diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
index 5987eb4dd6..246b30b2c9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {ProceduralRenderer3, RElement, RNode, RText, Renderer3, isProceduralRend
 import {isLContainer, isLView, isRootView} from './interfaces/type_checks';
 import {CHILD_HEAD, CLEANUP, DECLARATION_LCONTAINER, FLAGS, HOST, HookData, LView, LViewFlags, NEXT, PARENT, QUERIES, RENDERER, TVIEW, T_HOST, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused5} from './interfaces/view';
 import {assertNodeOfPossibleTypes, assertNodeType} from './node_assert';
-import {findComponentView, getLViewParent} from './util/view_traversal_utils';
+import {findComponentView} from './util/view_traversal_utils';
 import {getNativeByTNode, getNativeByTNodeOrNull, unwrapRNode} from './util/view_utils';
 
 const unusedValueToPlacateAjd = unused1 + unused2 + unused3 + unused4 + unused5;
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ function getRenderParent(tNode: TNode, currentView: LView): RElement|null {
     } else {
       // We are inserting a root element of the component view into the component host element and
       // it should always be eager.
-      return getHostNative(currentView);
+      ngDevMode && assertNodeOfPossibleTypes(hostTNode, TNodeType.Element);
+      return currentView[HOST];
     }
   } else {
     const isIcuCase = tNode && tNode.type === TNodeType.IcuContainer;
@@ -547,18 +548,6 @@ function getRenderParent(tNode: TNode, currentView: LView): RElement|null {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Gets the native host element for a given view. Will return null if the current view does not have
- * a host element.
- */
-function getHostNative(currentView: LView): RElement|null {
-  ngDevMode && assertLView(currentView);
-  const hostTNode = currentView[T_HOST];
-  return hostTNode && hostTNode.type === TNodeType.Element ?
-      (getNativeByTNode(hostTNode, getLViewParent(currentView) !) as RElement) :
-      null;
-}
-
 /**
  * Inserts a native node before another native node for a given parent using {@link Renderer3}.
  * This is a utility function that can be used when native nodes were determined - it abstracts an
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 186fbeae27..910d2e833a 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/cyclic_import/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/cyclic_import/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -311,9 +311,6 @@
   {
     "name": "getFactoryDef"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "getHostNative"
-  },
   {
     "name": "getInitialStylingValue"
   },
@@ -329,9 +326,6 @@
   {
     "name": "getLView"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "getLViewParent"
-  },
   {
     "name": "getMapProp"
   },
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 46ff0fb4bf..826f028b3d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hello_world/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -245,9 +245,6 @@
   {
     "name": "getFactoryDef"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "getHostNative"
-  },
   {
     "name": "getInjectorIndex"
   },
@@ -260,9 +257,6 @@
   {
     "name": "getLView"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "getLViewParent"
-  },
   {
     "name": "getNativeAnchorNode"
   },
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index c125813312..ce81644958 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/todo/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -671,9 +671,6 @@
   {
     "name": "getGuardMask"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "getHostNative"
-  },
   {
     "name": "getInitialStylingValue"
   },