diff --git a/spec/view-registry-spec.coffee b/spec/view-registry-spec.coffee
index fa3e5ba1f..fcddd325a 100644
--- a/spec/view-registry-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/view-registry-spec.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ViewRegistry = require '../src/view-registry'
-{View} = require '../src/space-pen-extensions'
 
 describe "ViewRegistry", ->
   registry = null
@@ -16,16 +15,6 @@ describe "ViewRegistry", ->
         node = document.createElement('div')
         expect(registry.getView(node)).toBe node
 
-    describe "when passed a SpacePen view", ->
-      it "returns the root node of the view with a .spacePenView property pointing at the SpacePen view", ->
-        class TestView extends View
-          @content: -> @div "Hello"
-
-        view = new TestView
-        node = registry.getView(view)
-        expect(node.textContent).toBe "Hello"
-        expect(node.spacePenView).toBe view
-
     describe "when passed an object with an element property", ->
       it "returns the element property if it's an instance of HTMLElement", ->
         class TestComponent
@@ -59,30 +48,8 @@ describe "ViewRegistry", ->
           expect(view2.model).toBe subclassModel
 
       describe "when no view provider is registered for the object's constructor", ->
-        describe "when the object has a .getViewClass() method", ->
-          it "builds an instance of the view class with the model, then returns its root node with a __spacePenView property pointing at the view", ->
-            class TestView extends View
-              @content: (model) -> @div model.name
-              initialize: (@model) ->
-
-            class TestModel
-              constructor: (@name) ->
-              getViewClass: -> TestView
-
-            model = new TestModel("hello")
-            node = registry.getView(model)
-
-            expect(node.textContent).toBe "hello"
-            view = node.spacePenView
-            expect(view instanceof TestView).toBe true
-            expect(view.model).toBe model
-
-            # returns the same DOM node for repeated calls
-            expect(registry.getView(model)).toBe node
-
-        describe "when the object has no .getViewClass() method", ->
-          it "throws an exception", ->
-            expect(-> registry.getView(new Object)).toThrow()
+        it "throws an exception", ->
+          expect(-> registry.getView(new Object)).toThrow()
 
   describe "::addViewProvider(providerSpec)", ->
     it "returns a disposable that can be used to remove the provider", ->