diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/extended.js b/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/extended.js
index dffaa6605f0d..125a453e9c20 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/extended.js
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/extended.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _l from "utils/localization";
 import GalaxyApp from "galaxy";
 import WorkflowView from "mvc/workflow/workflow-view";
 import Trackster from "viz/trackster";
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ import StructureView from "mvc/history/history-structure-view";
 import HistoryContents from "mvc/history/history-contents";
 import MultiPanel from "mvc/history/multi-panel";
 import HistoryView from "mvc/history/history-view";
-import HistoryViewEdit from "mvc/history/history-view-edit";
 import HistoryViewAnnotated from "mvc/history/history-view-annotated";
 import HistoryCopyDialog from "mvc/history/copy-dialog";
 import HDAListItemEdit from "mvc/history/hda-li-edit";
@@ -67,89 +65,6 @@ export function libraryEntry(options) {
     new GalaxyLibrary.GalaxyApp(options);
 }
 
-export function historyEntry(options) {
-    $("#toggle-deleted").modeButton({
-        initialMode: options.initialModeDeleted,
-        modes: [
-            { mode: "showing_deleted", html: _l("Exclude deleted") },
-            { mode: "not_showing_deleted", html: _l("Include deleted") }
-        ]
-    });
-    $("#toggle-hidden").modeButton({
-        initialMode: options.initialModeHidden,
-        modes: [
-            { mode: "showing_hidden", html: _l("Exclude hidden") },
-            { mode: "not_showing_hidden", html: _l("Include hidden") }
-        ]
-    });
-    $("#switch").click(function() {
-        //##HACK:ity hack hack
-        //##TODO: remove when out of iframe
-        var hview =
-            Galaxy.currHistoryPanel || (window.top.Galaxy && window.top.Galaxy.currHistoryPanel)
-                ? window.top.Galaxy.currHistoryPanel
-                : null;
-        if (hview) {
-            hview.switchToHistory("${ history[ 'id' ] }");
-        } else {
-            window.location = "${ switch_to_url }";
-        }
-    });
-    // use_panels effects where the the center_panel() is rendered:
-    //  w/o it renders to the body, w/ it renders to #center - we need to adjust a few things for scrolling to work
-    if (options.hasMasthead) {
-        $("#center").addClass("flex-vertical-container");
-    }
-
-    let viewClass = options.userIsOwner ? HistoryViewEdit.HistoryViewEdit : HistoryView.HistoryView;
-    let historyModel = new History.History(options.historyJSON);
-
-    // attach the copy dialog to the import button now that we have a history
-    $("#import").click(function() {
-        HistoryCopyDialog(historyModel, {
-            useImport: true,
-            // use default datasets option to match the toggle-deleted button
-            allDatasets: $("#toggle-deleted").modeButton("getMode").mode === "showing_deleted"
-        }).done(function() {
-            if (window === window.parent) {
-                window.location = Galaxy.root;
-            } else if (Galaxy.currHistoryPanel) {
-                Galaxy.currHistoryPanel.loadCurrentHistory();
-            }
-        });
-    });
-
-    let historyView = new viewClass({
-        el: $("#history-" + options.historyJSON.id),
-        className: viewClass.prototype.className + " wide",
-        $scrollContainer: options.hasMasthead
-            ? function() {
-                  return this.$el.parent();
-              }
-            : undefined,
-        model: historyModel,
-        show_deleted: options.showDeletedJson,
-        show_hidden: options.showHiddenJson,
-        purgeAllowed: options.allow_user_dataset_purge
-    });
-    historyView.trigger("loading");
-    historyModel
-        .fetchContents({ silent: true })
-        .fail(function() {
-            alert("Galaxy history failed to load");
-        })
-        .done(function() {
-            historyView.trigger("loading-done");
-            historyView.render();
-        });
-    $("#toggle-deleted").on("click", function() {
-        historyView.toggleShowDeleted();
-    });
-    $("#toggle-hidden").on("click", function() {
-        historyView.toggleShowHidden();
-    });
-}
-
 export function multiHistoryEntry(options) {
     let histories = new History.HistoryCollection([], {
         includeDeleted: options.includingDeleted,
@@ -180,7 +95,7 @@ export const bundleEntries = {
     phyloviz: Phyloviz.PhylovizView,
     createTabularDatasetChunkedView: Data.createTabularDatasetChunkedView,
     multiHistory: multiHistoryEntry,
-    history: historyEntry,
+    history: HistoryView.historyEntry,
     History: History.History,
     HistoryContents: HistoryContents.HistoryContents,
     SweepsterVisualization: Sweepster.SweepsterVisualization,
diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/HistoryView.vue b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/HistoryView.vue
index 16599c7bcf8c..8e39c08c8c8c 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/HistoryView.vue
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/HistoryView.vue
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import axios from "axios";
 import Vue from "vue";
 import DisplayStructure from "components/DisplayStructured.vue";
 import QueryStringParsing from "utils/query-string-parsing";
+import HistoryView from "mvc/history/history-view";
 
 export default {
     props: {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ export default {
                 options.viewToUse = options.userIsOwner
                     ? { location: "mvc/history/history-view-edit", className: "HistoryViewEdit" }
                     : { location: "mvc/history/history-view", className: "HistoryView" };
-                window.bundleEntries.history(options);
+                HistoryView.historyEntry(options);
             });
         },
         showStructure: function() {
diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/history/history-view.js b/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/history/history-view.js
index 2cfa71fb99ab..ff06c5d29625 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/history/history-view.js
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/history/history-view.js
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
+import * as _ from "underscore";
+import _l from "utils/localization";
 import LIST_VIEW from "mvc/list/list-view";
 import HISTORY_MODEL from "mvc/history/history-model";
 import HISTORY_CONTENTS from "mvc/history/history-contents";
-import HISTORY_PREFS from "mvc/history/history-preferences";
+import History from "mvc/history/history-model";
 import HDA_LI from "mvc/history/hda-li";
 import HDCA_LI from "mvc/history/hdca-li";
-import USER from "mvc/user/user-model";
 import ERROR_MODAL from "mvc/ui/error-modal";
 import faIconButton from "ui/fa-icon-button";
 import BASE_MVC from "mvc/base-mvc";
-import _l from "utils/localization";
+import HistoryViewEdit from "mvc/history/history-view-edit";
+import HistoryCopyDialog from "mvc/history/copy-dialog";
 import "ui/search-input";
+import "ui/mode-button";
+
+/* global $ */
+/* global Galaxy */
 
 /* =============================================================================
 TODO:
@@ -413,7 +419,7 @@ var HistoryView = _super.extend(
             this.$(inputSelector).searchInput("toggle-loading");
             // set this now so that only results will show during progress
             this.searchFor = searchFor;
-            var xhr = this.model.contents
+            this.model.contents
                 .progressivelyFetchDetails({ silent: true })
                 .progress((response, limit, offset) => {
                     this.renderItems();
@@ -611,7 +617,91 @@ HistoryView.prototype.templates = (() => {
     });
 })();
 
+export function historyEntry(options) {
+    $("#toggle-deleted").modeButton({
+        initialMode: options.initialModeDeleted,
+        modes: [
+            { mode: "showing_deleted", html: _l("Exclude deleted") },
+            { mode: "not_showing_deleted", html: _l("Include deleted") }
+        ]
+    });
+    $("#toggle-hidden").modeButton({
+        initialMode: options.initialModeHidden,
+        modes: [
+            { mode: "showing_hidden", html: _l("Exclude hidden") },
+            { mode: "not_showing_hidden", html: _l("Include hidden") }
+        ]
+    });
+    $("#switch").click(function() {
+        //##HACK:ity hack hack
+        //##TODO: remove when out of iframe
+        var hview =
+            Galaxy.currHistoryPanel || (window.top.Galaxy && window.top.Galaxy.currHistoryPanel)
+                ? window.top.Galaxy.currHistoryPanel
+                : null;
+        if (hview) {
+            hview.switchToHistory("${ history[ 'id' ] }");
+        } else {
+            window.location = "${ switch_to_url }";
+        }
+    });
+    // use_panels effects where the the center_panel() is rendered:
+    //  w/o it renders to the body, w/ it renders to #center - we need to adjust a few things for scrolling to work
+    if (options.hasMasthead) {
+        $("#center").addClass("flex-vertical-container");
+    }
+
+    let viewClass = options.userIsOwner ? HistoryViewEdit.HistoryViewEdit : HistoryView.HistoryView;
+    let historyModel = new History.History(options.historyJSON);
+
+    // attach the copy dialog to the import button now that we have a history
+    $("#import").click(function() {
+        HistoryCopyDialog(historyModel, {
+            useImport: true,
+            // use default datasets option to match the toggle-deleted button
+            allDatasets: $("#toggle-deleted").modeButton("getMode").mode === "showing_deleted"
+        }).done(function() {
+            if (window === window.parent) {
+                window.location = Galaxy.root;
+            } else if (Galaxy.currHistoryPanel) {
+                Galaxy.currHistoryPanel.loadCurrentHistory();
+            }
+        });
+    });
+
+    let historyView = new viewClass({
+        el: $("#history-" + options.historyJSON.id),
+        className: viewClass.prototype.className + " wide",
+        $scrollContainer: options.hasMasthead
+            ? function() {
+                  return this.$el.parent();
+              }
+            : undefined,
+        model: historyModel,
+        show_deleted: options.showDeletedJson,
+        show_hidden: options.showHiddenJson,
+        purgeAllowed: options.allow_user_dataset_purge
+    });
+    historyView.trigger("loading");
+    historyModel
+        .fetchContents({ silent: true })
+        .fail(function() {
+            alert("Galaxy history failed to load");
+        })
+        .done(function() {
+            historyView.trigger("loading-done");
+            historyView.render();
+        });
+    $("#toggle-deleted").on("click", function() {
+        historyView.toggleShowDeleted();
+    });
+    $("#toggle-hidden").on("click", function() {
+        historyView.toggleShowHidden();
+    });
+}
+
 //==============================================================================
 export default {
-    HistoryView: HistoryView
+    HistoryView: HistoryView,
+    historyEntry: historyEntry
 };
diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/history/multi-panel.js b/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/history/multi-panel.js
index 5b7e395d6a75..545926ddf7e3 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/history/multi-panel.js
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/mvc/history/multi-panel.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import historyCopyDialog from "mvc/history/copy-dialog";
 import ERROR_MODAL from "mvc/ui/error-modal";
 import baseMVC from "mvc/base-mvc";
 import ajaxQueue from "utils/ajax-queue";
-import "ui/mode-button";
 import "ui/search-input";
 
 /* global $ */