diff --git a/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
index 0508cb7569..5fcc94d901 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {Route, Routes} from './config';
 import {LoadedRouterConfig, RouterConfigLoader} from './router_config_loader';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params, defaultUrlMatcher, navigationCancelingError} from './shared';
 import {UrlSegment, UrlSegmentGroup, UrlSerializer, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
-import {andObservables, forEach, merge, waitForMap, wrapIntoObservable} from './utils/collection';
+import {andObservables, forEach, waitForMap, wrapIntoObservable} from './utils/collection';
 
 class NoMatch {
   constructor(public segmentGroup: UrlSegmentGroup = null) {}
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ function addEmptySegmentsToChildrenIfNeeded(
       res[getOutlet(r)] = new UrlSegmentGroup([], {});
     }
   }
-  return merge(children, res);
+  return {...children, ...res};
 }
 
 function createChildrenForEmptySegments(
diff --git a/packages/router/src/recognize.ts b/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
index 56aa62cfe3..d4c2c9d03c 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {Data, ResolveData, Route, Routes} from './config';
 import {ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterStateSnapshot, inheritedParamsDataResolve} from './router_state';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, defaultUrlMatcher} from './shared';
 import {UrlSegment, UrlSegmentGroup, UrlTree, mapChildrenIntoArray} from './url_tree';
-import {forEach, last, merge} from './utils/collection';
+import {forEach, last} from './utils/collection';
 import {TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 class NoMatch {}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function match(segmentGroup: UrlSegmentGroup, route: Route, segments: UrlSegment
 
   const posParams: {[n: string]: string} = {};
   forEach(res.posParams, (v: UrlSegment, k: string) => { posParams[k] = v.path; });
-  const parameters = merge(posParams, res.consumed[res.consumed.length - 1].parameters);
+  const parameters = {...posParams, ...res.consumed[res.consumed.length - 1].parameters};
 
   return {consumedSegments: res.consumed, lastChild: res.consumed.length, parameters};
 }
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ function addEmptyPathsToChildrenIfNeeded(
       res[getOutlet(r)] = s;
     }
   }
-  return merge(children, res);
+  return {...children, ...res};
 }
 
 function createChildrenForEmptyPaths(
diff --git a/packages/router/src/router.ts b/packages/router/src/router.ts
index ef4abe1bf8..b1fad97f09 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/router.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params, isNavigationCancelingError} from './shared';
 import {DefaultUrlHandlingStrategy, UrlHandlingStrategy} from './url_handling_strategy';
 import {UrlSerializer, UrlTree, containsTree, createEmptyUrlTree} from './url_tree';
-import {andObservables, forEach, merge, shallowEqual, waitForMap, wrapIntoObservable} from './utils/collection';
+import {andObservables, forEach, shallowEqual, waitForMap, wrapIntoObservable} from './utils/collection';
 import {TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 declare let Zone: any;
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ export class Router {
     if (queryParamsHandling) {
       switch (queryParamsHandling) {
         case 'merge':
-          q = merge(this.currentUrlTree.queryParams, queryParams);
+          q = {...this.currentUrlTree.queryParams, ...queryParams};
           break;
         case 'preserve':
           q = this.currentUrlTree.queryParams;
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ export class PreActivation {
     const resolve = future._resolve;
     return map.call(this.resolveNode(resolve, future), (resolvedData: any): any => {
       future._resolvedData = resolvedData;
-      future.data = merge(future.data, inheritedParamsDataResolve(future).resolve);
+      future.data = {...future.data, ...inheritedParamsDataResolve(future).resolve};
       return null;
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/router/src/router_state.ts b/packages/router/src/router_state.ts
index 471d45494c..aca21b3fd3 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/router_state.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/router_state.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {map} from 'rxjs/operator/map';
 import {Data, ResolveData, Route} from './config';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, ParamMap, Params, convertToParamMap} from './shared';
 import {UrlSegment, UrlSegmentGroup, UrlTree, equalSegments} from './url_tree';
-import {merge, shallowEqual, shallowEqualArrays} from './utils/collection';
+import {shallowEqual, shallowEqualArrays} from './utils/collection';
 import {Tree, TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
 
 
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ export function inheritedParamsDataResolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot): Inher
   }
 
   return pathToRoot.slice(inhertingStartingFrom).reduce((res, curr) => {
-    const params = merge(res.params, curr.params);
-    const data = merge(res.data, curr.data);
-    const resolve = merge(res.resolve, curr._resolvedData);
+    const params = {...res.params, ...curr.params};
+    const data = {...res.data, ...curr.data};
+    const resolve = {...res.resolve, ...curr._resolvedData};
     return {params, data, resolve};
   }, <any>{params: {}, data: {}, resolve: {}});
 }
diff --git a/packages/router/src/utils/collection.ts b/packages/router/src/utils/collection.ts
index cbd99c9e34..6384ed49b3 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/utils/collection.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/utils/collection.ts
@@ -63,24 +63,6 @@ export function and(bools: boolean[]): boolean {
   return !bools.some(v => !v);
 }
 
-export function merge<V>(m1: {[key: string]: V}, m2: {[key: string]: V}): {[key: string]: V} {
-  const m: {[key: string]: V} = {};
-
-  for (const attr in m1) {
-    if (m1.hasOwnProperty(attr)) {
-      m[attr] = m1[attr];
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (const attr in m2) {
-    if (m2.hasOwnProperty(attr)) {
-      m[attr] = m2[attr];
-    }
-  }
-
-  return m;
-}
-
 export function forEach<K, V>(map: {[key: string]: V}, callback: (v: V, k: string) => void): void {
   for (const prop in map) {
     if (map.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {