diff --git a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
index 268dbe0f33..dd6525fd34 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ export {
   ɵɵenableBindings,
   ɵɵFactoryDef,
   ɵɵgetCurrentView,
-  ɵɵgetFactoryOf,
   ɵɵgetInheritedFactory,
   ɵɵhostProperty,
   ɵɵi18n,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
index fa1f98e62e..1f92458ef1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
@@ -698,40 +698,19 @@ export class NodeInjector implements Injector {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * @codeGenApi
- */
-export function ɵɵgetFactoryOf<T>(type: Type<any>): FactoryFn<T>|null {
-  const typeAny = type as any;
-
-  if (isForwardRef(type)) {
-    return (() => {
-             const factory = ɵɵgetFactoryOf<T>(resolveForwardRef(typeAny));
-             return factory ? factory() : null;
-           }) as any;
-  }
-
-  let factory = getFactoryDef<T>(typeAny);
-  if (factory === null) {
-    const injectorDef = getInjectorDef<T>(typeAny);
-    factory = injectorDef && injectorDef.factory;
-  }
-  return factory || null;
-}
-
 /**
  * @codeGenApi
  */
 export function ɵɵgetInheritedFactory<T>(type: Type<any>): (type: Type<T>) => T {
   return noSideEffects(() => {
     const ownConstructor = type.prototype.constructor;
-    const ownFactory = ownConstructor[NG_FACTORY_DEF] || ɵɵgetFactoryOf(ownConstructor);
+    const ownFactory = ownConstructor[NG_FACTORY_DEF] || getFactoryOf(ownConstructor);
     const objectPrototype = Object.prototype;
     let parent = Object.getPrototypeOf(type.prototype).constructor;
 
     // Go up the prototype until we hit `Object`.
     while (parent && parent !== objectPrototype) {
-      const factory = parent[NG_FACTORY_DEF] || ɵɵgetFactoryOf(parent);
+      const factory = parent[NG_FACTORY_DEF] || getFactoryOf(parent);
 
       // If we hit something that has a factory and the factory isn't the same as the type,
       // we've found the inherited factory. Note the check that the factory isn't the type's
@@ -752,3 +731,21 @@ export function ɵɵgetInheritedFactory<T>(type: Type<any>): (type: Type<T>) =>
     return t => new t();
   });
 }
+
+function getFactoryOf<T>(type: Type<any>): FactoryFn<T>|null {
+  const typeAny = type as any;
+
+  if (isForwardRef(type)) {
+    return (() => {
+             const factory = getFactoryOf<T>(resolveForwardRef(typeAny));
+             return factory ? factory() : null;
+           }) as any;
+  }
+
+  let factory = getFactoryDef<T>(typeAny);
+  if (factory === null) {
+    const injectorDef = getInjectorDef<T>(typeAny);
+    factory = injectorDef && injectorDef.factory;
+  }
+  return factory || null;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
index 182961bac6..1d1322c36e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {getComponent, getDirectives, getHostElement, getRenderedText} from './ut
 
 export {NgModuleType} from '../metadata/ng_module_def';
 export {ComponentFactory, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, injectComponentFactoryResolver} from './component_ref';
-export {ɵɵgetFactoryOf, ɵɵgetInheritedFactory} from './di';
+export {ɵɵgetInheritedFactory} from './di';
 export {getLocaleId, setLocaleId} from './i18n/i18n_locale_id';
 // clang-format off
 export {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index dded841b47..b6ddd81b75 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -1004,6 +1004,9 @@
   {
     "name": "getFactoryDef"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "getFactoryOf"
+  },
   {
     "name": "getFirstLContainer"
   },
@@ -1718,9 +1721,6 @@
   {
     "name": "ɵɵelementStart"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "ɵɵgetFactoryOf"
-  },
   {
     "name": "ɵɵgetInheritedFactory"
   },