template.md).
 
 -   Proposal PRs start out in draft mode. When proposal PRs are ready, click on
     ["Ready for review"](https://docs.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/changing-the-stage-of-a-pull-request#marking-a-pull-request-as-ready-for-review),
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ For proposal authors, this should feel like a code review, with some broken out
 issues for longer discussion:
 
 -   Create a proposal document and draft PR following
-    [the template](/proposals/template.md).
+    [the template](/proposals/scripts/template.md).
 
     -   [new_proposal.py](/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py) helps create
         templated PRs.
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ the proposal possible.
 
 A proposal PR will include a "P-numbered" _proposal document_,
 `proposals/pNNNN.md`, where `NNNN` is the pull request number. This file should
-be based on the [proposal template file](/proposals/template.md).
+be based on the [proposal template file](/proposals/scripts/template.md).
 
 When writing a proposal, try to keep it brief and focused to maximize the
 community's engagement in it. Beyond the above structure, try to use
diff --git a/proposals/BUILD b/proposals/BUILD
deleted file mode 100644
index 5af419f9396a..000000000000
--- a/proposals/BUILD
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Part of the Carbon Language project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM
-# Exceptions. See /LICENSE for license information.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "md_files",
-    srcs = glob(["*.md"]),
-    visibility = ["//proposals/scripts:__pkg__"],
-)
diff --git a/proposals/scripts/BUILD b/proposals/scripts/BUILD
index b0f9236e677d..b438be6bdf42 100644
--- a/proposals/scripts/BUILD
+++ b/proposals/scripts/BUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ py_binary(
 py_test(
     name = "new_proposal_test",
     srcs = ["new_proposal_test.py"],
-    data = ["//proposals:md_files"],
+    data = ["template.md"],
     python_version = "PY3",
     deps = [":new_proposal"],
 )
diff --git a/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py b/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py
index 0000045b6306..4e877620ac1f 100755
--- a/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py
+++ b/proposals/scripts/new_proposal.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     _run([git_bin, "push", "-u", "origin", branch])
 
     # Copy template.md to a temp file.
-    template_path = os.path.join(proposals_dir, "template.md")
+    template_path = os.path.join(proposals_dir, "scripts/template.md")
     temp_path = os.path.join(proposals_dir, "new-proposal.tmp.md")
     shutil.copyfile(template_path, temp_path)
     _run([git_bin, "add", temp_path])
diff --git a/proposals/scripts/new_proposal_test.py b/proposals/scripts/new_proposal_test.py
index b5d9f4ec7d15..7cc3cbb41c4c 100644
--- a/proposals/scripts/new_proposal_test.py
+++ b/proposals/scripts/new_proposal_test.py
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class TestNewProposal(unittest.TestCase):
         parsed_args = new_proposal._parse_args(["foo"])
         content = new_proposal._fill_template(
             os.path.join(
-                new_proposal._get_proposals_dir(parsed_args), "template.md"
+                new_proposal._get_proposals_dir(parsed_args),
+                "scripts/template.md",
             ),
             "TITLE",
             123,
diff --git a/proposals/template.md b/proposals/scripts/template.md
similarity index 97%
rename from proposals/template.md
rename to proposals/scripts/template.md
index fe849301297e..c8396cbe7692 100644
--- a/proposals/template.md
+++ b/proposals/scripts/template.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
 
 ## TODO: Initial proposal setup
 
-> TIP: Run `./scripts/new_proposal.py "TITLE"` to do new proposal setup.
+> TIP: Run `./new_proposal.py "TITLE"` to do new proposal setup.
 
 1. Copy this template to `new.md`, and create a commit.
 2. Create a GitHub pull request, to get a pull request number.