diff --git a/administrator/components/com_templates/views/template/tmpl/default.php b/administrator/components/com_templates/views/template/tmpl/default.php
index f7d260f36c89f..b13c645fd9e1c 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_templates/views/template/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_templates/views/template/tmpl/default.php
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ function clearCoords()
 			<form method="post" action="">
 				<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_templates" />
 				<input type="hidden" name="task" value="template.delete" />
-				<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<? echo $input->getInt('id'); ?>" />
-				<input type="hidden" name="file" value="<? echo $this->file; ?>" />
+				<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $input->getInt('id'); ?>" />
+				<input type="hidden" name="file" value="<?php echo $this->file; ?>" />
 				<?php echo JHtml::_('form.token'); ?>
 				<a href="#" class="btn" data-dismiss="modal"><?php echo JText::_('COM_TEMPLATES_TEMPLATE_CLOSE'); ?></a>
 				<button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger"><?php echo JText::_('COM_TEMPLATES_BUTTON_DELETE');?></button>
diff --git a/administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_templates/template/default.php b/administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_templates/template/default.php
index b0525e157e031..2b21c42368585 100644
--- a/administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_templates/template/default.php
+++ b/administrator/templates/hathor/html/com_templates/template/default.php
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ function clearCoords()
 					<form method="post" action="">
 						<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_templates" />
 						<input type="hidden" name="task" value="template.delete" />
-						<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<? echo $input->getInt('id'); ?>" />
-						<input type="hidden" name="file" value="<? echo $this->file; ?>" />
+						<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $input->getInt('id'); ?>" />
+						<input type="hidden" name="file" value="<?php echo $this->file; ?>" />
 						<?php echo JHtml::_('form.token'); ?>
 						<a href="#" class="btn" data-dismiss="modal"><?php echo JText::_('COM_TEMPLATES_TEMPLATE_CLOSE'); ?></a>
 						<button type="submit"><?php echo JText::_('COM_TEMPLATES_BUTTON_DELETE');?></button>