diff --git a/Nasal/view.nas b/Nasal/view.nas
index 856fa94c8..774c71957 100644
--- a/Nasal/view.nas
+++ b/Nasal/view.nas
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ var manager = {
                     # this allows Tower View AGL to work on aircraft that don't
                     # know about it but need non-zero target-*-offset-m values
                     # to centre the view on the middle of the aircraft.
-                    if (i==2 or i==3 or i==5 or i==7 or i==8) {
+                    if (i==2 or i==3 or i==5 or i==7) {
                         set_default(helicopter_view, "config/target-x-offset-m", viewnode);
                         set_default(helicopter_view, "config/target-y-offset-m", viewnode);
                         set_default(helicopter_view, "config/target-z-offset-m", viewnode);
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ var fdm_init_listener = _setlistener("/sim/signals/fdm-initialized", func {
 	var zoffset = nil;
 	foreach (var v; views) {
 		var index = v.getIndex();
-		if (index > 8 and index < 100) {
+		if (index > 7 and index < 100) {
 			globals["view"] = nil;
 			die("\n***\n*\n*  Illegal use of reserved view index "
 					~ index ~ ". Use indices >= 100!\n*\n***");
diff --git a/defaults.xml b/defaults.xml
index 68038fe82..cb33391d1 100644
--- a/defaults.xml
+++ b/defaults.xml
@@ -750,18 +750,6 @@ Started September 2000 by David Megginson, david@megginson.com
         <default-field-of-view-deg type="double">55.0</default-field-of-view-deg>
       </config>
     </view>
-    <view>
-      <name>Model View</name>
-      <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">true</enabled>
-      <type>lookat</type>
-      <config>
-        <from-model type="bool">false</from-model>
-        <from-model-idx type="int">0</from-model-idx>
-        <eye-heading-deg-path>/orientation/true-heading-deg</eye-heading-deg-path>
-        <at-model type="bool">true</at-model>
-        <z-offset-m alias="/sim/chase-distance-m"/>
-      </config>
-    </view>
     <view>
       <name>Tower View AGL</name>
       <enabled type="bool" userarchive="y">true</enabled>