diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/partial_renderer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/partial_renderer.rb
index 36d557e1a361db753c4f9473050096e3d06da1c7..f5fdf766add7fea6bd734274edaaf45e3df97eb8 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/partial_renderer.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/partial_renderer.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 module ActionView
   # = Action View Partials
   #
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/renderer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/renderer.rb
index dfef43bc9d8d26c6e8716b6fe8e02628609ba0a6..30a0c4be7092ae8de6e5a5a57f1ebe6732aff0f1 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/renderer.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/renderer.rb
@@ -33,22 +33,12 @@ def render_body(context, options)
 
     # Direct accessor to template rendering.
     def render_template(context, options) #:nodoc:
-      _template_renderer.render(context, options)
+      TemplateRenderer.new(@lookup_context).render(context, options)
     end
 
     # Direct access to partial rendering.
     def render_partial(context, options, &block) #:nodoc:
-      _partial_renderer.render(context, options, block)
-    end
-
-    private
-
-    def _template_renderer #:nodoc:
-      TemplateRenderer.new(@lookup_context)
-    end
-
-    def _partial_renderer #:nodoc:
-      PartialRenderer.new(@lookup_context)
+      PartialRenderer.new(@lookup_context).render(context, options, block)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb
index 2a5ea5a711a4317dbad1be4b86787e253acd2d7e..4d5c5db80c801862a7ec119a148ba4736ed70cb0 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/renderer/template_renderer.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def determine_template(options) #:nodoc:
 
     # Renders the given template. A string representing the layout can be
     # supplied as well.
-    def render_template(template, layout_name = nil, locals = {}) #:nodoc:
+    def render_template(template, layout_name = nil, locals = nil) #:nodoc:
       view, locals = @view, locals || {}
 
       render_with_layout(layout_name, locals) do |layout|