diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/resolver.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/resolver.ts
index 89603e35e98..a5e8cf33366 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/resolver.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/resolver.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import { privatize as P } from '@ember/-internals/container';
 import { ENV } from '@ember/-internals/environment';
 import { Factory, FactoryClass, LookupOptions, Owner } from '@ember/-internals/owner';
-import { lookupPartial, OwnedTemplateMeta } from '@ember/-internals/views';
+import { OwnedTemplateMeta } from '@ember/-internals/views';
 import {
   EMBER_GLIMMER_SET_COMPONENT_TEMPLATE,
   EMBER_MODULE_UNIFICATION,
 } from '@ember/canary-features';
 import { isTemplateOnlyComponent } from '@ember/component/template-only';
-import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
+import { assert, deprecate } from '@ember/debug';
+import { PARTIALS } from '@ember/deprecated-features';
+import EmberError from '@ember/error';
 import { _instrumentStart } from '@ember/instrumentation';
 import {
   ComponentDefinition,
@@ -176,6 +178,60 @@ function lookupComponent(owner: Owner, name: string, options: LookupOptions): Op
   return lookupComponentPair(owner, name);
 }
 
+let lookupPartial: { templateName: string; owner: Owner } | any;
+
+if (PARTIALS) {
+  lookupPartial = function(templateName: string, owner: Owner) {
+    deprecate(
+      `The use of \`{{partial}}\` is deprecated, please refactor the "${templateName}" partial to a component`,
+      false,
+      {
+        id: 'ember-views.partial',
+        until: '4.0.0',
+        url: 'https://deprecations.emberjs.com/v3.x#toc_ember-views-partial',
+      }
+    );
+
+    if (templateName === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let template = templateFor(owner, parseUnderscoredName(templateName), templateName);
+
+    assert(`Unable to find partial with name "${templateName}"`, Boolean(template));
+
+    return template;
+  };
+
+  function templateFor(owner: any, underscored: string, name: string) {
+    if (PARTIALS) {
+      if (!name) {
+        return;
+      }
+      assert(`templateNames are not allowed to contain periods: ${name}`, name.indexOf('.') === -1);
+
+      if (!owner) {
+        throw new EmberError(
+          'Container was not found when looking up a views template. ' +
+            'This is most likely due to manually instantiating an Ember.View. ' +
+            'See: http://git.io/EKPpnA'
+        );
+      }
+
+      return owner.lookup(`template:${underscored}`) || owner.lookup(`template:${name}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function parseUnderscoredName(templateName: string) {
+    let nameParts = templateName.split('/');
+    let lastPart = nameParts[nameParts.length - 1];
+
+    nameParts[nameParts.length - 1] = `_${lastPart}`;
+
+    return nameParts.join('/');
+  }
+}
+
 interface IBuiltInHelpers {
   [name: string]: Helper | undefined;
 }
@@ -306,8 +362,12 @@ export default class RuntimeResolver implements IRuntimeResolver<OwnedTemplateMe
    * Called by CompileTimeLookup to lookup partial
    */
   lookupPartial(name: string, meta: OwnedTemplateMeta): Option<number> {
-    let partial = this._lookupPartial(name, meta);
-    return this.handle(partial);
+    if (PARTIALS) {
+      let partial = this._lookupPartial(name, meta);
+      return this.handle(partial);
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
   }
 
   // end CompileTimeLookup
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/views/index.d.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/views/index.d.ts
index 079c0f6e758..143017ca5ae 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/views/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/views/index.d.ts
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@ export function isSimpleClick(event: Event): boolean;
 
 export function constructStyleDeprecationMessage(affectedStyle: any): string;
 
-export function hasPartial(name: string, owner: any): boolean;
-
-export function lookupPartial(templateName: string, owner: Owner): TemplateFactory;
-
 export function getViewId(view: any): string;
 
 export const MUTABLE_CELL: string;
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/views/index.js b/packages/@ember/-internals/views/index.js
index 7b14200d9be..6224d9e17bf 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/views/index.js
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/views/index.js
@@ -26,5 +26,4 @@ export { default as ViewStateSupport } from './lib/mixins/view_state_support';
 export { default as ViewMixin } from './lib/mixins/view_support';
 export { default as ActionSupport } from './lib/mixins/action_support';
 export { MUTABLE_CELL } from './lib/compat/attrs';
-export { default as lookupPartial, hasPartial } from './lib/system/lookup_partial';
 export { default as ActionManager } from './lib/system/action_manager';
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/views/lib/system/lookup_partial.js b/packages/@ember/-internals/views/lib/system/lookup_partial.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 951f62f8b70..00000000000
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/views/lib/system/lookup_partial.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-import { assert, deprecate } from '@ember/debug';
-import EmberError from '@ember/error';
-import { PARTIALS } from '@ember/deprecated-features';
-
-function parseUnderscoredName(templateName) {
-  if (PARTIALS) {
-    let nameParts = templateName.split('/');
-    let lastPart = nameParts[nameParts.length - 1];
-
-    nameParts[nameParts.length - 1] = `_${lastPart}`;
-
-    return nameParts.join('/');
-  }
-}
-
-export default function lookupPartial(templateName, owner) {
-  if (PARTIALS) {
-    deprecate(
-      `The use of \`{{partial}}\` is deprecated, please refactor the "${templateName}" partial to a component`,
-      false,
-      {
-        id: 'ember-views.partial',
-        until: '4.0.0',
-        url: 'https://deprecations.emberjs.com/v3.x#toc_ember-views-partial',
-      }
-    );
-
-    if (templateName == null) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    let template = templateFor(owner, parseUnderscoredName(templateName), templateName);
-
-    assert(`Unable to find partial with name "${templateName}"`, Boolean(template));
-
-    return template;
-  }
-}
-
-export function hasPartial(name, owner) {
-  if (PARTIALS) {
-    if (!owner) {
-      throw new EmberError(
-        'Container was not found when looking up a views template. ' +
-          'This is most likely due to manually instantiating an Ember.View. ' +
-          'See: http://git.io/EKPpnA'
-      );
-    }
-
-    return (
-      owner.hasRegistration(`template:${parseUnderscoredName(name)}`) ||
-      owner.hasRegistration(`template:${name}`)
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-function templateFor(owner, underscored, name) {
-  if (PARTIALS) {
-    if (!name) {
-      return;
-    }
-    assert(`templateNames are not allowed to contain periods: ${name}`, name.indexOf('.') === -1);
-
-    if (!owner) {
-      throw new EmberError(
-        'Container was not found when looking up a views template. ' +
-          'This is most likely due to manually instantiating an Ember.View. ' +
-          'See: http://git.io/EKPpnA'
-      );
-    }
-
-    return owner.lookup(`template:${underscored}`) || owner.lookup(`template:${name}`);
-  }
-}