diff --git a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
index 7d61e30a111..f40a7536b37 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const ViewNativeComponent = require('./ViewNativeComponent');
-
 import type {ViewProps} from './ViewPropTypes';
 
 export type Props = ViewProps;
@@ -23,4 +21,4 @@ export type Props = ViewProps;
  *
  * @see http://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/view.html
  */
-module.exports = ((ViewNativeComponent: $FlowFixMe): typeof ViewNativeComponent);
+module.exports = require('./ViewNativeComponent').default;
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent.js b/Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent.js
index 21e57c8a437..36a71deed99 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/View/ViewNativeComponent.js
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ import type {ViewProps} from './ViewPropTypes';
 
 type ViewNativeComponentType = Class<ReactNative.NativeComponent<ViewProps>>;
 
-const NativeViewComponent = requireNativeComponent('RCTView');
-
-module.exports = ((NativeViewComponent: any): ViewNativeComponentType);
+export default ((requireNativeComponent(
+  'RCTView',
+): any): ViewNativeComponentType);