diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/autocomplete.js b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/autocomplete.js
index 003c82fb..ffc7cdbd 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/modules/autocomplete.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/modules/autocomplete.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 import { translate } from './i18n.js'
 import { Request, ServerRequest } from './request.js'
 import { escapeHTML, generateId } from './utils.js'
+import * as Utils from './utils.js'
 
 export class BaseAutocomplete {
   constructor(parent, options) {
@@ -291,10 +292,9 @@ class BaseServerAjax extends BaseAjax {
 export const SingleMixin = (Base) =>
   class extends Base {
     initSelectedContainer() {
-      return DomUtil.after(
-        this.input,
-        DomUtil.element({ tagName: 'div', className: 'umap-singleresult' })
-      )
+      const el = Utils.loadTemplate('<div class="umap-singleresult"></div>')
+      this.input.parentNode.insertBefore(el, this.input.nextSibling)
+      return el
     }
 
     displaySelected(result) {
@@ -322,10 +322,9 @@ export const SingleMixin = (Base) =>
 export const MultipleMixin = (Base) =>
   class extends Base {
     initSelectedContainer() {
-      return DomUtil.after(
-        this.input,
-        DomUtil.element({ tagName: 'ul', className: 'umap-multiresult' })
-      )
+      const el = Utils.loadTemplate('<ul class="umap-multiresult"></ul>')
+      this.input.parentNode.insertBefore(el, this.input.nextSibling)
+      return el
     }
 
     displaySelected(result) {
diff --git a/umap/static/umap/js/umap.core.js b/umap/static/umap/js/umap.core.js
index 38441fb4..695c6d85 100644
--- a/umap/static/umap/js/umap.core.js
+++ b/umap/static/umap/js/umap.core.js
@@ -128,16 +128,6 @@ L.DomUtil.element = ({ tagName, parent, ...attrs }) => {
   return el
 }
 
-L.DomUtil.before = (target, el) => {
-  target.parentNode.insertBefore(el, target)
-  return el
-}
-
-L.DomUtil.after = (target, el) => {
-  target.parentNode.insertBefore(el, target.nextSibling)
-  return el
-}
-
 // From https://gist.github.com/Accudio/b9cb16e0e3df858cef0d31e38f1fe46f
 // convert colour in range 0-255 to the modifier used within luminance calculation
 L.DomUtil.colourMod = (colour) => {