diff --git a/integration/_payload-limits.json b/integration/_payload-limits.json
index 29bff2e1fb..1fd3016633 100644
--- a/integration/_payload-limits.json
+++ b/integration/_payload-limits.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "master": {
       "uncompressed": {
         "runtime": 1440,
-        "main": 157393,
+        "main": 149205,
         "polyfills": 43567
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/ng_probe.ts b/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/ng_probe.ts
index fff61b86ad..d033a68145 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/ng_probe.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/ng_probe.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,19 @@ function _ngProbeTokensToMap(tokens: core.NgProbeToken[]): {[name: string]: any}
   return tokens.reduce((prev: any, t: any) => (prev[t.name] = t.token, prev), {});
 }
 
+/**
+ * In Ivy, we don't support NgProbe because we have our own set of testing utilities
+ * with more robust functionality.
+ *
+ * We shouldn't bring in NgProbe because it prevents DebugNode and friends from
+ * tree-shaking properly.
+ */
+export const ELEMENT_PROBE_PROVIDERS__POST_R3__ = [];
+
 /**
  * Providers which support debugging Angular applications (e.g. via `ng.probe`).
  */
-export const ELEMENT_PROBE_PROVIDERS: core.Provider[] = [
+export const ELEMENT_PROBE_PROVIDERS__PRE_R3__: core.Provider[] = [
   {
     provide: core.APP_INITIALIZER,
     useFactory: _createNgProbe,
@@ -49,3 +58,5 @@ export const ELEMENT_PROBE_PROVIDERS: core.Provider[] = [
     multi: true,
   },
 ];
+
+export const ELEMENT_PROBE_PROVIDERS = ELEMENT_PROBE_PROVIDERS__PRE_R3__;
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/src/platform-browser.ts b/packages/platform-browser/src/platform-browser.ts
index 3ba7be0a36..305313a529 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/src/platform-browser.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/src/platform-browser.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ export {DomSanitizer, SafeHtml, SafeResourceUrl, SafeScript, SafeStyle, SafeUrl,
 
 export * from './private_export';
 export {VERSION} from './version';
+// This must be exported so it doesn't get tree-shaken away prematurely
+export {ELEMENT_PROBE_PROVIDERS__POST_R3__ as ɵELEMENT_PROBE_PROVIDERS__POST_R3__} from './dom/debug/ng_probe';