diff --git a/homeassistant/components/template/cover.py b/homeassistant/components/template/cover.py
index 2c84387ed64..2642ede9c3a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/template/cover.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/template/cover.py
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ from homeassistant.const import (
     CONF_OPTIMISTIC,
     CONF_UNIQUE_ID,
     CONF_VALUE_TEMPLATE,
-    STATE_CLOSED,
-    STATE_CLOSING,
-    STATE_OPEN,
-    STATE_OPENING,
 )
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant, callback
 from homeassistant.exceptions import TemplateError
@@ -45,11 +41,17 @@ from .template_entity import (
 )
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+OPEN_STATE = "open"
+OPENING_STATE = "opening"
+CLOSED_STATE = "closed"
+CLOSING_STATE = "closing"
+
 _VALID_STATES = [
-    STATE_OPEN,
-    STATE_OPENING,
-    STATE_CLOSED,
-    STATE_CLOSING,
+    OPEN_STATE,
+    OPENING_STATE,
+    CLOSED_STATE,
+    CLOSING_STATE,
     "true",
     "false",
     "none",
@@ -227,13 +229,13 @@ class CoverTemplate(TemplateEntity, CoverEntity):
 
         if state in _VALID_STATES:
             if not self._position_template:
-                if state in ("true", STATE_OPEN):
+                if state in ("true", OPEN_STATE):
                     self._position = 100
                 else:
                     self._position = 0
 
-            self._is_opening = state == STATE_OPENING
-            self._is_closing = state == STATE_CLOSING
+            self._is_opening = state == OPENING_STATE
+            self._is_closing = state == CLOSING_STATE
         else:
             _LOGGER.error(
                 "Received invalid cover is_on state: %s for entity %s. Expected: %s",