diff --git a/news/+reuse-plonelayout.internal.md b/news/+reuse-plonelayout.internal.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcb487fc5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/+reuse-plonelayout.internal.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Reuse plone_layout from the main template view.
diff --git a/src/Products/CMFPlone/browser/templates/ajax_main_template.pt b/src/Products/CMFPlone/browser/templates/ajax_main_template.pt
index 301e760b0a..b81f8ebca0 100644
--- a/src/Products/CMFPlone/browser/templates/ajax_main_template.pt
+++ b/src/Products/CMFPlone/browser/templates/ajax_main_template.pt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
           context_state python:context.restrictedTraverse('@@plone_context_state');
           plone_view python:context.restrictedTraverse('@@plone');
           icons python:context.restrictedTraverse('@@iconresolver');
-          plone_layout python:context.restrictedTraverse('@@plone_layout');
+          plone_layout python:view.plone_layout;
           lang python:portal_state.language();
           view nocall:view | nocall: plone_view;
           dummy python: plone_layout.mark_view(view);
diff --git a/src/Products/CMFPlone/browser/templates/main_template.pt b/src/Products/CMFPlone/browser/templates/main_template.pt
index efe9eac05e..a4ca0586ac 100644
--- a/src/Products/CMFPlone/browser/templates/main_template.pt
+++ b/src/Products/CMFPlone/browser/templates/main_template.pt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
           context_state python:context.restrictedTraverse('@@plone_context_state');
           plone_view python:context.restrictedTraverse('@@plone');
           icons python:context.restrictedTraverse('@@iconresolver');
-          plone_layout python:context.restrictedTraverse('@@plone_layout');
+          plone_layout python:view.plone_layout;
           lang python:portal_state.language();
           view nocall:view | nocall: plone_view;
           dummy python: plone_layout.mark_view(view);