diff --git a/src/material-experimental/mdc-table/text-column.ts b/src/material-experimental/mdc-table/text-column.ts
index d616a3a2fa76..f43ec85078b5 100644
--- a/src/material-experimental/mdc-table/text-column.ts
+++ b/src/material-experimental/mdc-table/text-column.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import {CdkTextColumn} from '@angular/cdk/table';
 import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
-import {_MAT_TEXT_COLUMN_TEMPLATE} from '@angular/material/table';
 
 /**
  * Column that simply shows text content for the header and row cells. Assumes that the table
@@ -21,7 +20,16 @@ import {_MAT_TEXT_COLUMN_TEMPLATE} from '@angular/material/table';
  */
 @Component({
   selector: 'mat-text-column',
-  template: _MAT_TEXT_COLUMN_TEMPLATE,
+  template: `
+    <ng-container matColumnDef>
+      <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef [style.text-align]="justify">
+        {{headerText}}
+      </th>
+      <td mat-cell *matCellDef="let data" [style.text-align]="justify">
+        {{dataAccessor(data, name)}}
+      </td>
+    </ng-container>
+  `,
   encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
   // Change detection is intentionally not set to OnPush. This component's template will be provided
   // to the table to be inserted into its view. This is problematic when change detection runs since
diff --git a/src/material/table/text-column.ts b/src/material/table/text-column.ts
index c970f193ee24..f43ec85078b5 100644
--- a/src/material/table/text-column.ts
+++ b/src/material/table/text-column.ts
@@ -9,17 +9,6 @@
 import {CdkTextColumn} from '@angular/cdk/table';
 import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
 
-export const _MAT_TEXT_COLUMN_TEMPLATE = `
-  <ng-container matColumnDef>
-    <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef [style.text-align]="justify">
-      {{headerText}}
-    </th>
-    <td mat-cell *matCellDef="let data" [style.text-align]="justify">
-      {{dataAccessor(data, name)}}
-    </td>
-  </ng-container>
-`;
-
 /**
  * Column that simply shows text content for the header and row cells. Assumes that the table
  * is using the native table implementation (`<table>`).
@@ -31,7 +20,16 @@ export const _MAT_TEXT_COLUMN_TEMPLATE = `
  */
 @Component({
   selector: 'mat-text-column',
-  template: _MAT_TEXT_COLUMN_TEMPLATE,
+  template: `
+    <ng-container matColumnDef>
+      <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef [style.text-align]="justify">
+        {{headerText}}
+      </th>
+      <td mat-cell *matCellDef="let data" [style.text-align]="justify">
+        {{dataAccessor(data, name)}}
+      </td>
+    </ng-container>
+  `,
   encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
   // Change detection is intentionally not set to OnPush. This component's template will be provided
   // to the table to be inserted into its view. This is problematic when change detection runs since
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/material/table.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/material/table.d.ts
index 2c1ad2b23a67..6af3bc69ba87 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/material/table.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/material/table.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-export declare const _MAT_TEXT_COLUMN_TEMPLATE = "\n  <ng-container matColumnDef>\n    <th mat-header-cell *matHeaderCellDef [style.text-align]=\"justify\">\n      {{headerText}}\n    </th>\n    <td mat-cell *matCellDef=\"let data\" [style.text-align]=\"justify\">\n      {{dataAccessor(data, name)}}\n    </td>\n  </ng-container>\n";
-
 export declare class _MatTableDataSource<T, P extends Paginator> extends DataSource<T> {
     _renderChangesSubscription: Subscription | null;
     get data(): T[];