diff --git a/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json b/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
index 2998cb1943..8a2bd85151 100644
--- a/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
+++ b/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
@@ -273,57 +273,7 @@
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/linker/view_container_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/di/injector.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/di/r3_injector.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
-  ],
-  [
-    "packages/core/src/application_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/application_tokens.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/di.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/di/injector_compatibility.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/di/injector.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/di/r3_injector.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
-  ],
-  [
-    "packages/core/src/application_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/application_tokens.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/di.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/di/injector.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/di/r3_injector.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
-  ],
-  [
-    "packages/core/src/application_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/application_tokens.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/di.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
-  ],
-  [
-    "packages/core/src/application_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/application_tokens.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
     "packages/core/src/di.ts",
     "packages/core/src/di/index.ts",
@@ -343,6 +293,7 @@
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
     "packages/core/src/error_handler.ts",
     "packages/core/src/errors.ts",
@@ -365,6 +316,25 @@
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/error_handler.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/errors.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/view/types.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/view_container_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/di/injector.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/di/r3_injector.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
+  ],
+  [
+    "packages/core/src/application_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/application_tokens.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
     "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
@@ -376,6 +346,51 @@
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/di.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/di/injector_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/di/injector.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/di/r3_injector.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
+  ],
+  [
+    "packages/core/src/application_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/application_tokens.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/di.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/di/injector.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/di/r3_injector.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
+  ],
+  [
+    "packages/core/src/application_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/application_tokens.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/di.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/definition.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/metadata/ng_module.ts"
+  ],
+  [
+    "packages/core/src/application_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/application_tokens.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/lview_debug.ts",
     "packages/core/src/core.ts",
@@ -398,6 +413,7 @@
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts"
   ],
   [
@@ -849,17 +865,23 @@
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/linker/view_container_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/error_handler.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/errors.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/view/types.ts",
     "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts"
   ],
   [
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detection.ts",
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts",
     "packages/core/src/error_handler.ts",
     "packages/core/src/errors.ts",
     "packages/core/src/view/types.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/view_container_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts"
   ],
   [
@@ -878,6 +900,7 @@
   [
     "packages/core/src/change_detection/change_detector_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/view_ref.ts"
   ],
   [
@@ -928,6 +951,30 @@
     "packages/core/src/errors.ts",
     "packages/core/src/view/types.ts"
   ],
+  [
+    "packages/core/src/error_handler.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/errors.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/view/types.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts"
+  ],
+  [
+    "packages/core/src/error_handler.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/errors.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/view/types.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/view_container_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts"
+  ],
+  [
+    "packages/core/src/error_handler.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/errors.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/view/types.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/view_container_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
+    "packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts"
+  ],
   [
     "packages/core/src/linker/component_factory_resolver.ts",
     "packages/core/src/linker/ng_module_factory.ts"
@@ -943,14 +990,6 @@
     "packages/core/src/linker/ng_module_factory_registration.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/ng_module_ref.ts"
   ],
-  [
-    "packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts"
-  ],
-  [
-    "packages/core/src/linker/view_container_ref.ts",
-    "packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts"
-  ],
   [
     "packages/core/src/metadata/directives.ts",
     "packages/core/src/render3/jit/directive.ts"
diff --git a/packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts
index d1b99d2027..775815c494 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts
@@ -6,13 +6,23 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {injectTemplateRef as render3InjectTemplateRef} from '../render3/view_engine_compatibility';
+import {assertLContainer} from '../render3/assert';
+import {createLView, renderView} from '../render3/instructions/shared';
+import {TContainerNode, TNode, TNodeType} from '../render3/interfaces/node';
+import {DECLARATION_LCONTAINER, LView, LViewFlags, QUERIES, TView} from '../render3/interfaces/view';
+import {getCurrentTNode, getLView} from '../render3/state';
+import {ViewRef as R3_ViewRef} from '../render3/view_ref';
+import {assertDefined} from '../util/assert';
 import {noop} from '../util/noop';
-
-import {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
+import {createElementRef, ElementRef} from './element_ref';
 import {EmbeddedViewRef} from './view_ref';
 
 
+
+export const SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY__POST_R3__ = injectTemplateRef;
+const SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY__PRE_R3__ = noop;
+const SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY: typeof injectTemplateRef = SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY__PRE_R3__;
+
 /**
  * Represents an embedded template that can be used to instantiate embedded views.
  * To instantiate embedded views based on a template, use the `ViewContainerRef`
@@ -59,11 +69,60 @@ export abstract class TemplateRef<C> {
    * @internal
    * @nocollapse
    */
-  static __NG_ELEMENT_ID__:
-      () => TemplateRef<any>| null = () => SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY(TemplateRef)
+  static __NG_ELEMENT_ID__: () => TemplateRef<any>| null = SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY;
 }
 
-export const SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY__POST_R3__ = render3InjectTemplateRef;
-const SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY__PRE_R3__ = noop;
-const SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY: typeof render3InjectTemplateRef =
-    SWITCH_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY__PRE_R3__;
+const ViewEngineTemplateRef = TemplateRef;
+
+const R3TemplateRef = class TemplateRef<T> extends ViewEngineTemplateRef<T> {
+  constructor(
+      private _declarationLView: LView, private _declarationTContainer: TContainerNode,
+      public elementRef: ElementRef) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  createEmbeddedView(context: T): EmbeddedViewRef<T> {
+    const embeddedTView = this._declarationTContainer.tViews as TView;
+    const embeddedLView = createLView(
+        this._declarationLView, embeddedTView, context, LViewFlags.CheckAlways, null,
+        embeddedTView.declTNode, null, null, null, null);
+
+    const declarationLContainer = this._declarationLView[this._declarationTContainer.index];
+    ngDevMode && assertLContainer(declarationLContainer);
+    embeddedLView[DECLARATION_LCONTAINER] = declarationLContainer;
+
+    const declarationViewLQueries = this._declarationLView[QUERIES];
+    if (declarationViewLQueries !== null) {
+      embeddedLView[QUERIES] = declarationViewLQueries.createEmbeddedView(embeddedTView);
+    }
+
+    renderView(embeddedTView, embeddedLView, context);
+
+    return new R3_ViewRef<T>(embeddedLView);
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Creates a TemplateRef given a node.
+ *
+ * @returns The TemplateRef instance to use
+ */
+export function injectTemplateRef<T>(): TemplateRef<T>|null {
+  return createTemplateRef<T>(getCurrentTNode()!, getLView());
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a TemplateRef and stores it on the injector.
+ *
+ * @param hostTNode The node on which a TemplateRef is requested
+ * @param hostLView The `LView` to which the node belongs
+ * @returns The TemplateRef instance or null if we can't create a TemplateRef on a given node type
+ */
+export function createTemplateRef<T>(hostTNode: TNode, hostLView: LView): TemplateRef<T>|null {
+  if (hostTNode.type & TNodeType.Container) {
+    ngDevMode && assertDefined(hostTNode.tViews, 'TView must be allocated');
+    return new R3TemplateRef(
+        hostLView, hostTNode as TContainerNode, createElementRef(hostTNode, hostLView));
+  }
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
index 695da9ff7b..1fc9972621 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {InjectionToken} from '../di/injection_token';
 import {Type} from '../interface/type';
 import {createElementRef, ElementRef as ViewEngine_ElementRef} from '../linker/element_ref';
 import {QueryList} from '../linker/query_list';
-import {TemplateRef as ViewEngine_TemplateRef} from '../linker/template_ref';
+import {createTemplateRef, TemplateRef as ViewEngine_TemplateRef} from '../linker/template_ref';
 import {ViewContainerRef} from '../linker/view_container_ref';
 import {assertDefined, assertIndexInRange, throwError} from '../util/assert';
 import {stringify} from '../util/stringify';
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {DECLARATION_LCONTAINER, LView, PARENT, QUERIES, TVIEW, TView} from './in
 import {assertTNodeType} from './node_assert';
 import {getCurrentQueryIndex, getCurrentTNode, getLView, getTView, setCurrentQueryIndex} from './state';
 import {isCreationMode} from './util/view_utils';
-import {createContainerRef, createTemplateRef} from './view_engine_compatibility';
+import {createContainerRef} from './view_engine_compatibility';
 
 const unusedValueToPlacateAjd = unused1 + unused2 + unused3 + unused4;
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function createResultByTNodeType(tNode: TNode, currentView: LView): any {
   if (tNode.type & (TNodeType.AnyRNode | TNodeType.ElementContainer)) {
     return createElementRef(tNode, currentView);
   } else if (tNode.type & TNodeType.Container) {
-    return createTemplateRef(ViewEngine_TemplateRef, tNode, currentView);
+    return createTemplateRef(tNode, currentView);
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ function createSpecialToken(lView: LView, tNode: TNode, read: any): any {
   if (read === ViewEngine_ElementRef) {
     return createElementRef(tNode, lView);
   } else if (read === ViewEngine_TemplateRef) {
-    return createTemplateRef(ViewEngine_TemplateRef, tNode, lView);
+    return createTemplateRef(tNode, lView);
   } else if (read === ViewContainerRef) {
     ngDevMode && assertTNodeType(tNode, TNodeType.AnyRNode | TNodeType.AnyContainer);
     return createContainerRef(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts
index e4c9a60fd9..0ff6730a29 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility.ts
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ import {ViewContainerRef as ViewEngine_ViewContainerRef} from '../linker/view_co
 import {EmbeddedViewRef as viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef, ViewRef as viewEngine_ViewRef} from '../linker/view_ref';
 import {Renderer2} from '../render/api';
 import {addToArray, removeFromArray} from '../util/array_utils';
-import {assertDefined, assertEqual, assertGreaterThan, assertLessThan} from '../util/assert';
+import {assertEqual, assertGreaterThan, assertLessThan} from '../util/assert';
 
-import {assertLContainer, assertNodeInjector} from './assert';
+import {assertNodeInjector} from './assert';
 import {getParentInjectorLocation, NodeInjector} from './di';
-import {addToViewTree, createLContainer, createLView, renderView} from './instructions/shared';
+import {addToViewTree, createLContainer} from './instructions/shared';
 import {CONTAINER_HEADER_OFFSET, LContainer, NATIVE, VIEW_REFS} from './interfaces/container';
 import {NodeInjectorOffset} from './interfaces/injector';
 import {TContainerNode, TDirectiveHostNode, TElementContainerNode, TElementNode, TNode, TNodeType} from './interfaces/node';
 import {isProceduralRenderer, RComment, RElement} from './interfaces/renderer';
 import {isComponentHost, isLContainer, isLView} from './interfaces/type_checks';
-import {DECLARATION_COMPONENT_VIEW, DECLARATION_LCONTAINER, LView, LViewFlags, PARENT, QUERIES, RENDERER, T_HOST, TVIEW, TView} from './interfaces/view';
+import {DECLARATION_COMPONENT_VIEW, LView, PARENT, RENDERER, T_HOST, TVIEW} from './interfaces/view';
 import {assertTNodeType} from './node_assert';
 import {addViewToContainer, destroyLView, detachView, getBeforeNodeForView, insertView, nativeInsertBefore, nativeNextSibling, nativeParentNode} from './node_manipulation';
 import {getCurrentTNode, getLView} from './state';
@@ -36,72 +36,6 @@ import {ViewRef} from './view_ref';
 
 
 
-let R3TemplateRef: {
-  new (_declarationParentView: LView, hostTNode: TContainerNode, elementRef: ViewEngine_ElementRef):
-      ViewEngine_TemplateRef<any>
-};
-
-/**
- * Creates a TemplateRef given a node.
- *
- * @returns The TemplateRef instance to use
- */
-export function injectTemplateRef<T>(TemplateRefToken: typeof ViewEngine_TemplateRef):
-    ViewEngine_TemplateRef<T>|null {
-  return createTemplateRef<T>(TemplateRefToken, getCurrentTNode()!, getLView());
-}
-
-/**
- * Creates a TemplateRef and stores it on the injector.
- *
- * @param TemplateRefToken The TemplateRef type
- * @param ElementRefToken The ElementRef type
- * @param hostTNode The node on which a TemplateRef is requested
- * @param hostView The view to which the node belongs
- * @returns The TemplateRef instance or null if we can't create a TemplateRef on a given node type
- */
-export function createTemplateRef<T>(
-    TemplateRefToken: typeof ViewEngine_TemplateRef, hostTNode: TNode,
-    hostView: LView): ViewEngine_TemplateRef<T>|null {
-  if (!R3TemplateRef) {
-    R3TemplateRef = class TemplateRef<T> extends TemplateRefToken<T>{
-      constructor(
-          private _declarationView: LView, private _declarationTContainer: TContainerNode,
-          readonly elementRef: ViewEngine_ElementRef) {
-        super();
-      }
-
-      createEmbeddedView(context: T): viewEngine_EmbeddedViewRef<T> {
-        const embeddedTView = this._declarationTContainer.tViews as TView;
-        const embeddedLView = createLView(
-            this._declarationView, embeddedTView, context, LViewFlags.CheckAlways, null,
-            embeddedTView.declTNode, null, null, null, null);
-
-        const declarationLContainer = this._declarationView[this._declarationTContainer.index];
-        ngDevMode && assertLContainer(declarationLContainer);
-        embeddedLView[DECLARATION_LCONTAINER] = declarationLContainer;
-
-        const declarationViewLQueries = this._declarationView[QUERIES];
-        if (declarationViewLQueries !== null) {
-          embeddedLView[QUERIES] = declarationViewLQueries.createEmbeddedView(embeddedTView);
-        }
-
-        renderView(embeddedTView, embeddedLView, context);
-
-        return new ViewRef<T>(embeddedLView);
-      }
-    };
-  }
-
-  if (hostTNode.type & TNodeType.Container) {
-    ngDevMode && assertDefined(hostTNode.tViews, 'TView must be allocated');
-    return new R3TemplateRef(
-        hostView, hostTNode as TContainerNode, createElementRef(hostTNode, hostView));
-  } else {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
-
 let R3ViewContainerRef: {
   new (
       lContainer: LContainer, hostTNode: TElementNode|TContainerNode|TElementContainerNode,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility_prebound.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility_prebound.ts
index 1234835af9..a4ade3b23b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility_prebound.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/view_engine_compatibility_prebound.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 import {ChangeDetectorRef} from '../change_detection/change_detector_ref';
 import {InjectFlags} from '../di/interface/injector';
-import {TemplateRef as ViewEngine_TemplateRef} from '../linker/template_ref';
+import {createTemplateRef, TemplateRef} from '../linker/template_ref';
 import {throwProviderNotFoundError} from './errors';
 import {TNode} from './interfaces/node';
 import {LView} from './interfaces/view';
-import {createTemplateRef, injectChangeDetectorRef} from './view_engine_compatibility';
+import {injectChangeDetectorRef} from './view_engine_compatibility';
 
 
 /**
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import {createTemplateRef, injectChangeDetectorRef} from './view_engine_compatib
  *
  * @codeGenApi
  */
-export function ɵɵtemplateRefExtractor(tNode: TNode, currentView: LView) {
-  return createTemplateRef(ViewEngine_TemplateRef, tNode, currentView);
+export function ɵɵtemplateRefExtractor(tNode: TNode, lView: LView): TemplateRef<any>|null {
+  return createTemplateRef(tNode, lView);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index b914fe39c7..f9138b4ed2 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@
   {
     "name": "R3Injector"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "R3TemplateRef"
+  },
   {
     "name": "RADIO_VALUE_ACCESSOR"
   },
@@ -620,6 +623,9 @@
   {
     "name": "VERSION"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "ViewEngineTemplateRef"
+  },
   {
     "name": "Validators"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/router/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/router/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 529768219a..6ca5181716 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/router/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/router/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -572,6 +572,9 @@
   {
     "name": "R3Injector"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "R3TemplateRef"
+  },
   {
     "name": "ROUTER_CONFIGURATION"
   },
@@ -839,6 +842,9 @@
   {
     "name": "VERSION"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "ViewEngineTemplateRef"
+  },
   {
     "name": "Version"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index ec637ff1f1..5546c4e8dd 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
   {
     "name": "Optional"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "R3TemplateRef"
+  },
   {
     "name": "RecordViewTuple"
   },
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@
   {
     "name": "TodoStore"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "ViewEngineTemplateRef"
+  },
   {
     "name": "ViewContainerRef"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/perf/ng_template/index.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/perf/ng_template/index.ts
index eaedacf8a7..4cd53bcd99 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/perf/ng_template/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/perf/ng_template/index.ts
@@ -5,23 +5,25 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
+import {injectTemplateRef} from '@angular/core/src/linker/template_ref';
 import {TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef} from '../../../../src/linker';
 import {ɵɵdefineDirective, ɵɵdirectiveInject, ɵɵtemplate} from '../../../../src/render3/index';
 import {createLView, createTNode, createTView} from '../../../../src/render3/instructions/shared';
 import {RenderFlags} from '../../../../src/render3/interfaces/definition';
 import {TNodeType} from '../../../../src/render3/interfaces/node';
 import {LViewFlags, TViewType} from '../../../../src/render3/interfaces/view';
-import {injectTemplateRef, injectViewContainerRef} from '../../../../src/render3/view_engine_compatibility';
+import {injectViewContainerRef} from '../../../../src/render3/view_engine_compatibility';
 import {createBenchmark} from '../micro_bench';
 import {createAndRenderLView} from '../setup';
 
+
 class TemplateRefToken {
   /**
    * @internal
    * @nocollapse
    */
   static __NG_ELEMENT_ID__(): TemplateRef<any>|null {
-    return injectTemplateRef(TemplateRef);
+    return injectTemplateRef();
   }
 }
 class ViewContainerRefToken {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/render_util.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/render_util.ts
index bb6c0f0533..bf25b9d015 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/render_util.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/render_util.ts
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ export const text: RText = null as any as Text;
  */
 export function enableIvyInjectableFactories() {
   (ElementRef as any)[NG_ELEMENT_ID] = () => R3_ELEMENT_REF_FACTORY();
-  (TemplateRef as any)[NG_ELEMENT_ID] = () => R3_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY(TemplateRef);
+  (TemplateRef as any)[NG_ELEMENT_ID] = () => R3_TEMPLATE_REF_FACTORY();
   (ViewContainerRef as any)[NG_ELEMENT_ID] = () => R3_VIEW_CONTAINER_REF_FACTORY(ViewContainerRef);
   (ChangeDetectorRef as any)[NG_ELEMENT_ID] = () => R3_CHANGE_DETECTOR_REF_FACTORY();
   (Renderer2 as any)[NG_ELEMENT_ID] = () => R3_RENDERER2_FACTORY();