diff --git a/api_testsuite.go b/api_testsuite.go
index 2aa48f9..30ef522 100644
--- a/api_testsuite.go
+++ b/api_testsuite.go
@@ -230,16 +230,14 @@ func (ats *Suite) parseAndRunTest(v any, manifestDir, testFilePath string, k, re
 	// Get the (optional) number of repititions from the test path spec
 	isParallelPathSpec := false
 	parallelRepititions := 1
-	if isParallelPathSpec {
-		switch t := v.(type) {
-		case string:
-			parallelRepititions, _ = util.GetParallelPathSpec(t)
-
-			// FIXME - Shouldn't this be > 1 (also in util.IsParallelPathSpec)?
-			// If so, the declaration in L.6 can be removed and this can be turned
-			// into a declaration and moved to after the if block.
-			isParallelPathSpec = parallelRepititions > 0
-		}
+	switch t := v.(type) {
+	case string:
+		parallelRepititions, _ = util.GetParallelPathSpec(t)
+
+		// FIXME - Shouldn't this be > 1 (also in util.IsParallelPathSpec)?
+		// If so, the declaration in L.6 can be removed and this can be turned
+		// into a declaration and moved to after the if block.
+		isParallelPathSpec = parallelRepititions > 0
 	}
 
 	//Get the Manifest with @ logic
@@ -255,21 +253,13 @@ func (ats *Suite) parseAndRunTest(v any, manifestDir, testFilePath string, k, re
 	}
 
 	// Parse as template always
-	requestBytes, lErr := loader.Render(testObj, filepath.Join(manifestDir, dir), nil)
-	if lErr != nil {
-		r.SaveToReportLog(lErr.Error())
-		logrus.Error(fmt.Errorf("can not render template (%s): %s", testFilePath, lErr))
+	testObj, err = loader.Render(testObj, filepath.Join(manifestDir, dir), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.SaveToReportLog(err.Error())
+		logrus.Error(fmt.Errorf("can not render template (%s): %s", testFilePath, err))
 		return false
 	}
 
-	// If objects are different, we did have a Go template, recurse one level deep
-	if string(requestBytes) != string(testObj) {
-		return ats.parseAndRunTest([]byte(requestBytes), filepath.Join(manifestDir, dir),
-			testFilePath, k, parallelRepititions, isParallelPathSpec, r, loader)
-	}
-
-	testObj = requestBytes
-
 	//Try to directly unmarshal the manifest into testcase array
 	var testCases []json.RawMessage
 	err = util.Unmarshal(testObj, &testCases)