diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/abstract_renderer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/abstract_renderer.rb
index 77cfa51dff..9be1b5f738 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/abstract_renderer.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/abstract_renderer.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module ActionView
   class AbstractRenderer #:nodoc:
-    attr_reader :vew, :lookup_context
+    attr_reader :lookup_context
 
     delegate :find_template, :template_exists?, :with_fallbacks, :update_details,
       :with_layout_format, :formats, :to => :lookup_context