diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc.go b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc.go
index 3539b07f0..a77375c77 100644
--- a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc.go
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/multidoc.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package yaml
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"io"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger"
@@ -56,16 +56,11 @@ func (j *YamlMultiDocFormat) Parse(input io.Reader, resultsCb formats.ParseReqRe
 		}
 		tpl := []string{string(data)}
 		dvs := mapToKeyValueSlice(j.opts.Variables)
-		finalInput, err = ytt(tpl, dvs, j.opts.VarsFilePaths)
+		finalData, err := ytt(tpl, dvs, j.opts.VarsFilePaths)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not apply ytt templating")
 		}
-		finalData, err := io.ReadAll(finalInput)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not read templated input")
-		}
-		finalInput = strings.NewReader(string(finalData))
-
+		finalInput = bytes.NewReader(finalData)
 	}
 
 	decoder := YamlUtil.NewDecoder(finalInput)
diff --git a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/ytt.go b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/ytt.go
index 3ccf5f6d2..faaf6ccdc 100644
--- a/pkg/input/formats/yaml/ytt.go
+++ b/pkg/input/formats/yaml/ytt.go
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package yaml
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"strings"
 
 	yttcmd "carvel.dev/ytt/pkg/cmd/template"
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-func ytt(tpl, dvs []string, varFiles []string) (io.Reader, error) {
+func ytt(tpl, dvs []string, varFiles []string) ([]byte, error) {
 	// create and invoke ytt "template" command
 	templatingOptions := yttcmd.NewOptions()
 
@@ -38,12 +36,7 @@ func ytt(tpl, dvs []string, varFiles []string) (io.Reader, error) {
 		return nil, output.Err
 	}
 
-	// output.DocSet contains the full set of resulting YAML documents, in order.
-	bs, err := output.DocSet.AsBytes()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return bytes.NewReader(bs), nil
+	return output.DocSet.AsBytes()
 }
 
 // templatesAsInput conveniently wraps one or more strings, each in a files.File, into a template.Input.