diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 39cb661d5d..b79938fe7b 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -161,18 +161,6 @@ do
     ${TSC} -p ${SRCDIR}/tsconfig-2015.json
   fi
 
-  echo "======      TSC 1.8 d.ts compat for ${DESTDIR}   ====="
-  # safely strips 'readonly' specifier from d.ts files to make them compatible with tsc 1.8
-  if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
-    find ${DESTDIR} -type f -name '*.d.ts' -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/\(^ *(static |private )*\)*readonly  */\1/g'
-    find ${DESTDIR} -type f -name '*.d.ts' -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's/\/\/\/ <reference types="node" \/>//g'
-    find ${DESTDIR} -type f -name '*.d.ts' -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -E 's/^( +)abstract ([[:alnum:]]+\:)/\1\2/g'
-  else
-    find ${DESTDIR} -type f -name '*.d.ts' -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e 's/\(^ *(static |private )*\)*readonly  */\1/g'
-    find ${DESTDIR} -type f -name '*.d.ts' -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e 's/\/\/\/ <reference types="node" \/>//g'
-    find ${DESTDIR} -type f -name '*.d.ts' -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -E 's/^( +)abstract ([[:alnum:]]+\:)/\1\2/g'
-  fi
-
   if [[ ${PACKAGE} == benchpress ]]; then
     cp ${SRCDIR}/*.md ${DESTDIR}
     cp -r ${SRCDIR}/docs ${DESTDIR}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/benchpress/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/benchpress/tsconfig-build.json
index 2f27422d91..b8a1a3cc0d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/benchpress/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/benchpress/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
         "sourceRoot": ".",
         "outDir": "../../../dist/packages-dist/benchpress",
         "declaration": true,
-        "skipLibCheck": true
+        "skipLibCheck": true,
+        // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+        "types": []
     },
     "exclude": ["integrationtest"],
     "files": [
diff --git a/modules/@angular/common/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/common/tsconfig-build.json
index a51bb55c5c..8c953c1d59 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/common/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/common/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": [ "es2015", "dom" ]
+    "lib": [ "es2015", "dom" ],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/ngtools_src/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/ngtools_src/tsconfig-build.json
index f5a1f98c21..1abc789b13 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/ngtools_src/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/ngtools_src/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "rootDir": "",
     "declaration": true,
-    "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
-    "baseUrl": "."
+    "lib": [
+      "es6",
+      "dom"
+    ],
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    // don't auto-discover @types/fs-extra
+    "types": []
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/compiler/tsconfig-build.json
index 0fbde2cced..580dff9d18 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"]
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/core/tsconfig-build.json
index 0a0c8f7586..5df46a0390 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
-    "skipLibCheck": true
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/forms/tsconfig-build.json
index 4a234eae57..fc43e15c1d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"]
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/tsconfig-build.json
index cf3eda7fef..5e5e98ead3 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"]
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/tsconfig-build.json
index b559bfb6bb..1a8a874f95 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"]
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-server/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/platform-server/tsconfig-build.json
index 23ed9782a3..184e13986d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-server/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-server/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"]
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-webworker-dynamic/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/platform-webworker-dynamic/tsconfig-build.json
index 2e70a54865..96ccd24e36 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-webworker-dynamic/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-webworker-dynamic/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"]
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-webworker/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/platform-webworker/tsconfig-build.json
index 4f72b343b3..4afcab72f5 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-webworker/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-webworker/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"]
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",
diff --git a/modules/@angular/upgrade/tsconfig-build.json b/modules/@angular/upgrade/tsconfig-build.json
index 1a0715ea5e..521c759061 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/upgrade/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/modules/@angular/upgrade/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
     "inlineSources": true,
     "target": "es5",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "lib": [ "es2015", "dom" ]
+    "lib": [ "es2015", "dom" ],
+    // don't auto-discover @types/node, it results in a ///<reference in the .d.ts output
+    "types": []
   },
   "files": [
     "index.ts",