diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 083a555a42..a32897d10c 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -166,26 +166,6 @@ declare module 'egg' {
     realStatus: number;
   }
 
-  export interface ContextView { // tslint:disable-line
-    /**
-     * Render a file by view engine
-     * @param {String} name - the file path based on root
-     * @param {Object} [locals] - data used by template
-     * @param {Object} [options] - view options, you can use `options.viewEngine` to specify view engine
-     * @return {Promise<String>} result - return a promise with a render result
-     */
-    render(name: string, locals?: any, options?: any): Promise<string>;
-
-    /**
-     * Render a template string by view engine
-     * @param {String} tpl - template string
-     * @param {Object} [locals] - data used by template
-     * @param {Object} [options] - view options, you can use `options.viewEngine` to specify view engine
-     * @return {Promise<String>} result - return a promise with a render result
-     */
-    renderString(name: string, locals?: any, options?: any): Promise<string>;
-  }
-
   export type LoggerLevel = EggLoggerLevel;
 
   /**
@@ -436,14 +416,6 @@ declare module 'egg' {
       maxFiles: number;
     } & PlainObject;
 
-    view: {
-      root: string;
-      cache: boolean;
-      defaultExtension: string;
-      defaultViewEngine: string;
-      mapping: PlainObject<string>;
-    };
-
     watcher: PlainObject;
 
     onClientError(err: Error, socket: Socket, app: EggApplication): ClientErrorResponse | Promise<ClientErrorResponse>;
@@ -902,11 +874,6 @@ declare module 'egg' {
      */
     starttime: number;
 
-    /**
-     * View instance that is created every request
-     */
-    view: ContextView;
-
     /**
      * http request helper base on httpclient, it will auto save httpclient log.
      * Keep the same api with httpclient.request(url, args).
@@ -914,24 +881,6 @@ declare module 'egg' {
      */
     curl<T = any>(url: string, opt?: RequestOptions): Promise<T>;
 
-    /**
-     * Render a file by view engine
-     * @param {String} name - the file path based on root
-     * @param {Object} [locals] - data used by template
-     * @param {Object} [options] - view options, you can use `options.viewEngine` to specify view engine
-     * @return {Promise<String>} result - return a promise with a render result
-     */
-    render(name: string, locals?: any, options?: any): Promise<string>;
-
-    /**
-     * Render a template string by view engine
-     * @param {String} tpl - template string
-     * @param {Object} [locals] - data used by template
-     * @param {Object} [options] - view options, you can use `options.viewEngine` to specify view engine
-     * @return {Promise<String>} result - return a promise with a render result
-     */
-    renderString(name: string, locals?: any, options?: any): Promise<string>;
-
     __(key: string, ...values: string[]): string;
     gettext(key: string, ...values: string[]): string;
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/apps/app-ts/app/controller/foo.ts b/test/fixtures/apps/app-ts/app/controller/foo.ts
index 5c7c862972..9a9275f4e3 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/apps/app-ts/app/controller/foo.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/apps/app-ts/app/controller/foo.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export default class FooController extends Controller {
       this.app.logger.info(e.name, body.foo);
     }
   }
+
   async getBar() {
     try {
       this.ctx.body = await this.service.foo.bar();
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export default class FooController extends Controller {
       this.ctx.logger.error(e);
     }
   }
+
   async httpclient() {
     await this.app.httpclient.request('url', {
       method: 'POST',
@@ -37,4 +39,18 @@ export default class FooController extends Controller {
       method: 'POST',
     });
   }
+
+  async testViewRender() {
+    const { ctx } = this;
+    this.app.logger.info(this.app.view.get('nunjucks'));
+    this.app.logger.info(this.app.config.view.root);
+    this.app.logger.info(this.app.config.view.defaultExtension);
+    ctx.body = await this.ctx.view.render('test.tpl', {
+      test: '123'
+    });
+  }
+
+  async testViewRenderString() {
+    this.ctx.body = await this.ctx.view.renderString('test');
+  }
 }