diff --git a/src/navigation/nav-util.ts b/src/navigation/nav-util.ts
index 7fd667ed19..7ba9c700b5 100644
--- a/src/navigation/nav-util.ts
+++ b/src/navigation/nav-util.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ export interface DeepLinkMetadataType {
  */
 export class DeepLinkMetadata implements DeepLinkMetadataType {
   component?: any;
-  viewFactoryFunction?: string;
   loadChildren?: string;
   name?: string;
   segment?: string;