diff --git a/functional/test_template_resource.py b/functional/test_template_resource.py
index 478cfae..a967888 100644
--- a/functional/test_template_resource.py
+++ b/functional/test_template_resource.py
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@
 import yaml
 
 from heat_integrationtests.common import test
+from heat_integrationtests.functional import functional_base
 
 
-class TemplateResourceTest(test.HeatIntegrationTest):
+class TemplateResourceTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
     """Prove that we can use the registry in a nested provider."""
 
     template = '''
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TemplateResourceTest, self).setUp()
-        self.client = self.orchestration_client
 
     def test_nested_env(self):
         main_templ = '''
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
         self.assertEqual('freddy', secret_out2)
 
 
-class NestedAttributesTest(test.HeatIntegrationTest):
+class NestedAttributesTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
     """Prove that we can use the template resource references."""
 
     main_templ = '''
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(NestedAttributesTest, self).setUp()
-        self.client = self.orchestration_client
 
     def test_stack_ref(self):
         nested_templ = '''
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(old_way, test_attr2)
 
 
-class TemplateResourceUpdateTest(test.HeatIntegrationTest):
+class TemplateResourceUpdateTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
     """Prove that we can do template resource updates."""
 
     main_template = '''
@@ -458,7 +457,6 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TemplateResourceUpdateTest, self).setUp()
-        self.client = self.orchestration_client
 
     def test_template_resource_update_template_schema(self):
         stack_identifier = self.stack_create(
@@ -482,7 +480,7 @@
                                 self._stack_output(stack, 'value'))
 
 
-class TemplateResourceUpdateFailedTest(test.HeatIntegrationTest):
+class TemplateResourceUpdateFailedTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
     """Prove that we can do updates on a nested stack to fix a stack."""
     main_template = '''
 HeatTemplateFormatVersion: '2012-12-12'
@@ -505,7 +503,6 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TemplateResourceUpdateFailedTest, self).setUp()
-        self.client = self.orchestration_client
         self.assign_keypair()
 
     def test_update_on_failed_create(self):
@@ -526,7 +523,7 @@
                           files={'server_fail.yaml': self.nested_templ})
 
 
-class TemplateResourceAdoptTest(test.HeatIntegrationTest):
+class TemplateResourceAdoptTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
     """Prove that we can do template resource adopt/abandon."""
 
     main_template = '''
@@ -561,7 +558,6 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TemplateResourceAdoptTest, self).setUp()
-        self.client = self.orchestration_client
 
     def _yaml_to_json(self, yaml_templ):
         return yaml.load(yaml_templ)
@@ -606,7 +602,7 @@
         self.assertEqual('goopie', self._stack_output(stack, 'value'))
 
 
-class TemplateResourceCheckTest(test.HeatIntegrationTest):
+class TemplateResourceCheckTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
     """Prove that we can do template resource check."""
 
     main_template = '''
@@ -641,7 +637,6 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TemplateResourceCheckTest, self).setUp()
-        self.client = self.orchestration_client
 
     def test_check(self):
         stack_identifier = self.stack_create(
@@ -653,7 +648,7 @@
         self._wait_for_stack_status(stack_identifier, 'CHECK_COMPLETE')
 
 
-class TemplateResourceErrorMessageTest(test.HeatIntegrationTest):
+class TemplateResourceErrorMessageTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
     """Prove that nested stack errors don't suck."""
     template = '''
 HeatTemplateFormatVersion: '2012-12-12'
@@ -673,7 +668,6 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TemplateResourceErrorMessageTest, self).setUp()
-        self.client = self.orchestration_client
 
     def test_fail(self):
         stack_identifier = self.stack_create(
@@ -689,7 +683,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(exp, stack.stack_status_reason)
 
 
-class TemplateResourceSuspendResumeTest(test.HeatIntegrationTest):
+class TemplateResourceSuspendResumeTest(functional_base.FunctionalTestsBase):
     """Prove that we can do template resource suspend/resume."""
 
     main_template = '''
@@ -709,7 +703,6 @@
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TemplateResourceSuspendResumeTest, self).setUp()
-        self.client = self.orchestration_client
 
     def test_suspend_resume(self):
         """Basic test for template resource suspend resume"""