diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c88ad76..fe43c28 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rollup-plugin-vue",
-  "version": "2.2.15",
+  "version": "2.2.16",
   "description": "Roll .vue files",
   "main": "dist/rollup-plugin-vue.common.js",
   "jsnext": "dist/rollup-plugin-vue.js",
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     "magic-string": "^0.19.0",
     "parse5": "^3.0.0",
     "rollup-pluginutils": "^1.5.2",
-    "vue-template-compiler": "^2.0.3",
     "vue-template-es2015-compiler": "^1.2.4",
     "vue-template-validator": "^1.1.5"
   },
@@ -69,5 +68,8 @@
     "uglify-js": "^2.7.3",
     "vue-hot-reload-api": "^2.0.6",
     "yargs": "^4.7.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "vue-template-compiler": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/vueTransform.js b/src/vueTransform.js
index eb8b3a8..d9c3658 100644
--- a/src/vueTransform.js
+++ b/src/vueTransform.js
@@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ function processScript (source, id, content, options, nodes) {
         const render = require('vue-template-compiler').compile(template)
 
         return { map, code: injectRender(script, render, lang, options) }
-    } else {
+    } else if (template) {
         return { map, code: injectTemplate(script, template, lang, options) }
+    } else {
+      return { map, code: script }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 66fc224..f4a0e0c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3581,20 +3581,13 @@ js-tokens@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-tokens/-/js-tokens-2.0.0.tgz#79903f5563ee778cc1162e6dcf1a0027c97f9cb5"
 
-js-yaml@3.6.1, js-yaml@~3.6.1:
+js-yaml@3.6.1, js-yaml@3.x, js-yaml@^3.5.1, js-yaml@~3.6.1:
   version "3.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.6.1.tgz#6e5fe67d8b205ce4d22fad05b7781e8dadcc4b30"
   dependencies:
     argparse "^1.0.7"
     esprima "^2.6.0"
 
-js-yaml@3.x, js-yaml@^3.5.1:
-  version "3.7.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.7.0.tgz#5c967ddd837a9bfdca5f2de84253abe8a1c03b80"
-  dependencies:
-    argparse "^1.0.7"
-    esprima "^2.6.0"
-
 jsbn@~0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsbn/-/jsbn-0.1.0.tgz#650987da0dd74f4ebf5a11377a2aa2d273e97dfd"
@@ -6475,9 +6468,9 @@ vue-hot-reload-api@^2.0.6:
   version "2.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-hot-reload-api/-/vue-hot-reload-api-2.0.7.tgz#45bd46cfeee7fd22550b467a76fa0c4a0ceae51b"
 
-vue-template-compiler@^2.0.3:
-  version "2.1.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-template-compiler/-/vue-template-compiler-2.1.8.tgz#12dd1cc63793f59be580c694a61610cb9369d629"
+vue-template-compiler@^2.1.10:
+  version "2.1.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-template-compiler/-/vue-template-compiler-2.1.10.tgz#cb89643adc395e97435585522e43d0a9b1913257"
   dependencies:
     de-indent "^1.0.2"
     he "^1.1.0"