diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts
index a2a5f604dc..6c5b68af97 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {NodeInjector, getParentInjectorLocation} from './di';
 import {addToViewTree, createEmbeddedViewAndNode, createLContainer, renderEmbeddedTemplate} from './instructions';
 import {ACTIVE_INDEX, LContainer, NATIVE, VIEWS} from './interfaces/container';
 import {TContainerNode, TElementContainerNode, TElementNode, TNode, TNodeType, TViewNode} from './interfaces/node';
-import {RComment, RElement, Renderer3, isProceduralRenderer} from './interfaces/renderer';
+import {RComment, RElement, isProceduralRenderer} from './interfaces/renderer';
 import {CONTAINER_INDEX, CONTEXT, LView, QUERIES, RENDERER, TView, T_HOST} from './interfaces/view';
 import {assertNodeOfPossibleTypes} from './node_assert';
 import {addRemoveViewFromContainer, appendChild, detachView, getBeforeNodeForView, insertView, nativeInsertBefore, nativeNextSibling, nativeParentNode, removeView} from './node_manipulation';
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ export function createElementRef(
 let R3TemplateRef: {
   new (
       _declarationParentView: LView, elementRef: ViewEngine_ElementRef, _tView: TView,
-      _renderer: Renderer3, _hostLContainer: LContainer, _injectorIndex: number):
-      ViewEngine_TemplateRef<any>
+      _hostLContainer: LContainer, _injectorIndex: number): ViewEngine_TemplateRef<any>
 };
 
 /**
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ export function createTemplateRef<T>(
     R3TemplateRef = class TemplateRef_<T> extends TemplateRefToken<T> {
       constructor(
           private _declarationParentView: LView, readonly elementRef: ViewEngine_ElementRef,
-          private _tView: TView, private _renderer: Renderer3, private _hostLContainer: LContainer,
+          private _tView: TView, private _hostLContainer: LContainer,
           private _injectorIndex: number) {
         super();
       }
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ export function createTemplateRef<T>(
     ngDevMode && assertDefined(hostTNode.tViews, 'TView must be allocated');
     return new R3TemplateRef(
         hostView, createElementRef(ElementRefToken, hostTNode, hostView), hostTNode.tViews as TView,
-        getLView()[RENDERER], hostContainer, hostTNode.injectorIndex);
+        hostContainer, hostTNode.injectorIndex);
   } else {
     return null;
   }