diff --git a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
index 638944c19..e34c13883 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 
 var NativeMethodsMixin = require('NativeMethodsMixin');
 var PropTypes = require('ReactPropTypes');
-var ReactClass = require('ReactClass');
-var ReactElement = require('ReactElement');
-var ReactIOSComponentMixin = require('ReactIOSComponentMixin');
+var React = require('React');
 var ReactIOSViewAttributes = require('ReactIOSViewAttributes');
 var StyleSheetPropType = require('StyleSheetPropType');
 var ViewStylePropTypes = require('ViewStylePropTypes');
@@ -44,8 +42,8 @@ var stylePropType = StyleSheetPropType(ViewStylePropTypes);
  * `View`s are designed to be used with `StyleSheet`s for clarity and
  * performance, although inline styles are also supported.
  */
-var View = ReactClass.createClass({
-  mixins: [NativeMethodsMixin, ReactIOSComponentMixin],
+var View = React.createClass({
+  mixins: [NativeMethodsMixin],
 
   /**
    * `NativeMethodsMixin` will look for this when invoking `setNativeProps`. We
@@ -140,7 +138,7 @@ var View = ReactClass.createClass({
   },
 
   render: function() {
-    return ReactElement.createElement(RCTView, this.props);
+    return <RCTView {...this.props} />;
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/Libraries/ReactIOS/ReactIOSDefaultInjection.js b/Libraries/ReactIOS/ReactIOSDefaultInjection.js
index b748a5940..a64236973 100644
--- a/Libraries/ReactIOS/ReactIOSDefaultInjection.js
+++ b/Libraries/ReactIOS/ReactIOSDefaultInjection.js
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ var ReactNativeComponent = require('ReactNativeComponent');
 var ReactUpdates = require('ReactUpdates');
 var ResponderEventPlugin = require('ResponderEventPlugin');
 var UniversalWorkerNodeHandle = require('UniversalWorkerNodeHandle');
-var View = require('View');
+
+var createReactIOSNativeComponentClass = require('createReactIOSNativeComponentClass');
 
 // Just to ensure this gets packaged, since its only caller is from Native.
 require('RCTEventEmitter');
@@ -79,7 +80,12 @@ function inject() {
     ReactIOSComponentEnvironment
   );
 
-  ReactEmptyComponent.injection.injectEmptyComponent(View);
+  // Can't import View here because it depends on React to make its composite
+  var RCTView = createReactIOSNativeComponentClass({
+    validAttributes: {},
+    uiViewClassName: 'RCTView',
+  });
+  ReactEmptyComponent.injection.injectEmptyComponent(RCTView);
 
   EventPluginUtils.injection.injectMount(ReactIOSMount);