diff --git a/src/Template/index.js b/src/Template/index.js
index a9b67a5..e686db7 100644
--- a/src/Template/index.js
+++ b/src/Template/index.js
@@ -412,13 +412,10 @@ class Template {
      * Convert props array to data object
      */
     let presenter = null
-    let shareData = false
 
     const data = _.transform(props, (result, prop) => {
       if (prop.presenter) {
         presenter = prop.presenter
-      } else if (prop.shareData) {
-        shareData = true
       } else {
         _.merge(result, prop)
       }
@@ -427,13 +424,8 @@ class Template {
 
     const template = new Template(this._tags, this._options, this._globals, this._loader)
     template.presenter(presenter)
+    template._makeContext(data)
 
-    if (shareData) {
-      debug('sharing parent template data with component')
-      template._makeContext(_.assign({}, this.context.$presenter.$data, data))
-    } else {
-      template._makeContext(data)
-    }
     return template
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/tags/component.spec.js b/test/unit/tags/component.spec.js
index 899ef10..3281085 100644
--- a/test/unit/tags/component.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/tags/component.spec.js
@@ -348,30 +348,4 @@ test.group('Tags | Component ', (group) => {
     const $ = cheerio.load(output)
     assert.equal($('h2').text().trim(), '1')
   })
-
-  test('share data from the parent view', (assert) => {
-    const template = new Template(this.tags, {}, {
-      size: function (dict) { return dict.length }
-    }, loader)
-    const statement = dedent`
-    @!component('components.access-globals', shareData = true)
-    `
-    this.tags.each.run(Context)
-    const output = template.renderString(statement, { users: ['virk', 'nikk'] })
-    const $ = cheerio.load(output)
-    assert.equal($('h2').text().trim(), '2')
-  })
-
-  test('should override the parent data view', (assert) => {
-    const template = new Template(this.tags, {}, {
-      size: function (dict) { return dict.length }
-    }, loader)
-    const statement = dedent`
-    @!component('components.access-globals', shareData = true, users = ['virk'])
-    `
-    this.tags.each.run(Context)
-    const output = template.renderString(statement, { users: ['virk', 'nikk'] })
-    const $ = cheerio.load(output)
-    assert.equal($('h2').text().trim(), '1')
-  })
 })