diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/ViewLocalizer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/ViewLocalizer.cs
index d5cec94b0f..3fddf90af7 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/ViewLocalizer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization/ViewLocalizer.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization
     /// An <see cref="IViewLocalizer"/> implementation that derives the resource location from the executing view's
     /// file path.
     /// </summary>
-    public class ViewLocalizer : IViewLocalizer, ICanHasViewContext
+    public class ViewLocalizer : IViewLocalizer, IViewContextAware
     {
         private readonly IHtmlLocalizerFactory _localizerFactory;
         private readonly string _applicationName;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/RazorPageActivator.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/RazorPageActivator.cs
index c074a42f73..5ed5746211 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/RazorPageActivator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor/RazorPageActivator.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Internal;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Internal;
 
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
                 valueAccessor = context =>
                 {
                     var serviceProvider = context.HttpContext.RequestServices;
-                    var factory = (IUrlHelperFactory)serviceProvider.GetRequiredService(typeof(IUrlHelperFactory));
+                    var factory = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IUrlHelperFactory>();
                     return factory.GetUrlHelper(context);
                 };
             }
@@ -133,11 +132,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
                 {
                     var serviceProvider = context.HttpContext.RequestServices;
                     var value = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService(property.PropertyType);
-                    var canHasViewContext = value as ICanHasViewContext;
-                    if (canHasViewContext != null)
-                    {
-                        canHasViewContext.Contextualize(context);
-                    }
+                    (value as IViewContextAware)?.Contextualize(context);
 
                     return value;
                 };
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/IViewContextAware.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/IViewContextAware.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21e2d9d43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/IViewContextAware.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contract for contextualizing a property activated by a view with the <see cref="ViewContext"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>This interface is used for contextualizing properties added to a Razor page using <c>@inject</c>.</remarks>
+    public interface IViewContextAware
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Contextualizes the instance with the specified <paramref name="viewContext"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="viewContext">The <see cref="ViewContext"/>.</param>
+        void Contextualize(ViewContext viewContext);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Internal/ICanHasViewContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Internal/ICanHasViewContext.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 35a9bd9bef..0000000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/Internal/ICanHasViewContext.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
-
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Internal
-{
-    public interface ICanHasViewContext
-    {
-        void Contextualize(ViewContext viewContext);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewComponentResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewComponentResult.cs
index feb16b3b8f..f419978342 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewComponentResult.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewComponentResult.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
                     writer,
                     htmlHelperOptions);
 
-                (viewComponentHelper as ICanHasViewContext)?.Contextualize(viewContext);
+                (viewComponentHelper as IViewContextAware)?.Contextualize(viewContext);
                 var result = await GetViewComponentResult(viewComponentHelper, logger);
 
                 result.WriteTo(writer, htmlEncoder);
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewComponents/DefaultViewComponentHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewComponents/DefaultViewComponentHelper.cs
index b5e6adfd84..5d63943239 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewComponents/DefaultViewComponentHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewComponents/DefaultViewComponentHelper.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewComponents
     /// <summary>
     /// Default implementation for <see cref="IViewComponentHelper"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public class DefaultViewComponentHelper : IViewComponentHelper, ICanHasViewContext
+    public class DefaultViewComponentHelper : IViewComponentHelper, IViewContextAware
     {
         private readonly IViewComponentDescriptorCollectionProvider _descriptorProvider;
         private readonly HtmlEncoder _htmlEncoder;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/HtmlHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/HtmlHelper.cs
index 90d9c945f0..a3a61a2191 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/HtmlHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/HtmlHelper.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures
     /// <summary>
     /// Default implementation of <see cref="IHtmlHelper"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    public class HtmlHelper : IHtmlHelper, ICanHasViewContext
+    public class HtmlHelper : IHtmlHelper, IViewContextAware
     {
         public static readonly string ValidationInputCssClassName = "input-validation-error";
         public static readonly string ValidationInputValidCssClassName = "input-validation-valid";
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/TemplateRenderer.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/TemplateRenderer.cs
index 0344b4ee97..9ab89c98d1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/TemplateRenderer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures/ViewFeatures/TemplateRenderer.cs
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Internal
         {
             var newHelper = viewContext.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<IHtmlHelper>();
 
-            var contextable = newHelper as ICanHasViewContext;
+            var contextable = newHelper as IViewContextAware;
             if (contextable != null)
             {
                 var newViewContext = new ViewContext(viewContext, viewContext.View, viewData, viewContext.Writer);
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorPageActivatorTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorPageActivatorTest.cs
index 6129984e76..14fe2fc8c9 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorPageActivatorTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Test/RazorPageActivatorTest.cs
@@ -3,21 +3,17 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text.Encodings.Web;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding.Metadata;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewEngines;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders.Testing;
@@ -323,6 +319,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
             }
         }
 
+        private class MyService : IViewContextAware
         private class HasIncorrectViewDataPropertyType : RazorPage<MyModel>
         {
             [RazorInject]
@@ -385,7 +382,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
         {
         }
 
-        private class MyService : ICanHasViewContext
+        private class MyService : IViewContextAware
         {
             public ViewContext ViewContext { get; private set; }
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Internal/DefaultEditorTemplatesTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Internal/DefaultEditorTemplatesTest.cs
index aa7c8a547c..1682c5808b 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Internal/DefaultEditorTemplatesTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.Test/Internal/DefaultEditorTemplatesTest.cs
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ Environment.NewLine;
             public string OrderedProperty1 { get; set; }
         }
 
-        private class StubbyHtmlHelper : IHtmlHelper, ICanHasViewContext
+        private class StubbyHtmlHelper : IHtmlHelper, IViewContextAware
         {
             private readonly IHtmlHelper _innerHelper;
 
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ Environment.NewLine;
 
             public void Contextualize(ViewContext viewContext)
             {
-                (_innerHelper as ICanHasViewContext)?.Contextualize(viewContext);
+                (_innerHelper as IViewContextAware)?.Contextualize(viewContext);
             }
 
             public IHtmlContent ActionLink(