diff --git a/src/converse-oauth.js b/src/converse-oauth.js
index 90b6caeec..f8c555a7f 100644
--- a/src/converse-oauth.js
+++ b/src/converse-oauth.js
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@
  * @license Mozilla Public License (MPLv2)
  */
 import { Collection } from "skeletor.js/src/collection";
+import { HTMLView } from 'skeletor.js/src/htmlview.js';
 import { Model } from 'skeletor.js/src/model.js';
 import converse from "@converse/headless/converse-core";
 import hello from "hellojs";
-import tpl_oauth_providers from "templates/oauth_providers.html";
-
-const { _, Backbone } = converse.env;
+import tpl_oauth_providers from "templates/oauth_providers.js";
 
 
 // The following line registers your plugin.
@@ -91,17 +90,12 @@ converse.plugins.add("converse-oauth", {
         _converse.oauth_providers = new _converse.OAuthProviders();
 
 
-        _converse.OAuthProvidersView = Backbone.VDOMView.extend({
-            'events': {
-                'click .oauth-login': 'oauthLogin'
-            },
-
+        _converse.OAuthProvidersView = HTMLView.extend({
             toHTML () {
                 return tpl_oauth_providers(
                     Object.assign({
-                        '_': _,
-                        '__': _converse.__,
-                        'providers': this.model.toJSON()
+                        'providers': this.model.toJSON(),
+                        'oauthLogin': ev => this.oauthLogin(ev)
                     }));
             },
 
diff --git a/src/templates/oauth_providers.html b/src/templates/oauth_providers.html
deleted file mode 100644
index a175a3f27..000000000
--- a/src/templates/oauth_providers.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<fieldset class="oauth-providers">
-    {[ o._.forEach(o.providers, function (provider) { ]}
-    <p class="oauth-provider">
-        <a class="oauth-login" href="#" data-id="{{provider.id}}">
-            <i class="fa {{ provider.class}}"></i>{{provider.login_text}}
-        </a>
-    </p>
-    {[ }); ]}
-</fieldset>
diff --git a/src/templates/oauth_providers.js b/src/templates/oauth_providers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7109e9063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/oauth_providers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const tpl_provider = (o) => html`
+    <p class="oauth-provider">
+        <a @click=${o.oauthLogin} class="oauth-login" data-id="${provider.id}">
+            <i class="fa ${provider.class}"></i>${provider.login_text}
+        </a>
+    </p>
+`;
+
+export default (o) => html`
+    <fieldset class="oauth-providers">
+        ${ o.providers.map(provider => tpl_provider(o)) }
+    </fieldset>
+`;