diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
index 3612ae1..abea5e9 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgetmanager.js
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@
             var ViewType = this._view_types[view_name];
 >>>>>>> _model_types, _view_types, _models - and document what keys and values are
             if (ViewType !== undefined && ViewType !== null) {
-                var view = new ViewType({model: model, widget_manager: this, options: options});
+                var parameters = {model: model, options: options};
+                var view = new ViewType(parameters);
                 view.render();
                 model.views.push(view);
                 model.on('destroy', view.remove, view);
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
index 382a650..c4df7ee 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/widgets/widget.js
@@ -184,11 +184,9 @@ function(widget_manager, underscore, backbone){
     // WidgetView class
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------
     var WidgetView = Backbone.View.extend({
-        initialize: function(options) {
+        initialize: function(parameters) {
             this.model.on('change',this.update,this);
-            this.widget_manager = options.widget_manager;
-            this.comm_manager = options.widget_manager.comm_manager;
-            this.options = options.options;
+            this.options = parameters.options;
             this.child_views = [];
             this.model.views.push(this);
         },