import (
        "bytes"
-       "fmt"
        "reflect"
-       "runtime"
-       "strings"
        "testing"
 
        "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
-
+       "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
        "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/parser"
-
        "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/parser/metadecoders"
 
        qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
-       "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
 )
 
 func TestMerge(t *testing.T) {
-
        ns := New(&deps.Deps{})
 
        simpleMap := map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2}
 
        for i, test := range []struct {
                name   string
-               dst    interface{}
-               src    interface{}
+               params []interface{}
                expect interface{}
                isErr  bool
        }{
                {
                        "basic",
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}, false},
+                       []interface{}{
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3},
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2},
+                       },
+                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}, false,
+               },
+               {
+                       "multi",
+                       []interface{}{
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3, "e": 11},
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2},
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 9, "c": 4, "d": 7},
+                       },
+                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 9, "b": 2, "c": 4, "d": 7, "e": 11}, false,
+               },
                {
                        "basic case insensitive",
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"A": 42, "c": 3},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}, false},
+                       []interface{}{
+                               map[string]interface{}{"A": 42, "c": 3},
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2},
+                       },
+                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}, false,
+               },
                {
                        "nested",
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": map[string]interface{}{"d": 1, "e": 2}},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3, "b": map[string]interface{}{"d": 55, "e": 66, "f": 3}},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": map[string]interface{}{"d": 1, "e": 2, "f": 3}, "c": 3}, false},
+                       []interface{}{
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3, "b": map[string]interface{}{"d": 55, "e": 66, "f": 3}},
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": map[string]interface{}{"d": 1, "e": 2}},
+                       },
+                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "b": map[string]interface{}{"d": 1, "e": 2, "f": 3}, "c": 3}, false,
+               },
                {
                        // https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/6633
                        "params dst",
-                       maps.Params{"a": 1, "b": 2},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3},
-                       maps.Params{"a": int(1), "b": int(2), "c": int(3)}, false},
+                       []interface{}{
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3},
+                               maps.Params{"a": 1, "b": 2},
+                       },
+                       maps.Params{"a": int(1), "b": int(2), "c": int(3)}, false,
+               },
                {
                        "params dst, upper case src",
-                       maps.Params{"a": 1, "b": 2},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "C": 3},
-                       maps.Params{"a": int(1), "b": int(2), "c": int(3)}, false},
+                       []interface{}{
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "C": 3},
+                               maps.Params{"a": 1, "b": 2},
+                       },
+                       maps.Params{"a": int(1), "b": int(2), "c": int(3)}, false,
+               },
                {
                        "params src",
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "c": 2},
-                       maps.Params{"a": 42, "c": 3},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": int(1), "c": int(2)}, false},
+                       []interface{}{
+                               maps.Params{"a": 42, "c": 3},
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "c": 2},
+                       },
+                       map[string]interface{}{"a": int(1), "c": int(2)}, false,
+               },
                {
                        "params src, upper case dst",
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "C": 2},
-                       maps.Params{"a": 42, "c": 3},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": int(1), "C": int(2)}, false},
+                       []interface{}{
+                               maps.Params{"a": 42, "c": 3},
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 1, "C": 2},
+                       },
+                       map[string]interface{}{"a": int(1), "C": int(2)}, false,
+               },
                {
                        "nested, params dst",
-                       maps.Params{"a": 1, "b": maps.Params{"d": 1, "e": 2}},
-                       map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3, "b": map[string]interface{}{"d": 55, "e": 66, "f": 3}},
-                       maps.Params{"a": 1, "b": maps.Params{"d": 1, "e": 2, "f": 3}, "c": 3}, false},
-               {"src nil", simpleMap, nil, simpleMap, false},
+                       []interface{}{
+                               map[string]interface{}{"a": 42, "c": 3, "b": map[string]interface{}{"d": 55, "e": 66, "f": 3}},
+                               maps.Params{"a": 1, "b": maps.Params{"d": 1, "e": 2}},
+                       },
+                       maps.Params{"a": 1, "b": maps.Params{"d": 1, "e": 2, "f": 3}, "c": 3}, false,
+               },
+               {"src nil", []interface{}{nil, simpleMap}, simpleMap, false},
                // Error cases.
-               {"dst not a map", "not a map", nil, nil, true},
-               {"src not a map", simpleMap, "not a map", nil, true},
-               {"different map types", simpleMap, map[int]interface{}{32: "a"}, nil, true},
-               {"all nil", nil, nil, nil, true},
+               {"dst not a map", []interface{}{nil, "not a map"}, nil, true},
+               {"src not a map", []interface{}{"not a map", simpleMap}, nil, true},
+               {"different map types", []interface{}{map[int]interface{}{32: "a"}, simpleMap}, nil, true},
+               {"all nil", []interface{}{nil, nil}, nil, true},
        } {
 
                test := test
 
                        c := qt.New(t)
 
-                       srcStr, dstStr := fmt.Sprint(test.src), fmt.Sprint(test.dst)
-
-                       result, err := ns.Merge(test.src, test.dst)
+                       result, err := ns.Merge(test.params...)
 
                        if test.isErr {
                                c.Assert(err, qt.Not(qt.IsNil), errMsg)
 
                        c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
                        c.Assert(result, qt.DeepEquals, test.expect, errMsg)
-
-                       // map sort in fmt was fixed in go 1.12.
-                       if !strings.HasPrefix(runtime.Version(), "go1.11") {
-                               // Verify that the original maps are preserved.
-                               c.Assert(fmt.Sprint(test.src), qt.Equals, srcStr)
-                               c.Assert(fmt.Sprint(test.dst), qt.Equals, dstStr)
-                       }
-
                })
        }
 }
                        qt.DeepEquals,
                        map[string]interface{}{
                                "V1": "v1_1", "V2": "v2_2",
-                               "V2s": map[string]interface{}{"V21": "v21_1", "V22": "v22_2"}})
+                               "V2s": map[string]interface{}{"V21": "v21_1", "V22": "v22_2"},
+                       })
        }
-
 }
 
 func TestCaseInsensitiveMapLookup(t *testing.T) {