diff --git a/src/ol/View.js b/src/ol/View.js
index 34adb308d7..2fcd51bc33 100644
--- a/src/ol/View.js
+++ b/src/ol/View.js
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ View.prototype.animate = function(var_args) {
     animation.callback = callback;
 
     // check if animation is a no-op
-    if (View.isNoopAnimation(animation)) {
+    if (isNoopAnimation(animation)) {
       animation.complete = true;
       // we still push it onto the series for callback handling
     } else {
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ export function createRotationConstraint(options) {
  * @param {ol.ViewAnimation} animation The animation.
  * @return {boolean} The animation involves no view change.
  */
-View.isNoopAnimation = function(animation) {
+export function isNoopAnimation(animation) {
   if (animation.sourceCenter && animation.targetCenter) {
     if (!coordinatesEqual(animation.sourceCenter, animation.targetCenter)) {
       return false;
@@ -1217,5 +1217,6 @@ View.isNoopAnimation = function(animation) {
     return false;
   }
   return true;
-};
+}
+
 export default View;
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/view.test.js b/test/spec/ol/view.test.js
index c024db66b0..321c69667c 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/view.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/view.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import Map from '../../../src/ol/Map.js';
-import View, {createCenterConstraint, createResolutionConstraint, createRotationConstraint} from '../../../src/ol/View.js';
+import View, {
+  createCenterConstraint, createResolutionConstraint, createRotationConstraint,
+  isNoopAnimation
+} from '../../../src/ol/View.js';
 import ViewHint from '../../../src/ol/ViewHint.js';
 import {createEmpty} from '../../../src/ol/extent.js';
 import Circle from '../../../src/ol/geom/Circle.js';
@@ -1485,7 +1488,7 @@ describe('ol.View.isNoopAnimation()', function() {
 
   cases.forEach(function(c, i) {
     it('works for case ' + i, function() {
-      const noop = View.isNoopAnimation(c.animation);
+      const noop = isNoopAnimation(c.animation);
       expect(noop).to.equal(c.noop);
     });
   });