diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTask.php
index 32196243b63..e9f5de95a09 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTask.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 use Cake\Console\Shell;
 use Cake\Core\App;
 use Cake\Utility\Folder;
+use Cake\Utility\ViewVarsTrait;
 
 /**
  * Template Task can generate templated output Used in other Tasks.
@@ -29,12 +30,7 @@
  */
 class TemplateTask extends Shell {
 
-/**
- * variables to add to template scope
- *
- * @var array
- */
-	public $templateVars = array();
+	use ViewVarsTrait;
 
 /**
  * Paths to look for templates on.
@@ -105,31 +101,6 @@ protected function _findThemes() {
 		return $themes;
 	}
 
-/**
- * Set variable values to the template scope
- *
- * @param string|array $one A string or an array of data.
- * @param string|array $two Value in case $one is a string (which then works as the key).
- *   Unused if $one is an associative array, otherwise serves as the values to $one's keys.
- * @return void
- */
-	public function set($one, $two = null) {
-		if (is_array($one)) {
-			if (is_array($two)) {
-				$data = array_combine($one, $two);
-			} else {
-				$data = $one;
-			}
-		} else {
-			$data = array($one => $two);
-		}
-
-		if (!$data) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		$this->templateVars = $data + $this->templateVars;
-	}
-
 /**
  * Runs the template
  *
@@ -148,7 +119,7 @@ public function generate($directory, $filename, $vars = null) {
 		$themePath = $this->getThemePath();
 		$templateFile = $this->_findTemplate($themePath, $directory, $filename);
 		if ($templateFile) {
-			extract($this->templateVars);
+			extract($this->viewVars);
 			ob_start();
 			ob_implicit_flush(0);
 			include $templateFile;
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index 5162994daaa..aebc3230d89 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 use Cake\Routing\Router;
 use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
 use Cake\Utility\ObjectCollection;
+use Cake\Utility\ViewVarsTrait;
 
 /**
  * View, the V in the MVC triad. View interacts with Helpers and view variables passed
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
 class View extends Object {
 
 	use RequestActionTrait;
+	use ViewVarsTrait;
 
 /**
  * Helpers collection
@@ -797,32 +799,6 @@ public function uuid($object, $url) {
 		return $hash;
 	}
 
-/**
- * Allows a template or element to set a variable that will be available in
- * a layout or other element. Analogous to Controller::set().
- *
- * @param string|array $one A string or an array of data.
- * @param string|array $two Value in case $one is a string (which then works as the key).
- *    Unused if $one is an associative array, otherwise serves as the values to $one's keys.
- * @return void
- */
-	public function set($one, $two = null) {
-		$data = null;
-		if (is_array($one)) {
-			if (is_array($two)) {
-				$data = array_combine($one, $two);
-			} else {
-				$data = $one;
-			}
-		} else {
-			$data = array($one => $two);
-		}
-		if (!$data) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		$this->viewVars = $data + $this->viewVars;
-	}
-
 /**
  * Magic accessor for helpers.
  *