diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/grails/views/GenericViewConfiguration.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/grails/views/GenericViewConfiguration.groovy
index 4592d5b43..4d255d654 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/grails/views/GenericViewConfiguration.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/grails/views/GenericViewConfiguration.groovy
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ trait GenericViewConfiguration implements ViewConfiguration, GrailsApplicationAw
         String moduleName = viewModuleName
         GroovyObject configObject = (GroovyObject)this
         if (config != null) {
-            PropertyDescriptor[] descriptors =  BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(GenericViewConfiguration)
+            def descriptors = findViewConfigPropertyDescriptor()
             for (PropertyDescriptor desc in descriptors) {
                 if (desc.writeMethod != null) {
                     String propertyName = desc.name
@@ -131,4 +131,8 @@ trait GenericViewConfiguration implements ViewConfiguration, GrailsApplicationAw
         }
         packages as String[]
     }
+
+    PropertyDescriptor[] findViewConfigPropertyDescriptor() {
+        BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(GenericViewConfiguration)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/groovy/grails/views/GenericViewConfigurationSpec.groovy b/core/src/test/groovy/grails/views/GenericViewConfigurationSpec.groovy
index f387b8162..57f82998c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/groovy/grails/views/GenericViewConfigurationSpec.groovy
+++ b/core/src/test/groovy/grails/views/GenericViewConfigurationSpec.groovy
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package grails.views
 
-import grails.util.GrailsUtil
 import org.grails.config.CodeGenConfig
-import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils
-import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 class GenericViewConfigurationSpec extends Specification {
@@ -33,8 +30,4 @@ class TestClass implements GenericViewConfiguration {
     String getViewModuleName() {
         "json"
     }
-
-    PropertyDescriptor[] findViewConfigPropertyDescriptor() {
-        BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(GenericViewConfiguration)
-    }
 }
diff --git a/json/src/main/groovy/grails/plugin/json/view/JsonViewConfiguration.groovy b/json/src/main/groovy/grails/plugin/json/view/JsonViewConfiguration.groovy
index dd93baf24..d3c231383 100644
--- a/json/src/main/groovy/grails/plugin/json/view/JsonViewConfiguration.groovy
+++ b/json/src/main/groovy/grails/plugin/json/view/JsonViewConfiguration.groovy
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ package grails.plugin.json.view
 
 import grails.views.GenericViewConfiguration
 import grails.web.mime.MimeType
-import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties
 
-import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor
-
 /**
  * Default configuration for JSON views
  *
@@ -32,9 +29,4 @@ class JsonViewConfiguration implements GenericViewConfiguration {
     String getViewModuleName() {
          MODULE_NAME
     }
-
-    PropertyDescriptor[] findViewConfigPropertyDescriptor() {
-        BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(GenericViewConfiguration)
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/markup/src/main/groovy/grails/plugin/markup/view/MarkupViewConfiguration.groovy b/markup/src/main/groovy/grails/plugin/markup/view/MarkupViewConfiguration.groovy
index 4e99dafc0..37e494a6c 100644
--- a/markup/src/main/groovy/grails/plugin/markup/view/MarkupViewConfiguration.groovy
+++ b/markup/src/main/groovy/grails/plugin/markup/view/MarkupViewConfiguration.groovy
@@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ class MarkupViewConfiguration extends TemplateConfiguration implements GenericVi
         MODULE_NAME
     }
 
+    @Override
     PropertyDescriptor[] findViewConfigPropertyDescriptor() {
-        List<PropertyDescriptor> allDescriptors = []
-        allDescriptors.addAll(BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(GenericViewConfiguration))
-        allDescriptors.addAll(BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(TemplateConfiguration))
+        def allDescriptors = []
+        allDescriptors.addAll(
+            GenericViewConfiguration.super.findViewConfigPropertyDescriptor()
+        )
+        allDescriptors.addAll(
+            BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(TemplateConfiguration)
+        )
         return allDescriptors as PropertyDescriptor[]
     }
 }