diff --git a/frame.go b/frame.go
index ad44cfb56..332048cf3 100644
--- a/frame.go
+++ b/frame.go
@@ -515,31 +515,14 @@ func (f *Frame) newView(path, name string) *View {
 	return view
 }
 
-// DeleteView removes the standard and inverse view from the frame.
+// DeleteView removes the view from the frame.
 func (f *Frame) DeleteView(name string) error {
-	// Delete the standard view.
-	if err := f.deleteView(ViewStandard + "_" + name); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Delete the inverse view.
-	if f.InverseEnabled() {
-		if err := f.deleteView(ViewInverse + "_" + name); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// deleteView removes view from the frame.
-func (f *Frame) deleteView(name string) error {
 	view := f.views[name]
 	if view == nil {
 		return ErrInvalidView
 	}
 
-	// Close data files before deletion
+	// Close data files before deletion.
 	if err := view.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/frame_test.go b/frame_test.go
index 8a8db3f27..50f5fdef5 100644
--- a/frame_test.go
+++ b/frame_test.go
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func TestFrame_DeleteView(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected view")
 	}
 
-	err = f.DeleteView("v")
+	err = f.DeleteView(viewName)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func TestFrame_DeleteView(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("view still exists in frame")
 	}
 
-	// // Retrieve existing view.
+	// Recreate view with same name, verify that the old view was not reused.
 	view2, err := f.CreateViewIfNotExists(viewName)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index cfc96c397..f876dc9b7 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -805,12 +805,6 @@ func (h *Handler) handleDeleteView(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Check the frame for time quantum.
-	if f.TimeQuantum() == "" {
-		http.Error(w, "frame does not contain a Time Quantum", http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return
-	}
-
 	// Delete the view.
 	if err := f.DeleteView(viewName); err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
diff --git a/handler_test.go b/handler_test.go
index c8e0d949c..dacb04b38 100644
--- a/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler_test.go
@@ -1516,19 +1516,20 @@ func TestHandler_GetTimeStamp(t *testing.T) {
 func TestHandler_DeleteView(t *testing.T) {
 	hldr := test.MustOpenHolder()
 	defer hldr.Close()
-	hldr.MustCreateFragmentIfNotExists("i0", "f0", pilosa.ViewStandard+"_2017", 1).MustSetBits(30, (1*SliceWidth)+1)
+	viewName := pilosa.ViewStandard + "_2017"
+	hldr.MustCreateFragmentIfNotExists("i0", "f0", viewName, 1).MustSetBits(30, (1*SliceWidth)+1)
 	hldr.Index("i0").Frame("f0").SetTimeQuantum("YMD")
 
 	h := test.NewHandler()
 	h.Holder = hldr.Holder
 	h.Cluster = test.NewCluster(1)
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	h.ServeHTTP(w, test.MustNewHTTPRequest("DELETE", "/index/i0/frame/f0/view/2017", strings.NewReader("")))
+	h.ServeHTTP(w, test.MustNewHTTPRequest("DELETE", "/index/i0/frame/f0/view/standard_2017", strings.NewReader("")))
 	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected status code: %d", w.Code)
 	} else if body := w.Body.String(); body != `{}`+"\n" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected body: %s", body)
-	} else if f := hldr.Index("i0").Frame("f0").View(pilosa.ViewStandard + "_2017"); f != nil {
+	} else if f := hldr.Index("i0").Frame("f0").View(viewName); f != nil {
 		t.Fatal("expected nil view")
 	}
 }