diff --git a/integration/_payload-limits.json b/integration/_payload-limits.json
index fd32d34715..3a2aac7f16 100644
--- a/integration/_payload-limits.json
+++ b/integration/_payload-limits.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "master": {
       "uncompressed": {
         "runtime": 1440,
-        "main": 14021,
+        "main": 13517,
         "polyfills": 43567
       }
     }
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index a6561712bc..27245b4bad 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ export function createEmbeddedViewAndNode<T>(
 }
 
 /**
- * Used for rendering embedded views (e.g. dynamically created views)
+ * Used for rendering views in a LContainer (embedded views or root component views for dynamically
+ * created components).
  *
  * Dynamically created views must store/retrieve their TViews differently from component views
  * because their template functions are nested in the template functions of their hosts, creating
@@ -401,22 +402,20 @@ export function renderEmbeddedTemplate<T>(viewToRender: LView, tView: TView, con
   const _isParent = getIsParent();
   const _previousOrParentTNode = getPreviousOrParentTNode();
   let oldView: LView;
-  if (viewToRender[FLAGS] & LViewFlags.IsRoot) {
-    // This is a root view inside the view tree
-    tickRootContext(getRootContext(viewToRender));
-  } else {
-    // Will become true if the `try` block executes with no errors.
-    let safeToRunHooks = false;
-    try {
-      oldView = enterView(viewToRender, viewToRender[T_HOST]);
-      resetPreOrderHookFlags(viewToRender);
-      executeTemplate(viewToRender, tView.template !, getRenderFlags(viewToRender), context);
-      refreshDescendantViews(viewToRender);
-      safeToRunHooks = true;
-    } finally {
-      leaveView(oldView !, safeToRunHooks);
-      setPreviousOrParentTNode(_previousOrParentTNode, _isParent);
+  // Will become true if the `try` block executes with no errors.
+  let safeToRunHooks = false;
+  try {
+    oldView = enterView(viewToRender, viewToRender[T_HOST]);
+    resetPreOrderHookFlags(viewToRender);
+    const templateFn = tView.template;
+    if (templateFn !== null) {
+      executeTemplate(viewToRender, templateFn, getRenderFlags(viewToRender), context);
     }
+    refreshDescendantViews(viewToRender);
+    safeToRunHooks = true;
+  } finally {
+    leaveView(oldView !, safeToRunHooks);
+    setPreviousOrParentTNode(_previousOrParentTNode, _isParent);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/cyclic_import/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/cyclic_import/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index e8b3085865..b9cf299485 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/cyclic_import/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/cyclic_import/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -404,12 +404,6 @@
   {
     "name": "getRenderParent"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "getRootContext"
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "getRootView"
-  },
   {
     "name": "getSelectedIndex"
   },
@@ -548,12 +542,6 @@
   {
     "name": "postProcessDirective"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "readPatchedData"
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "readPatchedLView"
-  },
   {
     "name": "refreshChildComponents"
   },
@@ -578,9 +566,6 @@
   {
     "name": "renderComponent"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "renderComponentOrTemplate"
-  },
   {
     "name": "renderEmbeddedTemplate"
   },
@@ -686,9 +671,6 @@
   {
     "name": "throwMultipleComponentError"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "tickRootContext"
-  },
   {
     "name": "unwrapRNode"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index d304ab9a1a..fb93df66e9 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -326,12 +326,6 @@
   {
     "name": "getRenderParent"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "getRootContext"
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "getRootView"
-  },
   {
     "name": "getSelectedIndex"
   },
@@ -413,12 +407,6 @@
   {
     "name": "postProcessBaseDirective"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "readPatchedData"
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "readPatchedLView"
-  },
   {
     "name": "refreshChildComponents"
   },
@@ -434,9 +422,6 @@
   {
     "name": "renderComponent"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "renderComponentOrTemplate"
-  },
   {
     "name": "renderEmbeddedTemplate"
   },
@@ -500,9 +485,6 @@
   {
     "name": "syncViewWithBlueprint"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "tickRootContext"
-  },
   {
     "name": "unwrapRNode"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 8323bf925f..5407073b7e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -899,12 +899,6 @@
   {
     "name": "getRenderer"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "getRootContext"
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "getRootView"
-  },
   {
     "name": "getSelectedIndex"
   },