diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/app.rs b/crates/gpui/src/app.rs
index 8fbf102f38..4f86a23eff 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/app.rs
@@ -158,10 +158,6 @@ pub trait UpgradeViewHandle {
     fn upgrade_any_view_handle(&self, handle: &AnyWeakViewHandle) -> Option<AnyViewHandle>;
 }
 
-pub trait ReadView {
-    fn read_view<T: View>(&self, handle: &ViewHandle<T>) -> &T;
-}
-
 pub trait ReadViewWith {
     fn read_view_with<V, T>(
         &self,
@@ -1444,6 +1440,14 @@ impl AppContext {
         .unwrap()
     }
 
+    pub fn read_view<T: View>(&self, handle: &ViewHandle<T>) -> &T {
+        if let Some(view) = self.views.get(&(handle.window_id, handle.view_id)) {
+            view.as_any().downcast_ref().expect("downcast is type safe")
+        } else {
+            panic!("circular view reference for type {}", type_name::<T>());
+        }
+    }
+
     fn remove_dropped_entities(&mut self) {
         loop {
             let (dropped_models, dropped_views, dropped_element_states) =
@@ -2172,16 +2176,6 @@ impl UpgradeViewHandle for AppContext {
     }
 }
 
-impl ReadView for AppContext {
-    fn read_view<T: View>(&self, handle: &ViewHandle<T>) -> &T {
-        if let Some(view) = self.views.get(&(handle.window_id, handle.view_id)) {
-            view.as_any().downcast_ref().expect("downcast is type safe")
-        } else {
-            panic!("circular view reference for type {}", type_name::<T>());
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum ParentId {
     View(usize),
@@ -3488,12 +3482,6 @@ impl<V: View> UpdateModel for ViewContext<'_, '_, V> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<V: View> ReadView for ViewContext<'_, '_, V> {
-    fn read_view<T: View>(&self, handle: &ViewHandle<T>) -> &T {
-        self.window_context.read_view(handle)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<V: View> UpdateView for ViewContext<'_, '_, V> {
     type Output<S> = S;
 
@@ -3551,12 +3539,6 @@ impl<V: View> UpdateModel for EventContext<'_, '_, '_, V> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<V: View> ReadView for EventContext<'_, '_, '_, V> {
-    fn read_view<W: View>(&self, handle: &crate::ViewHandle<W>) -> &W {
-        self.view_context.read_view(handle)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<V: View> UpdateView for EventContext<'_, '_, '_, V> {
     type Output<S> = S;
 
@@ -3924,7 +3906,7 @@ impl<T: View> ViewHandle<T> {
         self.view_id
     }
 
-    pub fn read<'a, C: ReadView>(&self, cx: &'a C) -> &'a T {
+    pub fn read<'a>(&self, cx: &'a AppContext) -> &'a T {
         cx.read_view(self)
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/app/window.rs b/crates/gpui/src/app/window.rs
index 12dc9a60c5..a28507a095 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/app/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/app/window.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ use crate::{
     util::post_inc,
     Action, AnyModelHandle, AnyView, AnyViewHandle, AnyWeakModelHandle, AnyWeakViewHandle,
     AppContext, Effect, Element, Entity, Handle, ModelContext, ModelHandle, MouseRegion,
-    MouseRegionId, ParentId, ReadModel, ReadView, SceneBuilder, Subscription, UpdateModel,
-    UpdateView, UpgradeModelHandle, UpgradeViewHandle, View, ViewContext, ViewHandle,
-    WeakModelHandle, WeakViewHandle, WindowInvalidation,
+    MouseRegionId, ParentId, ReadModel, SceneBuilder, Subscription, UpdateModel, UpdateView,
+    UpgradeModelHandle, UpgradeViewHandle, View, ViewContext, ViewHandle, WeakModelHandle,
+    WeakViewHandle, WindowInvalidation,
 };
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
 use collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ impl UpdateModel for WindowContext<'_> {
     }
 }
 
-impl ReadView for WindowContext<'_> {
-    fn read_view<W: View>(&self, handle: &crate::ViewHandle<W>) -> &W {
-        self.app_context.read_view(handle)
-    }
-}
-
 impl UpdateView for WindowContext<'_> {
     type Output<S> = S;