diff --git a/include/ignition/gazebo/detail/View.hh b/include/ignition/gazebo/detail/View.hh
index 13abccbcf8..93ea32c1b1 100644
--- a/include/ignition/gazebo/detail/View.hh
+++ b/include/ignition/gazebo/detail/View.hh
@@ -28,17 +28,6 @@
 #include "ignition/gazebo/config.hh"
 #include "ignition/gazebo/detail/BaseView.hh"
 
-// TODO(chapulina) Remove hardcoded 6
-#ifndef _WIN32
-#  define ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
-#else
-#  if (defined(ignition_gazebo6_EXPORTS))
-#    define ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API __declspec(dllexport)
-#  else
-#    define ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API __declspec(dllimport)
-#  endif
-#endif
-
 namespace ignition
 {
 namespace gazebo
@@ -50,7 +39,7 @@ namespace detail
 /// \brief A view that caches a particular set of component type data.
 /// \tparam ComponentTypeTs The component type(s) that are stored in this view.
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-class ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API View : public BaseView
+class View : public BaseView
 {
   /// \brief Alias for containers that hold and entity and its component data.
   /// The component types held in this container match the component types that
@@ -158,7 +147,6 @@ class ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API View : public BaseView
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 View<ComponentTypeTs...>::View()
 {
   this->componentTypes = {ComponentTypeTs::typeId...};
@@ -166,7 +154,6 @@ View<ComponentTypeTs...>::View()
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 bool View<ComponentTypeTs...>::HasCachedComponentData(
     const Entity _entity) const
 {
@@ -193,7 +180,6 @@ bool View<ComponentTypeTs...>::HasCachedComponentData(
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 bool View<ComponentTypeTs...>::RemoveEntity(const Entity _entity)
 {
   this->invalidData.erase(_entity);
@@ -215,7 +201,6 @@ bool View<ComponentTypeTs...>::RemoveEntity(const Entity _entity)
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 typename View<ComponentTypeTs...>::ConstComponentData
   View<ComponentTypeTs...>::EntityComponentConstData(const Entity _entity) const
 {
@@ -224,7 +209,6 @@ typename View<ComponentTypeTs...>::ConstComponentData
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 typename View<ComponentTypeTs...>::ComponentData
   View<ComponentTypeTs...>::EntityComponentData(const Entity _entity)
 {
@@ -233,7 +217,6 @@ typename View<ComponentTypeTs...>::ComponentData
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 void View<ComponentTypeTs...>::AddEntityWithConstComps(const Entity &_entity,
     const bool _new, const ComponentTypeTs*... _compPtrs)
 {
@@ -245,7 +228,6 @@ void View<ComponentTypeTs...>::AddEntityWithConstComps(const Entity &_entity,
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 void View<ComponentTypeTs...>::AddEntityWithComps(const Entity &_entity,
     const bool _new, ComponentTypeTs*... _compPtrs)
 {
@@ -257,7 +239,6 @@ void View<ComponentTypeTs...>::AddEntityWithComps(const Entity &_entity,
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 bool View<ComponentTypeTs...>::NotifyComponentAddition(const Entity _entity,
     bool _newEntity, const ComponentTypeId _typeId)
 {
@@ -296,7 +277,6 @@ bool View<ComponentTypeTs...>::NotifyComponentAddition(const Entity _entity,
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 bool View<ComponentTypeTs...>::NotifyComponentRemoval(const Entity _entity,
     const ComponentTypeId _typeId)
 {
@@ -329,7 +309,6 @@ bool View<ComponentTypeTs...>::NotifyComponentRemoval(const Entity _entity,
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<typename ...ComponentTypeTs>
-ignition_gazebo_EXPORTS_API
 void View<ComponentTypeTs...>::Reset()
 {
   // reset all data structures in the BaseView except for componentTypes since