diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/compiler.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/compiler.ts
index 6e017cce8c..57398b5eec 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/compiler.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {SchemaMetadata} from '@angular/core';
-
 import {AnimationCompiler} from '../animation/animation_compiler';
 import {AnimationParser} from '../animation/animation_parser';
 import {CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileNgModuleMetadata, CompilePipeMetadata, CompileProviderMetadata, CompileTypeSummary, createHostComponentMeta, identifierModuleUrl, identifierName} from '../compile_metadata';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
index 9e7e537a2b..97ab385d6c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import {Attribute, Component, ContentChild, ContentChildren, Directive, Host, Ho
 
 import {ReflectorReader} from '../private_import_core';
 
-import {StaticSymbol, StaticSymbolCache} from './static_symbol';
-import {ResolvedStaticSymbol, StaticSymbolResolver} from './static_symbol_resolver';
+import {StaticSymbol} from './static_symbol';
+import {StaticSymbolResolver} from './static_symbol_resolver';
 
 const ANGULAR_IMPORT_LOCATIONS = {
   coreDecorators: '@angular/core/src/metadata',
@@ -652,10 +652,6 @@ class PopulatedScope extends BindingScope {
   }
 }
 
-function sameSymbol(a: StaticSymbol, b: StaticSymbol): boolean {
-  return a === b;
-}
-
 function shouldIgnore(value: any): boolean {
   return value && value.__symbolic == 'ignore';
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_resolver.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_resolver.ts
index 91731e7f3c..0f5154ad5d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_resolver.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_resolver.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {CompileSummaryKind, CompileTypeSummary} from '../compile_metadata';
+
 import {Summary, SummaryResolver} from '../summary_resolver';
 
 import {StaticSymbol, StaticSymbolCache} from './static_symbol';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_serializer.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_serializer.ts
index b8d38db56d..faaed3d667 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_serializer.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_serializer.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {CompileDirectiveSummary, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileNgModuleSummary, CompilePipeSummary, CompileSummaryKind, CompileTypeMetadata, CompileTypeSummary, identifierModuleUrl, identifierName} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {CompileNgModuleSummary, CompileSummaryKind, CompileTypeSummary} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {Summary, SummaryResolver} from '../summary_resolver';
 import {ValueTransformer, visitValue} from '../util';
 
-import {GeneratedFile} from './generated_file';
 import {StaticSymbol, StaticSymbolCache} from './static_symbol';
 import {ResolvedStaticSymbol, StaticSymbolResolver} from './static_symbol_resolver';
 
 const STRIP_SRC_FILE_SUFFIXES = /(\.ts|\.d\.ts|\.js|\.jsx|\.tsx)$/;
 
+
 export interface AotSummarySerializerHost {
   /**
    * Returns the output file path of a source file.
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ class Deserializer extends ValueTransformer {
       return super.visitStringMap(map, context);
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/binding_util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/binding_util.ts
index 7a332bdec9..05b9523c50 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/binding_util.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/binding_util.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-
 import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import {ClassBuilder} from '../output/class_builder';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/expression_converter.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/expression_converter.ts
index d5e0f7becd..b4b937e684 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/expression_converter.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/expression_converter.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 import * as cdAst from '../expression_parser/ast';
-import {isBlank, isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
+import {isBlank} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import {ClassBuilder} from '../output/class_builder';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
       const receiver = this.visit(ast.receiver, _Mode.Expression);
       if (receiver === this._implicitReceiver) {
         const varExpr = this._getLocal(ast.name);
-        if (isPresent(varExpr)) {
+        if (varExpr) {
           result = varExpr.callFn(args);
         }
       }
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
     const receiver: o.Expression = this.visit(ast.receiver, _Mode.Expression);
     if (receiver === this._implicitReceiver) {
       const varExpr = this._getLocal(ast.name);
-      if (isPresent(varExpr)) {
+      if (varExpr) {
         throw new Error('Cannot assign to a reference or variable!');
       }
     }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_normalizer.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_normalizer.ts
index 1bcee76dd1..bfa704b026 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_normalizer.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_normalizer.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import {Component, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {CompileAnimationEntryMetadata, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileStylesheetMetadata, CompileTemplateMetadata, CompileTypeMetadata} from './compile_metadata';
+import {CompileAnimationEntryMetadata, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileStylesheetMetadata, CompileTemplateMetadata} from './compile_metadata';
 import {CompilerConfig} from './config';
 import {isBlank, isPresent, stringify} from './facade/lang';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_resolver.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_resolver.ts
index 2eacc7103f..8b874a5762 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_resolver.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_resolver.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
 import {ReflectorReader, reflector} from './private_import_core';
 import {splitAtColon} from './util';
 
-
-
 /*
  * Resolve a `Type` for {@link Directive}.
  *
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_wrapper_compiler.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_wrapper_compiler.ts
index 40d19f29d7..2baa6a3fcb 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_wrapper_compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_wrapper_compiler.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class DirectiveWrapperBuilder implements ClassBuilder {
       new o.ClassMethod('ngOnDestroy', [], this.destroyStmts),
     ];
 
-
     const fields: o.ClassField[] = [
       new o.ClassField(EVENT_HANDLER_FIELD_NAME, o.FUNCTION_TYPE, [o.StmtModifier.Private]),
       new o.ClassField(CONTEXT_FIELD_NAME, o.importType(this.dirMeta.type)),
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts
index 1430869f87..952aa37214 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as chars from '../chars';
-import {NumberWrapper, isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
+import {NumberWrapper} from '../facade/lang';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from '../injectable';
 
 export enum TokenType {
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class _Scanner {
       this.advance();
       str += two;
     }
-    if (isPresent(threeCode) && this.peek == threeCode) {
+    if (threeCode != null && this.peek == threeCode) {
       this.advance();
       str += three;
     }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts
index 2d0d80cb5b..7a03bc8cb7 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ANALYZE_FOR_ENTRY_COMPONENTS, AnimationTransitionEvent, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, ComponentFactory, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, ElementRef, Injector, LOCALE_ID, NgModuleFactory, QueryList, RenderComponentType, Renderer, SecurityContext, SimpleChange, TRANSLATIONS_FORMAT, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
+import {ANALYZE_FOR_ENTRY_COMPONENTS, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, ComponentFactory, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, ElementRef, Injector, LOCALE_ID, NgModuleFactory, QueryList, RenderComponentType, Renderer, SecurityContext, SimpleChange, TRANSLATIONS_FORMAT, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {StaticSymbol} from './aot/static_symbol';
 import {CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, identifierModuleUrl, identifierName} from './compile_metadata';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ml_parser/parser.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ml_parser/parser.ts
index 0658ca35ef..2c1473daff 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ml_parser/parser.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ml_parser/parser.ts
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class _TreeBuilder {
     const tagDef = this.getTagDefinition(el.name);
     const {parent, container} = this._getParentElementSkippingContainers();
 
-    if (isPresent(parent) && tagDef.requireExtraParent(parent.name)) {
+    if (parent && tagDef.requireExtraParent(parent.name)) {
       const newParent = new html.Element(
           tagDef.parentToAdd, [], [], el.sourceSpan, el.startSourceSpan, el.endSourceSpan);
       this._insertBeforeContainer(parent, container, newParent);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts
index aa210ede5f..448ac53329 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {CompileDiDependencyMetadata, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileNgModuleMetadata, CompileProviderMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, identifierModuleUrl, identifierName, tokenName, tokenReference} from './compile_metadata';
 import {createDiTokenExpression} from './compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {isPresent} from './facade/lang';
-import {Identifiers, createIdentifier, createIdentifierToken, resolveIdentifier} from './identifiers';
+import {Identifiers, createIdentifier, resolveIdentifier} from './identifiers';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
 import {ClassBuilder, createClassStmt} from './output/class_builder';
 import * as o from './output/output_ast';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_resolver.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_resolver.ts
index e29eb78f85..581b4110ad 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_resolver.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_resolver.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {NgModule, Type} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {ListWrapper} from './facade/collection';
-import {isPresent, stringify} from './facade/lang';
+import {stringify} from './facade/lang';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
 import {ReflectorReader, reflector} from './private_import_core';
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class NgModuleResolver {
     const ngModuleMeta: NgModule =
         ListWrapper.findLast(this._reflector.annotations(type), _isNgModuleMetadata);
 
-    if (isPresent(ngModuleMeta)) {
+    if (ngModuleMeta) {
       return ngModuleMeta;
     } else {
       if (throwIfNotFound) {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts
index 6862eb1d0f..c60677aac2 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 
-import {CompileIdentifierMetadata} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {ValueTransformer, visitValue} from '../util';
 
 import * as o from './output_ast';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/pipe_resolver.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/pipe_resolver.ts
index 94de46ee54..2a8cb7e6ee 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/pipe_resolver.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/pipe_resolver.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {Pipe, Type, resolveForwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {ListWrapper} from './facade/collection';
-import {isPresent, stringify} from './facade/lang';
+import {stringify} from './facade/lang';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
 import {ReflectorReader, reflector} from './private_import_core';
 
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ export class PipeResolver {
    */
   resolve(type: Type<any>, throwIfNotFound = true): Pipe {
     const metas = this._reflector.annotations(resolveForwardRef(type));
-    if (isPresent(metas)) {
+    if (metas) {
       const annotation = ListWrapper.findLast(metas, _isPipeMetadata);
-      if (isPresent(annotation)) {
+      if (annotation) {
         return annotation;
       }
     }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/provider_analyzer.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/provider_analyzer.ts
index d754f86a22..df3248956b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/provider_analyzer.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/provider_analyzer.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import {CompileDiDependencyMetadata, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileDirectiveSummary, CompileNgModuleMetadata, CompileProviderMetadata, CompileQueryMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, CompileTypeMetadata, tokenName, tokenReference} from './compile_metadata';
 import {isBlank, isPresent} from './facade/lang';
-import {Identifiers, createIdentifierToken, resolveIdentifier} from './identifiers';
+import {Identifiers, resolveIdentifier} from './identifiers';
 import {ParseError, ParseSourceSpan} from './parse_util';
 import {AttrAst, DirectiveAst, ProviderAst, ProviderAstType, ReferenceAst} from './template_parser/template_ast';
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
     let queries: CompileQueryMetadata[];
     while (currentEl !== null) {
       queries = currentEl._contentQueries.get(tokenReference(token));
-      if (isPresent(queries)) {
+      if (queries) {
         result.push(...queries.filter((query) => query.descendants || distance <= 1));
       }
       if (currentEl._directiveAsts.length > 0) {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
       currentEl = currentEl._parent;
     }
     queries = this.viewContext.viewQueries.get(tokenReference(token));
-    if (isPresent(queries)) {
+    if (queries) {
       result.push(...queries);
     }
     return result;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
       return null;
     }
     let transformedProviderAst = this._transformedProviders.get(tokenReference(token));
-    if (isPresent(transformedProviderAst)) {
+    if (transformedProviderAst) {
       return transformedProviderAst;
     }
     if (isPresent(this._seenProviders.get(tokenReference(token)))) {
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
           transformedUseExisting = null;
           transformedUseValue = existingDiDep.value;
         }
-      } else if (isPresent(provider.useFactory)) {
+      } else if (provider.useFactory) {
         const deps = provider.deps || provider.useFactory.diDeps;
         transformedDeps =
             deps.map((dep) => this._getDependency(resolvedProvider.providerType, dep, eager));
-      } else if (isPresent(provider.useClass)) {
+      } else if (provider.useClass) {
         const deps = provider.deps || provider.useClass.diDeps;
         transformedDeps =
             deps.map((dep) => this._getDependency(resolvedProvider.providerType, dep, eager));
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
       }
     } else {
       // check parent elements
-      while (!result && isPresent(currElement._parent)) {
+      while (!result && currElement._parent) {
         const prevElement = currElement;
         currElement = currElement._parent;
         if (prevElement._isViewRoot) {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export class NgModuleProviderAnalyzer {
       return null;
     }
     let transformedProviderAst = this._transformedProviders.get(tokenReference(token));
-    if (isPresent(transformedProviderAst)) {
+    if (transformedProviderAst) {
       return transformedProviderAst;
     }
     if (isPresent(this._seenProviders.get(tokenReference(token)))) {
@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ export class NgModuleProviderAnalyzer {
           transformedUseExisting = null;
           transformedUseValue = existingDiDep.value;
         }
-      } else if (isPresent(provider.useFactory)) {
+      } else if (provider.useFactory) {
         const deps = provider.deps || provider.useFactory.diDeps;
         transformedDeps =
             deps.map((dep) => this._getDependency(dep, eager, resolvedProvider.sourceSpan));
-      } else if (isPresent(provider.useClass)) {
+      } else if (provider.useClass) {
         const deps = provider.deps || provider.useClass.diDeps;
         transformedDeps =
             deps.map((dep) => this._getDependency(dep, eager, resolvedProvider.sourceSpan));
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ function _resolveProviders(
 
 function _getViewQueries(component: CompileDirectiveMetadata): Map<any, CompileQueryMetadata[]> {
   const viewQueries = new Map<any, CompileQueryMetadata[]>();
-  if (isPresent(component.viewQueries)) {
+  if (component.viewQueries) {
     component.viewQueries.forEach((query) => _addQueryToTokenMap(viewQueries, query));
   }
   return viewQueries;
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ function _getContentQueries(directives: CompileDirectiveSummary[]):
     Map<any, CompileQueryMetadata[]> {
   const contentQueries = new Map<any, CompileQueryMetadata[]>();
   directives.forEach(directive => {
-    if (isPresent(directive.queries)) {
+    if (directive.queries) {
       directive.queries.forEach((query) => _addQueryToTokenMap(contentQueries, query));
     }
   });
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/binding_parser.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/binding_parser.ts
index 7b51ac387f..9756c19ccb 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/binding_parser.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/binding_parser.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {SecurityContext} from '@angular/core';
 import {CompileDirectiveSummary, CompilePipeSummary} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {ASTWithSource, BindingPipe, EmptyExpr, ParserError, RecursiveAstVisitor, TemplateBinding} from '../expression_parser/ast';
 import {Parser} from '../expression_parser/parser';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {InterpolationConfig} from '../ml_parser/interpolation_config';
 import {mergeNsAndName} from '../ml_parser/tags';
 import {ParseError, ParseErrorLevel, ParseSourceSpan} from '../parse_util';
@@ -111,14 +110,14 @@ export class BindingParser {
   }
 
   parseInlineTemplateBinding(
-      name: string, prefixToken: string, value: string, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
+      prefixToken: string, value: string, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
       targetMatchableAttrs: string[][], targetProps: BoundProperty[], targetVars: VariableAst[]) {
     const bindings = this._parseTemplateBindings(prefixToken, value, sourceSpan);
     for (let i = 0; i < bindings.length; i++) {
       const binding = bindings[i];
       if (binding.keyIsVar) {
         targetVars.push(new VariableAst(binding.key, binding.name, sourceSpan));
-      } else if (isPresent(binding.expression)) {
+      } else if (binding.expression) {
         this._parsePropertyAst(
             binding.key, binding.expression, sourceSpan, targetMatchableAttrs, targetProps);
       } else {
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ export class BindingParser {
       const bindingsResult = this._exprParser.parseTemplateBindings(prefixToken, value, sourceInfo);
       this._reportExpressionParserErrors(bindingsResult.errors, sourceSpan);
       bindingsResult.templateBindings.forEach((binding) => {
-        if (isPresent(binding.expression)) {
+        if (binding.expression) {
           this._checkPipes(binding.expression, sourceSpan);
         }
       });
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ export class BindingParser {
       name: string, value: string, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan, targetMatchableAttrs: string[][],
       targetProps: BoundProperty[]): boolean {
     const expr = this.parseInterpolation(value, sourceSpan);
-    if (isPresent(expr)) {
+    if (expr) {
       this._parsePropertyAst(name, expr, sourceSpan, targetMatchableAttrs, targetProps);
       return true;
     }
@@ -374,7 +373,7 @@ export class BindingParser {
   }
 
   private _checkPipes(ast: ASTWithSource, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan) {
-    if (isPresent(ast)) {
+    if (ast) {
       const collector = new PipeCollector();
       ast.visit(collector);
       collector.pipes.forEach((ast, pipeName) => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts
index 78e8f3f1f2..493b371bd6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class TemplateParseVisitor implements html.Visitor {
         }
         hasInlineTemplates = true;
         this._bindingParser.parseInlineTemplateBinding(
-            attr.name, prefixToken, templateBindingsSource, attr.sourceSpan, templateMatchableAttrs,
+            prefixToken, templateBindingsSource, attr.sourceSpan, templateMatchableAttrs,
             templateElementOrDirectiveProps, templateElementVars);
       }
 
@@ -309,9 +309,11 @@ class TemplateParseVisitor implements html.Visitor {
     const elementProps: BoundElementPropertyAst[] =
         this._createElementPropertyAsts(element.name, elementOrDirectiveProps, directiveAsts);
     const isViewRoot = parent.isTemplateElement || hasInlineTemplates;
+
     const providerContext = new ProviderElementContext(
         this.providerViewContext, parent.providerContext, isViewRoot, directiveAsts, attrs,
         references, element.sourceSpan);
+
     const children = html.visitAll(
         preparsedElement.nonBindable ? NON_BINDABLE_VISITOR : this, element.children,
         ElementContext.create(
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
index 6c8675290e..c91ff274d7 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {ProviderAst, ProviderAstType, ReferenceAst, TemplateAst} from '../templa
 import {CompileMethod} from './compile_method';
 import {CompileQuery, addQueryToTokenMap, createQueryList} from './compile_query';
 import {CompileView, CompileViewRootNode} from './compile_view';
-import {InjectMethodVars, ViewProperties} from './constants';
+import {InjectMethodVars} from './constants';
 import {ComponentFactoryDependency, DirectiveWrapperDependency} from './deps';
 import {getPropertyInView, injectFromViewParentInjector} from './util';
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export class CompileElement extends CompileNode {
       const propName =
           `_${tokenName(resolvedProvider.token)}_${this.nodeIndex}_${this.instances.size}`;
       const instance = createProviderProperty(
-          propName, resolvedProvider, providerValueExpressions, resolvedProvider.multiProvider,
+          propName, providerValueExpressions, resolvedProvider.multiProvider,
           resolvedProvider.eager, this);
       if (isDirectiveWrapper) {
         this.directiveWrapperInstance.set(tokenReference(resolvedProvider.token), instance);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export class CompileElement extends CompileNode {
       CompileQuery {
     const propName =
         `_query_${tokenName(queryMeta.selectors[0])}_${this.nodeIndex}_${this._queryCount++}`;
-    const queryList = createQueryList(queryMeta, directiveInstance, propName, this.view);
+    const queryList = createQueryList(propName, this.view);
     const query = new CompileQuery(queryMeta, queryList, directiveInstance, this.view);
     addQueryToTokenMap(this._queries, query);
     return query;
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ function createInjectInternalCondition(
 }
 
 function createProviderProperty(
-    propName: string, provider: ProviderAst, providerValueExpressions: o.Expression[],
-    isMulti: boolean, isEager: boolean, compileElement: CompileElement): o.Expression {
+    propName: string, providerValueExpressions: o.Expression[], isMulti: boolean, isEager: boolean,
+    compileElement: CompileElement): o.Expression {
   const view = compileElement.view;
   let resolvedProviderValueExpr: o.Expression;
   let type: o.Type;
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_method.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_method.ts
index cafb869e77..a6cdf3bf8f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_method.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_method.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 import {TemplateAst} from '../template_parser/template_ast';
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export class CompileMethod {
     if (this._newState.nodeIndex !== this._currState.nodeIndex ||
         this._newState.sourceAst !== this._currState.sourceAst) {
       const expr = this._updateDebugContext(this._newState);
-      if (isPresent(expr)) {
+      if (expr) {
         this._bodyStatements.push(expr.toStmt());
       }
     }
@@ -43,13 +42,12 @@ export class CompileMethod {
   private _updateDebugContext(newState: _DebugState): o.Expression {
     this._currState = this._newState = newState;
     if (this._debugEnabled) {
-      const sourceLocation =
-          isPresent(newState.sourceAst) ? newState.sourceAst.sourceSpan.start : null;
+      const sourceLocation = newState.sourceAst ? newState.sourceAst.sourceSpan.start : null;
 
       return o.THIS_EXPR.callMethod('debug', [
         o.literal(newState.nodeIndex),
-        isPresent(sourceLocation) ? o.literal(sourceLocation.line) : o.NULL_EXPR,
-        isPresent(sourceLocation) ? o.literal(sourceLocation.col) : o.NULL_EXPR
+        sourceLocation ? o.literal(sourceLocation.line) : o.NULL_EXPR,
+        sourceLocation ? o.literal(sourceLocation.col) : o.NULL_EXPR
       ]);
     } else {
       return null;
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_query.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_query.ts
index db53a53355..21b9708a58 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_query.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_query.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import {CompileQueryMetadata, tokenReference} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {ListWrapper} from '../facade/collection';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ export class CompileQuery {
   addValue(value: o.Expression, view: CompileView) {
     let currentView = view;
     const elPath: CompileElement[] = [];
-    while (isPresent(currentView) && currentView !== this.view) {
+    while (currentView && currentView !== this.view) {
       const parentEl = currentView.declarationElement;
       elPath.unshift(parentEl);
       currentView = parentEl.view;
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ export class CompileQuery {
   generateStatements(targetStaticMethod: CompileMethod, targetDynamicMethod: CompileMethod) {
     const values = createQueryValues(this._values);
     const updateStmts = [this.queryList.callMethod('reset', [o.literalArr(values)]).toStmt()];
-    if (isPresent(this.ownerDirectiveExpression)) {
+    if (this.ownerDirectiveExpression) {
       const valueExpr = this.meta.first ? this.queryList.prop('first') : this.queryList;
       updateStmts.push(
           this.ownerDirectiveExpression.prop(this.meta.propertyName).set(valueExpr).toStmt());
@@ -110,9 +109,7 @@ function mapNestedViews(
   ]);
 }
 
-export function createQueryList(
-    query: CompileQueryMetadata, directiveInstance: o.Expression, propertyName: string,
-    compileView: CompileView): o.Expression {
+export function createQueryList(propertyName: string, compileView: CompileView): o.Expression {
   compileView.fields.push(new o.ClassField(
       propertyName, o.importType(createIdentifier(Identifiers.QueryList), [o.DYNAMIC_TYPE])));
   const expr = o.THIS_EXPR.prop(propertyName);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_view.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_view.ts
index e7a6f5159e..fd0f1c6315 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_view.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_view.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {EventHandlerVars, NameResolver} from '../compiler_util/expression_conver
 import {createPureProxy} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {CompilerConfig} from '../config';
 import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
-import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 import {ViewType} from '../private_import_core';
 
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ export class CompileView implements NameResolver {
       const directiveInstance = o.THIS_EXPR.prop('context');
       this.component.viewQueries.forEach((queryMeta, queryIndex) => {
         const propName = `_viewQuery_${tokenName(queryMeta.selectors[0])}_${queryIndex}`;
-        const queryList = createQueryList(queryMeta, directiveInstance, propName, this);
+        const queryList = createQueryList(propName, this);
         const query = new CompileQuery(queryMeta, queryList, directiveInstance, this);
         addQueryToTokenMap(viewQueries, query);
       });
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/constants.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/constants.ts
index e6a3b02d93..43a2974697 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/constants.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/constants.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
 import {createEnumExpression} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {Identifiers} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
-import {ChangeDetectorStatus, ViewType} from '../private_import_core';
+import {ViewType} from '../private_import_core';
 
 export class ViewTypeEnum {
   static fromValue(value: ViewType): o.Expression {
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ export class ViewEncapsulationEnum {
   }
 }
 
-export class ChangeDetectionStrategyEnum {
-  static fromValue(value: ChangeDetectionStrategy): o.Expression {
-    return createEnumExpression(Identifiers.ChangeDetectionStrategy, value);
-  }
-}
-
 export class ChangeDetectorStatusEnum {
   static fromValue(value: ChangeDetectorStatusEnum): o.Expression {
     return createEnumExpression(Identifiers.ChangeDetectorStatus, value);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/event_binder.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/event_binder.ts
index 459f64c831..57ffd9584d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/event_binder.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/event_binder.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {BoundEventAst, DirectiveAst} from '../template_parser/template_ast';
 
 import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
 import {CompileMethod} from './compile_method';
-import {ViewProperties} from './constants';
 import {getHandleEventMethodName} from './util';
 
 export function bindOutputs(
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/query_binder.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/query_binder.ts
index 9f2ddb31fb..6d2e64008b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/query_binder.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/query_binder.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {CompileQueryMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, tokenReference} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {CompileTokenMetadata, tokenReference} from '../compile_metadata';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 
 import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@ import {CompileQuery} from './compile_query';
 // as we create embedded views before the <template> elements themselves.
 export function bindQueryValues(ce: CompileElement) {
   const queriesWithReads: _QueryWithRead[] = [];
+
   ce.getProviderTokens().forEach((token) => {
     const queriesForProvider = ce.getQueriesFor(token);
     queriesWithReads.push(...queriesForProvider.map(query => new _QueryWithRead(query, token)));
   });
+
   Object.keys(ce.referenceTokens).forEach(varName => {
-    const token = ce.referenceTokens[varName];
     const varToken = {value: varName};
     queriesWithReads.push(
         ...ce.getQueriesFor(varToken).map(query => new _QueryWithRead(query, varToken)));
   });
+
   queriesWithReads.forEach((queryWithRead) => {
     let value: o.Expression;
     if (queryWithRead.read.identifier) {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts
index 7c07aa5622..8d32c5f489 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 import {CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileDirectiveSummary, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, identifierName} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {createDiTokenExpression} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
-import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 import {ViewType} from '../private_import_core';
 
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ export function getPropertyInView(
   } else {
     let viewProp: o.Expression = o.THIS_EXPR;
     let currView: CompileView = callingView;
-    while (currView !== definedView && isPresent(currView.declarationElement.view)) {
+    while (currView !== definedView && currView.declarationElement.view) {
       currView = currView.declarationElement.view;
       viewProp = viewProp.prop('parentView');
     }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
index eaad8fc021..4d4a439fd4 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, createIdentifier, identifierToken} from '../identifiers';
 import {createClassStmt} from '../output/class_builder';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
-import {ParseSourceSpan} from '../parse_util';
 import {ChangeDetectorStatus, ViewType, isDefaultChangeDetectionStrategy} from '../private_import_core';
 import {AttrAst, BoundDirectivePropertyAst, BoundElementPropertyAst, BoundEventAst, BoundTextAst, DirectiveAst, ElementAst, EmbeddedTemplateAst, NgContentAst, ReferenceAst, TemplateAst, TemplateAstVisitor, TextAst, VariableAst, templateVisitAll} from '../template_parser/template_ast';
 
@@ -695,7 +694,6 @@ function generateCreateEmbeddedViewsMethod(view: CompileView): o.ClassMethod {
   view.nodes.forEach((node) => {
     if (node instanceof CompileElement) {
       if (node.embeddedView) {
-        const parentNodeIndex = node.isRootElement() ? null : node.parent.nodeIndex;
         stmts.push(new o.IfStmt(
             nodeIndexVar.equals(o.literal(node.nodeIndex)),
             [new o.ReturnStatement(node.embeddedView.classExpr.instantiate([
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts
index 03f7834577..4babcb8f21 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {Type} from '../type';
 
 import {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
 import {AppView} from './view';
-import {ViewContainer} from './view_container';
 import {ViewRef} from './view_ref';
 import {ViewUtils} from './view_utils';
 
@@ -86,11 +85,6 @@ export class ComponentRef_<C> extends ComponentRef<C> {
   onDestroy(callback: Function): void { this.hostView.onDestroy(callback); }
 }
 
-/**
- * @experimental
- */
-const EMPTY_CONTEXT = new Object();
-
 /**
  * @stable
  */
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts
index d00822566c..ab5704ae68 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
 import {AppView} from './view';
-import {ViewContainer} from './view_container';
 import {EmbeddedViewRef} from './view_ref';
 
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts
index cf2d677b47..3b7fce120b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {ChangeDetectorRef, ChangeDetectorStatus} from '../change_detection/chang
 import {Injector, THROW_IF_NOT_FOUND} from '../di/injector';
 import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {WtfScopeFn, wtfCreateScope, wtfLeave} from '../profile/profile';
-import {DirectRenderer, RenderComponentType, RenderDebugInfo, Renderer} from '../render/api';
+import {DirectRenderer, RenderComponentType, Renderer} from '../render/api';
 
 import {AnimationViewContext} from './animation_view_context';
 import {ComponentRef} from './component_factory';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_container.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_container.ts
index df4cb75369..daa60fb1f6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_container.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_container.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
  */
 
 import {Injector} from '../di/injector';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 
 import {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
-import {QueryList} from './query_list';
 import {AppView} from './view';
 import {ViewContainerRef_} from './view_container_ref';
 import {ViewType} from './view_type';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts
index 1dffff2e6f..a31e59166e 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../metadata/view';
 import {RenderComponentType, RenderDebugInfo, Renderer, RootRenderer} from '../render/api';
 import {Sanitizer} from '../security';
 import {VERSION} from '../version';
-import {NgZone} from '../zone/ng_zone';
 
 import {ExpressionChangedAfterItHasBeenCheckedError} from './errors';
 import {AppView} from './view';
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import {AppView} from './view';
 @Injectable()
 export class ViewUtils {
   sanitizer: Sanitizer;
-  private _nextCompTypeId: number = 0;
 
   constructor(
       private _renderer: RootRenderer, sanitizer: Sanitizer,
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts
index 825911e2d8..70301d6323 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,15 @@ function declareTests({useJit}: {useJit: boolean}) {
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       TestBed.configureCompiler({useJit: useJit});
-      TestBed.configureTestingModule(
-          {declarations: [MyComp, NeedsContentChildren, NeedsViewChildren, TextDirective, Simple]});
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [
+          MyComp,
+          NeedsContentChildren,
+          NeedsViewChildren,
+          TextDirective,
+          Simple,
+        ],
+      });
     });
 
     it('should support the "i18n" attribute', () => {