diff --git a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
index 33517610ba..2a7a4ea9ac 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
@@ -1818,36 +1818,6 @@ declare global {
 }
 
 
-import {
-  StencilNavDelegate as StencilIonNavDelegate
-} from './components/nav-controller/stencil-nav-delegate';
-
-declare global {
-  interface HTMLStencilIonNavDelegateElement extends StencilIonNavDelegate, HTMLElement {
-  }
-  var HTMLStencilIonNavDelegateElement: {
-    prototype: HTMLStencilIonNavDelegateElement;
-    new (): HTMLStencilIonNavDelegateElement;
-  };
-  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
-    "stencil-ion-nav-delegate": HTMLStencilIonNavDelegateElement;
-  }
-  interface ElementTagNameMap {
-    "stencil-ion-nav-delegate": HTMLStencilIonNavDelegateElement;
-  }
-  namespace JSX {
-    interface IntrinsicElements {
-      "stencil-ion-nav-delegate": JSXElements.StencilIonNavDelegateAttributes;
-    }
-  }
-  namespace JSXElements {
-    export interface StencilIonNavDelegateAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
-      
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-
 import {
   Nav as IonNav
 } from './components/nav/nav';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/stencil-nav-delegate.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/dom-framework-delegate.tsx
similarity index 76%
rename from packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/stencil-nav-delegate.tsx
rename to packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/dom-framework-delegate.tsx
index 438f960cba..9473cc2d82 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/stencil-nav-delegate.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/dom-framework-delegate.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-import { Component, Method } from '@stencil/core';
 import { FrameworkDelegate, Nav, ViewController } from '../../index';
 
-@Component({
-  tag: 'stencil-ion-nav-delegate'
-})
-export class StencilNavDelegate implements FrameworkDelegate {
-
-  @Method()
+export class DomFrameworkDelegate implements FrameworkDelegate {
   attachViewToDom(nav: Nav, enteringView: ViewController): Promise<any> {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       const usersElement = document.createElement(enteringView.component) as HTMLElement;
@@ -17,7 +11,6 @@ export class StencilNavDelegate implements FrameworkDelegate {
     });
   }
 
-  @Method()
   removeViewFromDom(nav: Nav, leavingView: ViewController): Promise<any> {
     nav.element.removeChild(leavingView.element);
     return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/nav-controller.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/nav-controller.tsx
index 3e3bdb8e8a..2ee4b4a2ea 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/nav-controller.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/nav-controller/nav-controller.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Component, Element, Method, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
 
 import { Animation, AnimationController, ComponentDataPair, FrameworkDelegate, Nav, NavOptions, ViewController } from '../../index';
 
-import { isReady } from '../../utils/helpers';
+import { DomFrameworkDelegate } from './dom-framework-delegate';
 
 import {
   insert as insertImpl,
@@ -115,13 +115,10 @@ export function hydrateDelegate(navController: NavController): Promise<Framework
   if (navController.delegate) {
     return Promise.resolve(navController.delegate);
   }
-  // no delegate is set, so fall back to inserting the stencil-ion-nav-delegate
-  const element = document.createElement('stencil-ion-nav-delegate');
-  document.body.appendChild(element);
-  return isReady(element).then(() => {
-    defaultDelegate = element as any as FrameworkDelegate;
-    return defaultDelegate;
-  });
+
+  // no delegate is set, so fall back to using the DomFrameworkDelegate
+  defaultDelegate = new DomFrameworkDelegate();
+  return Promise.resolve(defaultDelegate);
 }
 
 export function hydrateAnimationController(animationController: AnimationController): Promise<Animation> {
diff --git a/packages/core/stencil.config.js b/packages/core/stencil.config.js
index 524fa46a96..958a8c2042 100644
--- a/packages/core/stencil.config.js
+++ b/packages/core/stencil.config.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ exports.config = {
     { components: ['ion-range', 'ion-range-knob']},
     { components: ['ion-tabs', 'ion-tab', 'ion-tabbar', 'ion-tab-button', 'ion-tab-highlight'] },
     { components: ['ion-toggle'] },
-    { components: ['ion-nav', 'ion-nav-controller', 'stencil-ion-nav-delegate'] },
+    { components: ['ion-nav', 'ion-nav-controller'] },
     { components: ['ion-toast', 'ion-toast-controller'] },
   ],
   collections: [