diff --git a/lib/phlex.rb b/lib/phlex.rb
index 2bb3a77c..a795a452 100644
--- a/lib/phlex.rb
+++ b/lib/phlex.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ module Phlex
 	autoload :CSV, "phlex/csv"
 	autoload :Callable, "phlex/callable"
 	autoload :Context, "phlex/context"
-	autoload :DeferredRender, "phlex/deferred_render"
 	autoload :DoubleRenderError, "phlex/errors/double_render_error"
 	autoload :Elements, "phlex/elements"
 	autoload :Error, "phlex/error"
diff --git a/lib/phlex/deferred_render.rb b/lib/phlex/deferred_render.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5873f5fc..00000000
--- a/lib/phlex/deferred_render.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Phlex::DeferredRender
-	# This module doesn't do anything. Phlex::HTML#call checks for its inclusion in the ancestry instead.
-end
diff --git a/lib/phlex/sgml.rb b/lib/phlex/sgml.rb
index ec501fcd..0cb62bd5 100644
--- a/lib/phlex/sgml.rb
+++ b/lib/phlex/sgml.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def call(buffer = +"", context: Phlex::Context.new, view_context: nil, parent: n
 		@_context.around_render do
 			around_template do
 				if block
-					if Phlex::DeferredRender === self
+					if deferred?
 						vanish(self, &block)
 						view_template
 					else
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ def call(buffer = +"", context: Phlex::Context.new, view_context: nil, parent: n
 		end
 	end
 
+	def deferred?
+		false
+	end
+
 	def context
 		@_context.user_context
 	end