diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
index a057d83826..d830630418 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ export function compileComponentFromMetadata(
   const templateFunctionExpression =
       new TemplateDefinitionBuilder(
           constantPool, CONTEXT_NAME, BindingScope.ROOT_SCOPE, 0, templateTypeName, templateName,
-          meta.viewQueries, directiveMatcher, directivesUsed, meta.pipes, pipesUsed)
+          meta.viewQueries, directiveMatcher, directivesUsed, meta.pipes, pipesUsed,
+          R3.namespaceHTML)
           .buildTemplateFunction(
               template.nodes, [], template.hasNgContent, template.ngContentSelectors);
 
@@ -443,4 +444,4 @@ function typeMapToExpressionMap(
   const entries = Array.from(map).map(
       ([key, type]): [string, o.Expression] => [key, outputCtx.importExpr(type)]);
   return new Map(entries);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
index 9d7a7163d4..a445fe1b11 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/template.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import * as html from '../../ml_parser/ast';
 import {HtmlParser} from '../../ml_parser/html_parser';
 import {WhitespaceVisitor} from '../../ml_parser/html_whitespaces';
 import {DEFAULT_INTERPOLATION_CONFIG} from '../../ml_parser/interpolation_config';
+import {splitNsName} from '../../ml_parser/tags';
 import * as o from '../../output/output_ast';
-import {ExternalReference} from '../../output/output_ast';
 import {ParseError, ParseSourceSpan} from '../../parse_util';
 import {DomElementSchemaRegistry} from '../../schema/dom_element_schema_registry';
 import {CssSelector, SelectorMatcher} from '../../selector';
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
   private _valueConverter: ValueConverter;
   private _unsupported = unsupported;
   private _bindingScope: BindingScope;
-  private _namespace = R3.namespaceHTML;
 
   // Whether we are inside a translatable element (`<p i18n>... somewhere here ... </p>)
   private _inI18nSection: boolean = false;
@@ -68,7 +67,8 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
       parentBindingScope: BindingScope, private level = 0, private contextName: string|null,
       private templateName: string|null, private viewQueries: R3QueryMetadata[],
       private directiveMatcher: SelectorMatcher|null, private directives: Set<o.Expression>,
-      private pipeTypeByName: Map<string, o.Expression>, private pipes: Set<o.Expression>) {
+      private pipeTypeByName: Map<string, o.Expression>, private pipes: Set<o.Expression>,
+      private _namespace: o.ExternalReference) {
     this._bindingScope =
         parentBindingScope.nestedScope((lhsVar: o.ReadVarExpr, expression: o.Expression) => {
           this._bindingCode.push(
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
   buildTemplateFunction(
       nodes: t.Node[], variables: t.Variable[], hasNgContent: boolean = false,
       ngContentSelectors: string[] = []): o.FunctionExpr {
+    if (this._namespace !== R3.namespaceHTML) {
+      this.instruction(this._creationCode, null, this._namespace);
+    }
+
     // Create variable bindings
     for (const variable of variables) {
       const variableName = variable.name;
@@ -224,20 +228,20 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
 
   /**
    * Gets the namespace instruction function based on the current element
-   * @param ivyElementName An system element name, can include colons like :svg:svg
+   * @param namespaceKey A system key for a namespace (e.g. 'svg' or 'math')
    */
-  getNamespaceInstruction(ivyElementName: string) {
-    switch (ivyElementName) {
-      case ':svg:svg':
+  getNamespaceInstruction(namespaceKey: string|null) {
+    switch (namespaceKey) {
+      case 'svg':
         return R3.namespaceSVG;
-      case ':math:math':
+      case 'math':
         return R3.namespaceMathML;
       default:
-        return this._namespace;
+        return R3.namespaceHTML;
     }
   }
 
-  addNamespaceInstruction(nsInstruction: ExternalReference, element: t.Element) {
+  addNamespaceInstruction(nsInstruction: o.ExternalReference, element: t.Element) {
     this._namespace = nsInstruction;
     this.instruction(this._creationCode, element.sourceSpan, nsInstruction);
   }
@@ -249,7 +253,9 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
 
     const outputAttrs: {[name: string]: string} = {};
     const attrI18nMetas: {[name: string]: string} = {};
-    let i18nMeta: string = '';
+    let i18nMeta = '';
+
+    const [namespaceKey, elementName] = splitNsName(element.name);
 
     // Elements inside i18n sections are replaced with placeholders
     // TODO(vicb): nested elements are a WIP in this phase
@@ -291,7 +297,7 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
     // Element creation mode
     const parameters: o.Expression[] = [
       o.literal(elementIndex),
-      o.literal(element.name),
+      o.literal(elementName),
     ];
 
     // Add the attributes
@@ -343,7 +349,8 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
     const implicit = o.variable(CONTEXT_NAME);
 
     const wasInNamespace = this._namespace;
-    const currentNamespace = this.getNamespaceInstruction(element.name);
+    const currentNamespace = this.getNamespaceInstruction(namespaceKey);
+
     // If the namespace is changing now, include an instruction to change it
     // during element creation.
     if (currentNamespace !== wasInNamespace) {
@@ -359,14 +366,6 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
           this._creationCode, element.sourceSpan, R3.elementStart,
           ...trimTrailingNulls(parameters));
 
-      // If the element happens to be an SVG <foreignObject>, we need to switch
-      // to the HTML namespace inside of it
-      if (element.name === ':svg:foreignObject') {
-        // NOTE(benlesh): this may cause extremem corner-case bugs if someone was to do something
-        //   like <math>...<foreignObject></foreignObject>...</math>.
-        this.addNamespaceInstruction(R3.namespaceHTML, element);
-      }
-
       // Generate Listeners (outputs)
       element.outputs.forEach((outputAst: t.BoundEvent) => {
         const elName = sanitizeIdentifier(element.name);
@@ -423,7 +422,6 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
     }
     // Restore the state before exiting this node
     this._inI18nSection = wasInI18nSection;
-    this._namespace = wasInNamespace;
   }
 
   visitTemplate(template: t.Template) {
@@ -484,7 +482,8 @@ export class TemplateDefinitionBuilder implements t.Visitor<void>, LocalResolver
     // Create the template function
     const templateVisitor = new TemplateDefinitionBuilder(
         this.constantPool, templateContext, this._bindingScope, this.level + 1, contextName,
-        templateName, [], this.directiveMatcher, this.directives, this.pipeTypeByName, this.pipes);
+        templateName, [], this.directiveMatcher, this.directives, this.pipeTypeByName, this.pipes,
+        this._namespace);
     const templateFunctionExpr =
         templateVisitor.buildTemplateFunction(template.children, template.variables);
     this._postfixCode.push(templateFunctionExpr.toDeclStmt(templateName, null));
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_compiler_compliance_spec.ts b/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_compiler_compliance_spec.ts
index 322af1a50c..54b504383a 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_compiler_compliance_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/render3/r3_compiler_compliance_spec.ts
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ describe('compiler compliance', () => {
           if (rf & 1) {
             $r3$.ɵE(0, 'div', $e0_attrs$);
             $r3$.ɵNS();
-            $r3$.ɵE(1, ':svg:svg');
-            $r3$.ɵEe(2, ':svg:circle', $e2_attrs$);
+            $r3$.ɵE(1, 'svg');
+            $r3$.ɵEe(2, 'circle', $e2_attrs$);
             $r3$.ɵe();
             $r3$.ɵe();
           }
@@ -110,6 +110,54 @@ describe('compiler compliance', () => {
       expectEmit(result.source, template, 'Incorrect template');
     });
 
+    it('should enter and leave the SVG namespace appropriately', () => {
+      const files = {
+        app: {
+          'spec.ts': `
+              import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+
+              @Component({
+                selector: 'my-component',
+                template: \`<div class="my-app" title="Hello"><svg><circle cx="50" cy="100" r="25"/></svg><p>TEST 2</p></div>\`
+              })
+              export class MyComponent {}
+
+              @NgModule({declarations: [MyComponent]})
+              export class MyModule {}
+          `
+        }
+      };
+
+      // The factory should look like this:
+      const factory = 'factory: function MyComponent_Factory() { return new MyComponent(); }';
+
+      // The template should look like this (where IDENT is a wild card for an identifier):
+      const template = `
+        const $c1$ = ['class', 'my-app', 'title', 'Hello'];
+        …
+        template: function MyComponent_Template(rf: IDENT, ctx: IDENT) {
+          if (rf & 1) {
+            $r3$.ɵE(0, 'div', $e0_attrs$);
+              $r3$.ɵNS();
+              $r3$.ɵE(1, 'svg');
+                $r3$.ɵEe(2, 'circle', $e2_attrs$);
+              $r3$.ɵe();
+              $r3$.ɵNH();
+              $r3$.ɵE(3, 'p');
+                $r3$.ɵT(4, 'TEST 2');
+              $r3$.ɵe();
+            $r3$.ɵe();
+          }
+        }
+      `;
+
+
+      const result = compile(files, angularFiles);
+
+      expectEmit(result.source, factory, 'Incorrect factory');
+      expectEmit(result.source, template, 'Incorrect template');
+    });
+
     it('should bind to element properties', () => {
       const files = {
         app: {
@@ -1274,7 +1322,7 @@ describe('compiler compliance', () => {
         expectEmit(source, MyComponentDefinition, 'Invalid component definition');
       });
 
-      it('should support a let variable and reference for SVG', () => {
+      it('should support embedded views in the SVG namespace', () => {
         const files = {
           app: {
             ...shared,
@@ -1321,15 +1369,16 @@ describe('compiler compliance', () => {
             template: function MyComponent_Template(rf:IDENT,ctx:IDENT){
               if (rf & 1) {
                 $r3$.ɵNS();
-                $r3$.ɵE(0,':svg:svg');
+                $r3$.ɵE(0,'svg');
                 $r3$.ɵC(1,MyComponent__svg_g_Template_1,null,$_c0$);
                 $r3$.ɵe();
               }
               if (rf & 2) { $r3$.ɵp(1,'forOf',$r3$.ɵb(ctx.items)); }
               function MyComponent__svg_g_Template_1(rf:IDENT,ctx0:IDENT) {
                 if (rf & 1) {
-                  $r3$.ɵE(0,':svg:g');
-                  $r3$.ɵEe(1,':svg:circle');
+                  $r3$.ɵNS();
+                  $r3$.ɵE(0,'g');
+                  $r3$.ɵEe(1,'circle');
                   $r3$.ɵe();
                 }
               }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
index 0be275e0b1..c6e22fa8f5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core_render3_private_export.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export {
   i7 as ɵi7,
   i8 as ɵi8,
   iV as ɵiV,
-  N as ɵN,
   NH as ɵNH,
   NM as ɵNM,
   NS as ɵNS,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/STATUS.md b/packages/core/src/render3/STATUS.md
index 8209be7c33..cf29f3dd99 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/STATUS.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/STATUS.md
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ The goal is for the `@Component` (and friends) to be the compiler of template. S
 | `{{ ['literal', exp ] }}`                   |  ✅     |  ✅      |  ✅      |
 | `{{ { a: 'literal', b: exp } }}`            |  ✅     |  ✅      |  ✅      |
 | `{{ exp \| pipe: arg }}`                    |  ✅     |  ✅      |  ✅      |
-| `<svg:g svg:p>`                             |  ✅     |  ✅      |  ❌      |
+| `<svg:g svg:p>`                             |  ✅     |  ✅      |  ✅      |
 | `<img src=[userData]>` sanitization         |  ❌     |  ❌      |  ❌      |
 | `<div (nocd.click)>`                        |  ❌     |  ❌      |  ❌      |
 | `<div (bubble.click)>`                      |  ❌     |  ❌      |  ❌      |
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
index 168507bdb5..8a2e17e35f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/di.ts
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ export function injectAttribute(attrNameToInject: string): string|undefined {
   if (attrs) {
     for (let i = 0; i < attrs.length; i = i + 2) {
       let attrName = attrs[i];
-      if (attrName === AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY) break;
-      if (attrName === AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI) {
+      if (attrName === AttributeMarker.SelectOnly) break;
+      if (attrName === AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri) {
         attrName = attrs[i += 2];
       }
       if (attrName == attrNameToInject) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
index fd08cc9a0f..c88d6334b2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/index.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export {
   elementStyle as s,
   elementStyleNamed as sn,
 
-  namespace as N,
   namespaceHTML as NH,
   namespaceMathML as NM,
   namespaceSVG as NS,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
index c8efc2cbe3..9991d5bc92 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions.ts
@@ -560,15 +560,6 @@ function getRenderFlags(view: LView): RenderFlags {
 //////////////////////////
 let _currentNamespace: string|null = null;
 
-/**
- * Sets the namespace URI that will be used to create elements in {@link element}
- * and {@link elementStart}
- * @param uri the full namespaceUri
- */
-export function namespace(uri: string | null) {
-  _currentNamespace = uri;
-}
-
 /**
  * Sets the current namespace URI to null, meaning createElement (not createElementNS)
  * will be used to create elements in {@link element} and {@link elementStart}
@@ -617,9 +608,17 @@ export function elementStart(
 
   ngDevMode && ngDevMode.rendererCreateElement++;
 
-  const native: RElement = _currentNamespace === null || isProceduralRenderer(renderer) ?
-      renderer.createElement(name) :
-      (renderer as ObjectOrientedRenderer3).createElementNS(_currentNamespace, name);
+  let native: RElement;
+
+  if (isProceduralRenderer(renderer)) {
+    native = renderer.createElement(name, _currentNamespace);
+  } else {
+    if (_currentNamespace === null) {
+      native = renderer.createElement(name);
+    } else {
+      native = renderer.createElementNS(_currentNamespace, name);
+    }
+  }
 
   ngDevMode && assertDataInRange(index - 1);
 
@@ -861,7 +860,7 @@ function setUpAttributes(native: RElement, attrs: TAttributes): void {
   const isProc = isProceduralRenderer(renderer);
   for (let i = 0; i < attrs.length; i += 2) {
     let attrName = attrs[i];
-    if (attrName === AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI) {
+    if (attrName === AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri) {
       const attrNS = attrs[i + 1] as string;
       attrName = attrs[i + 2] as string;
       const attrVal = attrs[i + 3] as string;
@@ -872,7 +871,7 @@ function setUpAttributes(native: RElement, attrs: TAttributes): void {
         native.setAttributeNS(attrNS, attrName, attrVal);
       }
     } else {
-      if (attrName === AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY) break;
+      if (attrName === AttributeMarker.SelectOnly) break;
       if (attrName !== NG_PROJECT_AS_ATTR_NAME) {
         const attrVal = attrs[i + 1];
         ngDevMode && ngDevMode.rendererSetAttribute++;
@@ -1533,11 +1532,11 @@ function generateInitialInputs(
   const attrs = tNode.attrs !;
   for (let i = 0; i < attrs.length; i += 2) {
     const first = attrs[i];
-    const attrName = first === AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI ? attrs[i += 2] : first;
+    const attrName = first === AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri ? attrs[i += 2] : first;
     const minifiedInputName = inputs[attrName];
     const attrValue = attrs[i + 1];
 
-    if (attrName === AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY) break;
+    if (attrName === AttributeMarker.SelectOnly) break;
     if (minifiedInputName !== undefined) {
       const inputsToStore: InitialInputs =
           initialInputData[directiveIndex] || (initialInputData[directiveIndex] = []);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
index 2f3ac9585a..33dfe4940f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/interfaces/node.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export const enum AttributeMarker {
    * Use the next value as the full namespaces URI, the values after that
    * are then the name and the value, respectively.
    */
-  NAMESPACE_URI = 0,  // namespace. Has to be repeated.
+  NamespaceUri = 0,  // namespace. Has to be repeated.
 
   /**
    * This marker indicates that the following attribute names were extracted from bindings (ex.:
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export const enum AttributeMarker {
    * Taking the above bindings and outputs as an example an attributes array could look as follows:
    * ['class', 'fade in', AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'foo', 'bar']
    */
-  SELECT_ONLY = 1
+  SelectOnly = 1
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/jit/environment.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/jit/environment.ts
index 4714697558..5ca7cda1e6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/jit/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/jit/environment.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export const angularCoreEnv: {[name: string]: Function} = {
   'ɵcr': r3.cr,
   'ɵd': r3.d,
   'ɵE': r3.E,
+  'ɵEe': r3.Ee,
   'ɵe': r3.e,
   'ɵf0': r3.f0,
   'ɵf1': r3.f1,
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ export const angularCoreEnv: {[name: string]: Function} = {
   'ɵkn': r3.kn,
   'ɵL': r3.L,
   'ɵld': r3.ld,
+  'ɵNH': r3.NH,
+  'ɵNM': r3.NM,
+  'ɵNS': r3.NS,
   'ɵp': r3.p,
   'ɵpb1': r3.pb1,
   'ɵpb2': r3.pb2,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/node_selector_matcher.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/node_selector_matcher.ts
index 354ff7317f..79f3ad2190 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/node_selector_matcher.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/node_selector_matcher.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function isNodeMatchingSelector(tNode: TNode, selector: CssSelector): boo
 
   let mode: SelectorFlags = SelectorFlags.ELEMENT;
   const nodeAttrs = tNode.attrs !;
-  const selectOnlyMarkerIdx = nodeAttrs ? nodeAttrs.indexOf(AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY) : -1;
+  const selectOnlyMarkerIdx = nodeAttrs ? nodeAttrs.indexOf(AttributeMarker.SelectOnly) : -1;
 
   // When processing ":not" selectors, we skip to the next ":not" if the
   // current one doesn't match
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ function findAttrIndexInNode(name: string, attrs: TAttributes | null): number {
   if (attrs === null) return -1;
   for (let i = 0; i < attrs.length; i += step) {
     const attrName = attrs[i];
-    if (attrName === AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI) {
+    if (attrName === AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri) {
       step = 2;
     } else if (attrName === name) {
       return i;
-    } else if (attrName === AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY) {
+    } else if (attrName === AttributeMarker.SelectOnly) {
       step = 1;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/compiler_canonical/template_variables_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/compiler_canonical/template_variables_spec.ts
index f3ab25ad1d..7e8aaee0e5 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/compiler_canonical/template_variables_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/compiler_canonical/template_variables_spec.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ describe('template variables', () => {
           }
           function MyComponent__svg_g_Template_1(rf: $RenderFlags$, ctx0: $MyComponent$) {
             if (rf & 1) {
+              $r3$.ɵNS();
               $r3$.ɵE(0, 'g');
               $r3$.ɵEe(1, 'circle');
               $r3$.ɵe();
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ describe('template variables', () => {
         [ForOfDirective.ngDirectiveDef];
     // /NON-NORMATIVE
 
-    // TODO(chuckj): update when the changes to enable ngForOf lands.
+    // TODO(benlesh): update when the changes to enable ngForOf lands.
     expect(toHtml(renderComponent(MyComponent))).toEqual('<svg></svg>');
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/content_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/content_spec.ts
index 71d7dda90b..058be8ca4b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/content_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/content_spec.ts
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ describe('content projection', () => {
         if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
           elementStart(0, 'child');
           {
-            elementStart(1, 'span', [AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'title']);
+            elementStart(1, 'span', [AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'title']);
             { text(2, 'Has title'); }
             elementEnd();
           }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/di_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/di_spec.ts
index ea3d413d31..9d46b94ab1 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/di_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/di_spec.ts
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ describe('di', () => {
 
       const MyApp = createComponent('my-app', function(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
         if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
-          elementStart(0, 'div', ['exist', 'existValue', AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'nonExist']);
+          elementStart(0, 'div', ['exist', 'existValue', AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'nonExist']);
           exist = injectAttribute('exist');
           nonExist = injectAttribute('nonExist');
         }
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ describe('di', () => {
       const MyApp = createComponent('my-app', function(rf: RenderFlags, ctx: any) {
         if (rf & RenderFlags.Create) {
           elementStart(0, 'div', [
-            'exist', 'existValue', AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'binding1', 'nonExist', 'binding2'
+            'exist', 'existValue', AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'binding1', 'nonExist', 'binding2'
           ]);
           exist = injectAttribute('exist');
           nonExist = injectAttribute('nonExist');
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/directive_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/directive_spec.ts
index 58f0c22349..3dde1057d9 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/directive_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/directive_spec.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('directive', () => {
       }
 
       function Template() {
-        elementStart(0, 'span', [AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'dir']);
+        elementStart(0, 'span', [AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'dir']);
         elementEnd();
       }
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('directive', () => {
        */
       function createTemplate() {
         // using 2 bindings to show example shape of attributes array
-        elementStart(0, 'span', ['class', 'fade', AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'test', 'other']);
+        elementStart(0, 'span', ['class', 'fade', AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'test', 'other']);
         elementEnd();
       }
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('directive', () => {
          function createTemplate() {
            // putting name (test) in the "usual" value position
            elementStart(
-               0, 'span', ['class', 'fade', AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'prop1', 'test', 'prop2']);
+               0, 'span', ['class', 'fade', AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'prop1', 'test', 'prop2']);
            elementEnd();
          }
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ describe('directive', () => {
        * <span (out)="someVar = true"></span>
        */
       function createTemplate() {
-        elementStart(0, 'span', [AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'out']);
+        elementStart(0, 'span', [AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'out']);
         { listener('out', () => {}); }
         elementEnd();
       }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/instructions_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/instructions_spec.ts
index 35ed8b3d5c..00da2cbf97 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/instructions_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/instructions_spec.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('instructions', () => {
     it('should use sanitizer function even on elements with namespaced attributes', () => {
       const t = new TemplateFixture(() => {
         element(0, 'div', [
-          AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI,
+          AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri,
           'http://www.example.com/2004/test',
           'whatever',
           'abc',
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ describe('instructions', () => {
           'height',
           '300',
           // test:title="abc"
-          AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI,
+          AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri,
           'http://www.example.com/2014/test',
           'title',
           'abc',
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ describe('instructions', () => {
           'id',
           'container',
           // test:title="abc"
-          AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI,
+          AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri,
           'http://www.example.com/2014/test',
           'title',
           'abc',
@@ -492,19 +492,19 @@ describe('instructions', () => {
           'container',
 
           // NS1:title="abc"
-          AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI,
+          AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri,
           'http://www.example.com/2014/test',
           'title',
           'abc',
 
           // NS1:whatever="wee"
-          AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI,
+          AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri,
           'http://www.example.com/2014/test',
           'whatever',
           'wee',
 
           // NS2:shazbot="wocka wocka"
-          AttributeMarker.NAMESPACE_URI,
+          AttributeMarker.NamespaceUri,
           'http://www.whatever.com/2016/blah',
           'shazbot',
           'wocka wocka',
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/node_selector_matcher_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/node_selector_matcher_spec.ts
index 3a143bcadf..0011c732d6 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/node_selector_matcher_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/node_selector_matcher_spec.ts
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ describe('css selector matching', () => {
       });
 
       it('should take optional binding attribute names into account', () => {
-        expect(isMatching('span', [AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'directive'], [
+        expect(isMatching('span', [AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'directive'], [
           '', 'directive', ''
         ])).toBeTruthy(`Selector '[directive]' should match <span [directive]="exp">`);
       });
 
       it('should not match optional binding attribute names if attribute selector has value',
          () => {
-           expect(isMatching('span', [AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'directive'], [
+           expect(isMatching('span', [AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'directive'], [
              '', 'directive', 'value'
            ])).toBeFalsy(`Selector '[directive=value]' should not match <span [directive]="exp">`);
          });
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ describe('css selector matching', () => {
       it('should not match optional binding attribute names if attribute selector has value and next name equals to value',
          () => {
            expect(isMatching(
-                      'span', [AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'directive', 'value'],
+                      'span', [AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'directive', 'value'],
                       ['', 'directive', 'value']))
                .toBeFalsy(
                    `Selector '[directive=value]' should not match <span [directive]="exp" [value]="otherExp">`);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/query_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/query_spec.ts
index 7382fabfa3..cd4a3df46d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/query_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/query_spec.ts
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ describe('query', () => {
                  }
                }, null, []);
 
-               container(5, undefined, null, [AttributeMarker.SELECT_ONLY, 'vc']);
+               container(5, undefined, null, [AttributeMarker.SelectOnly, 'vc']);
              }
 
              if (rf & RenderFlags.Update) {