diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/index.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/index.js
index 126ae0437b..9015325dc4 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/index.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const targetPackage = require('../target-package');
 const remarkPackage = require('../remark-package');
 const postProcessPackage = require('../post-process-package');
 
-const { PROJECT_ROOT, DOCS_OUTPUT_PATH, TEMPLATES_PATH, requireFolder } = require('../config');
+const { PROJECT_ROOT, CONTENTS_PATH, OUTPUT_PATH, DOCS_OUTPUT_PATH, TEMPLATES_PATH, AIO_PATH, requireFolder } = require('../config');
 
 module.exports = new Package('angular-base', [
   jsdocPackage, nunjucksPackage, linksPackage, examplesPackage, targetPackage, remarkPackage, postProcessPackage
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular-base', [
   .processor(require('./processors/checkUnbalancedBackTicks'))
   .processor(require('./processors/convertToJson'))
   .processor(require('./processors/fixInternalDocumentLinks'))
+  .processor(require('./processors/copyContentAssets'))
 
   // overrides base packageInfo and returns the one for the 'angular/angular' repo.
   .factory('packageInfo', function() { return require(path.resolve(PROJECT_ROOT, 'package.json')); })
   .factory(require('./readers/json'))
+  .factory(require('./services/copyFolder'))
 
   .config(function(checkAnchorLinksProcessor) {
     // This is disabled here to prevent false negatives for the `docs-watch` task.
@@ -93,7 +95,11 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular-base', [
     };
   })
 
-
+  .config(function(copyContentAssetsProcessor) {
+    copyContentAssetsProcessor.assetMappings.push(
+      { from: path.resolve(CONTENTS_PATH, 'images'), to: path.resolve(OUTPUT_PATH, 'images') }
+    );
+  })
 
   // We are not going to be relaxed about ambiguous links
   .config(function(getLinkInfo) {
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/processors/copyContentAssets.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/copyContentAssets.js
similarity index 86%
rename from aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/processors/copyContentAssets.js
rename to aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/copyContentAssets.js
index f8b9a56ec1..1486a280b5 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/processors/copyContentAssets.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/copyContentAssets.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 module.exports = function copyContentAssetsProcessor(copyFolder) {
   return {
-    $runAfter: ['files-written'],
     assetMappings: [],
     $process() {
       this.assetMappings.forEach(map => {
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/processors/copyContentAssets.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/copyContentAssets.spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/processors/copyContentAssets.spec.js
rename to aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/processors/copyContentAssets.spec.js
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/copyFolder.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/copyFolder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a1ce297bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-base-package/services/copyFolder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const {copySync} = require('fs-extra');
+
+module.exports = function copyFolder() {
+  return (from, to) => copySync(from, to);
+};
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/index.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/index.js
index e5bed771a9..e835080c4d 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/index.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/index.js
@@ -5,23 +5,17 @@
  * 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
  */
-const path = require('path');
 const Package = require('dgeni').Package;
 
 const basePackage = require('../angular-base-package');
 const contentPackage = require('../content-package');
 
-const { CONTENTS_PATH, OUTPUT_PATH } = require('../config');
+const { CONTENTS_PATH } = require('../config');
 
 module.exports = new Package('angular-content', [basePackage, contentPackage])
 
-  // Register the processors
-  .processor(require('./processors/copyContentAssets'))
-
-  .factory(require('./services/copyFolder'))
-
   // Where do we get the source files?
-  .config(function(readFilesProcessor, collectExamples, copyContentAssetsProcessor) {
+  .config(function(readFilesProcessor, collectExamples) {
 
     readFilesProcessor.sourceFiles = readFilesProcessor.sourceFiles.concat([
       {
@@ -82,10 +76,6 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular-content', [basePackage, contentPackage])
     ]);
 
     collectExamples.exampleFolders.push('examples');
-
-    copyContentAssetsProcessor.assetMappings.push(
-      { from: path.resolve(CONTENTS_PATH, 'images'), to: path.resolve(OUTPUT_PATH, 'images') }
-    );
   })
 
 
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/services/copyFolder.js b/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/services/copyFolder.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f6d848b427..0000000000
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/angular-content-package/services/copyFolder.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-const {cp} = require('shelljs');
-
-module.exports = function copyFolder() {
-  return (from, to) => cp('-rf', from, to);
-};