diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/query.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/query.ts
index 110e73163f..c69542a7de 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/query.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/query.ts
@@ -69,11 +69,9 @@ export interface LQueries {
    */
   track<T>(
       queryList: QueryList<T>, predicate: Type<any>|string[], descend?: boolean,
-      read?: QueryReadType<T>|Type<T>): void;
+      read?: Type<T>): void;
 }
 
-export class QueryReadType<T> { private defeatStructuralTyping: any; }
-
 // Note: This hack is necessary so we don't erroneously get a circular dependency
 // failure based on types.
 export const unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd = 1;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
index 921642a88c..1245e208ed 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {DirectiveDef, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused1} from './interfac
 import {unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused2} from './interfaces/injector';
 import {TContainerNode, TElementContainerNode, TElementNode, TNode, TNodeFlags, TNodeType, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused3} from './interfaces/node';
 import {LQueries, QueryReadType, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused4} from './interfaces/query';
-import {LViewData, TVIEW} from './interfaces/view';
+import {DIRECTIVES, LViewData, TVIEW} from './interfaces/view';
 import {flatten, isContentQueryHost} from './util';
 import {createElementRef, createTemplateRef} from './view_engine_compatibility';
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export interface QueryPredicate<T> {
   /**
    * Indicates which token should be read from DI for this query.
    */
-  read: QueryReadType<T>|Type<T>|null;
+  read: Type<T>|null;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class LQueries_ implements LQueries {
 
   track<T>(
       queryList: viewEngine_QueryList<T>, predicate: Type<T>|string[], descend?: boolean,
-      read?: QueryReadType<T>|Type<T>): void {
+      read?: Type<T>): void {
     if (descend) {
       this.deep = createQuery(this.deep, queryList, predicate, read != null ? read : null);
     } else {
@@ -337,8 +337,7 @@ function addMatch(query: LQuery<any>, matchingValue: any): void {
   query.list.setDirty();
 }
 
-function createPredicate<T>(
-    predicate: Type<T>| string[], read: QueryReadType<T>| Type<T>| null): QueryPredicate<T> {
+function createPredicate<T>(predicate: Type<T>| string[], read: Type<T>| null): QueryPredicate<T> {
   const isArray = Array.isArray(predicate);
   return {
     type: isArray ? null : predicate as Type<T>,
@@ -349,7 +348,7 @@ function createPredicate<T>(
 
 function createQuery<T>(
     previous: LQuery<any>| null, queryList: QueryList<T>, predicate: Type<T>| string[],
-    read: QueryReadType<T>| Type<T>| null): LQuery<T> {
+    read: Type<T>| null): LQuery<T> {
   return {
     next: previous,
     list: queryList,