diff --git a/modules/angular2/globals.d.ts b/modules/angular2/globals.d.ts
index 4e45e219f9..a0f11f9223 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/globals.d.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/globals.d.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 /// <reference path="typings/zone/zone.d.ts"/>
 declare var assert: any;
-declare type int = number;
 
 interface List<T> extends Array<T> {}
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/codegen_name_util.ts b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/codegen_name_util.ts
index 4300c17ac9..eb5aaced3a 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/codegen_name_util.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/codegen_name_util.ts
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ export class CodegenNameUtil {
     return this._addFieldPrefix(_FIRST_PROTO_IN_CURRENT_BINDING);
   }
 
-  getLocalName(idx: int): string { return `l_${this._sanitizedNames[idx]}`; }
+  getLocalName(idx: number): string { return `l_${this._sanitizedNames[idx]}`; }
 
-  getEventLocalName(eb: EventBinding, idx: int): string {
+  getEventLocalName(eb: EventBinding, idx: number): string {
     return `l_${MapWrapper.get(this._sanitizedEventNames, eb)[idx]}`;
   }
 
-  getChangeName(idx: int): string { return `c_${this._sanitizedNames[idx]}`; }
+  getChangeName(idx: number): string { return `c_${this._sanitizedNames[idx]}`; }
 
   /**
    * Generate a statement initializing local variables used when detecting changes.
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ export class CodegenNameUtil {
 
   getPreventDefaultAccesor(): string { return "preventDefault"; }
 
-  getFieldCount(): int { return this._sanitizedNames.length; }
+  getFieldCount(): number { return this._sanitizedNames.length; }
 
-  getFieldName(idx: int): string { return this._addFieldPrefix(this._sanitizedNames[idx]); }
+  getFieldName(idx: number): string { return this._addFieldPrefix(this._sanitizedNames[idx]); }
 
   getAllFieldNames(): List<string> {
     var fieldList = [];
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export class CodegenNameUtil {
         '\n');
   }
 
-  getPipeName(idx: int): string {
+  getPipeName(idx: number): string {
     return this._addFieldPrefix(`${this._sanitizedNames[idx]}_pipe`);
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/differs/default_iterable_differ.ts b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/differs/default_iterable_differ.ts
index 2485328761..f592cd0741 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/differs/default_iterable_differ.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/differs/default_iterable_differ.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDifferFactory implements IterableDifferFactory {
 
 export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
   private _collection = null;
-  private _length: int = null;
+  private _length: number = null;
   // Keeps track of the used records at any point in time (during & across `_check()` calls)
   private _linkedRecords: _DuplicateMap = null;
   // Keeps track of the removed records at any point in time during `_check()` calls.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
 
   get collection() { return this._collection; }
 
-  get length(): int { return this._length; }
+  get length(): number { return this._length; }
 
   forEachItem(fn: Function) {
     var record: CollectionChangeRecord;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
 
     var record: CollectionChangeRecord = this._itHead;
     var mayBeDirty: boolean = false;
-    var index: int;
+    var index: number;
     var item;
 
     if (isArray(collection)) {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
    * - `item` is the current item in the collection
    * - `index` is the position of the item in the collection
    */
-  _mismatch(record: CollectionChangeRecord, item, index: int): CollectionChangeRecord {
+  _mismatch(record: CollectionChangeRecord, item, index: number): CollectionChangeRecord {
     // The previous record after which we will append the current one.
     var previousRecord: CollectionChangeRecord;
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
    * better way to think of it is as insert of 'b' rather then switch 'a' with 'b' and then add 'a'
    * at the end.
    */
-  _verifyReinsertion(record: CollectionChangeRecord, item, index: int): CollectionChangeRecord {
+  _verifyReinsertion(record: CollectionChangeRecord, item, index: number): CollectionChangeRecord {
     var reinsertRecord: CollectionChangeRecord =
         this._unlinkedRecords === null ? null : this._unlinkedRecords.get(item);
     if (reinsertRecord !== null) {
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
   }
 
   _reinsertAfter(record: CollectionChangeRecord, prevRecord: CollectionChangeRecord,
-                 index: int): CollectionChangeRecord {
+                 index: number): CollectionChangeRecord {
     if (this._unlinkedRecords !== null) {
       this._unlinkedRecords.remove(record);
     }
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
   }
 
   _moveAfter(record: CollectionChangeRecord, prevRecord: CollectionChangeRecord,
-             index: int): CollectionChangeRecord {
+             index: number): CollectionChangeRecord {
     this._unlink(record);
     this._insertAfter(record, prevRecord, index);
     this._addToMoves(record, index);
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
   }
 
   _addAfter(record: CollectionChangeRecord, prevRecord: CollectionChangeRecord,
-            index: int): CollectionChangeRecord {
+            index: number): CollectionChangeRecord {
     this._insertAfter(record, prevRecord, index);
 
     if (this._additionsTail === null) {
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
   }
 
   _insertAfter(record: CollectionChangeRecord, prevRecord: CollectionChangeRecord,
-               index: int): CollectionChangeRecord {
+               index: number): CollectionChangeRecord {
     // todo(vicb)
     // assert(record != prevRecord);
     // assert(record._next === null);
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
     return record;
   }
 
-  _addToMoves(record: CollectionChangeRecord, toIndex: int): CollectionChangeRecord {
+  _addToMoves(record: CollectionChangeRecord, toIndex: number): CollectionChangeRecord {
     // todo(vicb)
     // assert(record._nextMoved === null);
 
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ export class DefaultIterableDiffer implements IterableDiffer {
 }
 
 export class CollectionChangeRecord {
-  currentIndex: int = null;
-  previousIndex: int = null;
+  currentIndex: number = null;
+  previousIndex: number = null;
 
   _nextPrevious: CollectionChangeRecord = null;
   _prev: CollectionChangeRecord = null;
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ class _DuplicateItemRecordList {
 
   // Returns a CollectionChangeRecord having CollectionChangeRecord.item == item and
   // CollectionChangeRecord.currentIndex >= afterIndex
-  get(item: any, afterIndex: int): CollectionChangeRecord {
+  get(item: any, afterIndex: number): CollectionChangeRecord {
     var record: CollectionChangeRecord;
     for (record = this._head; record !== null; record = record._nextDup) {
       if ((afterIndex === null || afterIndex < record.currentIndex) &&
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ class _DuplicateMap {
    * Use case: `[a, b, c, a, a]` if we are at index `3` which is the second `a` then asking if we
    * have any more `a`s needs to return the last `a` not the first or second.
    */
-  get(value: any, afterIndex: int = null): CollectionChangeRecord {
+  get(value: any, afterIndex: number = null): CollectionChangeRecord {
     var key = getMapKey(value);
 
     var recordList = this.map.get(key);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.ts b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.ts
index 296e4f35f0..7b1519df3b 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.ts
@@ -122,24 +122,24 @@ export class Parser {
 }
 
 export class _ParseAST {
-  index: int = 0;
+  index: number = 0;
   constructor(public input: string, public location: any, public tokens: List<any>,
               public reflector: Reflector, public parseAction: boolean) {}
 
-  peek(offset: int): Token {
+  peek(offset: number): Token {
     var i = this.index + offset;
     return i < this.tokens.length ? this.tokens[i] : EOF;
   }
 
   get next(): Token { return this.peek(0); }
 
-  get inputIndex(): int {
+  get inputIndex(): number {
     return (this.index < this.tokens.length) ? this.next.index : this.input.length;
   }
 
   advance() { this.index++; }
 
-  optionalCharacter(code: int): boolean {
+  optionalCharacter(code: number): boolean {
     if (this.next.isCharacter(code)) {
       this.advance();
       return true;
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export class _ParseAST {
 
   peekKeywordVar(): boolean { return this.next.isKeywordVar() || this.next.isOperator('#'); }
 
-  expectCharacter(code: int) {
+  expectCharacter(code: number) {
     if (this.optionalCharacter(code)) return;
     this.error(`Missing expected ${StringWrapper.fromCharCode(code)}`);
   }
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ export class _ParseAST {
     throw new BaseException("Fell through all cases in parsePrimary");
   }
 
-  parseExpressionList(terminator: int): List<any> {
+  parseExpressionList(terminator: number): List<any> {
     var result = [];
     if (!this.next.isCharacter(terminator)) {
       do {
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ export class _ParseAST {
     return bindings;
   }
 
-  error(message: string, index: int = null) {
+  error(message: string, index: number = null) {
     if (isBlank(index)) index = this.index;
 
     var location = (index < this.tokens.length) ? `at column ${this.tokens[index].index + 1} in` :
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_binder.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_binder.ts
index 7a2676c008..6f93f5908d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_binder.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_binder.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export class ElementBinder {
   // updated later, so we are able to resolve cycles
   nestedProtoView: viewModule.AppProtoView = null;
 
-  constructor(public index: int, public parent: ElementBinder, public distanceToParent: int,
+  constructor(public index: number, public parent: ElementBinder, public distanceToParent: number,
               public protoElementInjector: eiModule.ProtoElementInjector,
               public componentDirective: DirectiveBinding) {
     if (isBlank(index)) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.ts
index 488644f197..1795081369 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.ts
@@ -378,8 +378,9 @@ export class ProtoElementInjector {
 
 
 
-  constructor(public parent: ProtoElementInjector, public index: int, bwv: BindingWithVisibility[],
-              public distanceToParent: number, public _firstBindingIsComponent: boolean,
+  constructor(public parent: ProtoElementInjector, public index: number,
+              bwv: BindingWithVisibility[], public distanceToParent: number,
+              public _firstBindingIsComponent: boolean,
               public directiveVariableBindings: Map<string, number>) {
     var length = bwv.length;
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.ts
index dbcb8777ec..5c2a7c04cf 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.ts
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ export class AppView implements ChangeDispatcher, RenderEventDispatcher {
    *
    * @param {string} eventName
    * @param {*} eventObj
-   * @param {int} boundElementIndex
+   * @param {number} boundElementIndex
    */
-  triggerEventHandlers(eventName: string, eventObj: Event, boundElementIndex: int): void {
+  triggerEventHandlers(eventName: string, eventObj: Event, boundElementIndex: number): void {
     var locals = new Map();
     locals.set('$event', eventObj);
     this.dispatchEvent(boundElementIndex, eventName, locals);
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ export class AppProtoView {
     }
   }
 
-  bindElement(parent: ElementBinder, distanceToParent: int,
+  bindElement(parent: ElementBinder, distanceToParent: number,
               protoElementInjector: ProtoElementInjector,
               componentDirective: DirectiveBinding = null): ElementBinder {
     var elBinder = new ElementBinder(this.elementBinders.length, parent, distanceToParent,
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/async.ts b/modules/angular2/src/facade/async.ts
index 0c582bce45..67e32b5741 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/async.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/async.ts
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ export class PromiseWrapper {
 }
 
 export class TimerWrapper {
-  static setTimeout(fn: Function, millis: int): int { return global.setTimeout(fn, millis); }
-  static clearTimeout(id: int): void { global.clearTimeout(id); }
+  static setTimeout(fn: Function, millis: number): number { return global.setTimeout(fn, millis); }
+  static clearTimeout(id: number): void { global.clearTimeout(id); }
 
-  static setInterval(fn: Function, millis: int): int { return global.setInterval(fn, millis); }
-  static clearInterval(id: int): void { global.clearInterval(id); }
+  static setInterval(fn: Function, millis: number): number {
+    return global.setInterval(fn, millis);
+  }
+  static clearInterval(id: number): void { global.clearInterval(id); }
 }
 
 export class ObservableWrapper {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/intl.ts b/modules/angular2/src/facade/intl.ts
index 27ed8d1dc2..3a8c983a5f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/intl.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/intl.ts
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ export class NumberFormatter {
   static format(number: number, locale: string, style: NumberFormatStyle,
                 {minimumIntegerDigits = 1, minimumFractionDigits = 0, maximumFractionDigits = 3,
                  currency, currencyAsSymbol = false}: {
-                  minimumIntegerDigits?: int,
-                  minimumFractionDigits?: int,
-                  maximumFractionDigits?: int,
+                  minimumIntegerDigits?: number,
+                  minimumFractionDigits?: number,
+                  maximumFractionDigits?: number,
                   currency?: string,
                   currencyAsSymbol?: boolean
                 } = {}): string {
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ export class NumberFormatter {
   }
 }
 
-function digitCondition(len: int): string {
+function digitCondition(len: number): string {
   return len == 2 ? '2-digit' : 'numeric';
 }
-function nameCondition(len: int): string {
+function nameCondition(len: number): string {
   return len < 4 ? 'short' : 'long';
 }
 function extractComponents(pattern: string): Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.dart b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.dart
index c561285437..fa071bcda0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.dart
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int serializeEnum(val) {
  * val should be the indexed value of the enum (sa returned from @Link{serializeEnum})
  * values should be a map from indexes to values for the enum that you want to deserialize.
  */
-dynamic deserializeEnum(int val, Map<int, dynamic> values) {
+dynamic deserializeEnum(num val, Map<num, dynamic> values) {
   return values[val];
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
index 7714db62fd..abed296589 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ _global.assert = function assert(condition) {
   }
 };
 
-export function ENUM_INDEX(value: int): int {
+export function ENUM_INDEX(value: number): number {
   return value;
 }
 
@@ -139,18 +139,18 @@ export function stringify(token): string {
 // serialize / deserialize enum exist only for consistency with dart API
 // enums in typescript don't need to be serialized
 
-export function serializeEnum(val): int {
+export function serializeEnum(val): number {
   return val;
 }
 
-export function deserializeEnum(val, values: Map<int, any>): any {
+export function deserializeEnum(val, values: Map<number, any>): any {
   return val;
 }
 
 export class StringWrapper {
-  static fromCharCode(code: int): string { return String.fromCharCode(code); }
+  static fromCharCode(code: number): string { return String.fromCharCode(code); }
 
-  static charCodeAt(s: string, index: int): number { return s.charCodeAt(index); }
+  static charCodeAt(s: string, index: number): number { return s.charCodeAt(index); }
 
   static split(s: string, regExp: RegExp): List<string> { return s.split(regExp); }
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export class StringWrapper {
 
   static startsWith(s: string, start: string): boolean { return s.startsWith(start); }
 
-  static substring(s: string, start: int, end: int = null): string {
+  static substring(s: string, start: number, end: number = null): string {
     return s.substring(start, end === null ? undefined : end);
   }
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ export class StringWrapper {
 
   static contains(s: string, substr: string): boolean { return s.indexOf(substr) != -1; }
 
-  static compare(a: string, b: string): int {
+  static compare(a: string, b: string): number {
     if (a < b) {
       return -1;
     } else if (a > b) {
@@ -214,19 +214,19 @@ export class NumberParseError extends BaseException {
 
 
 export class NumberWrapper {
-  static toFixed(n: number, fractionDigits: int): string { return n.toFixed(fractionDigits); }
+  static toFixed(n: number, fractionDigits: number): string { return n.toFixed(fractionDigits); }
 
   static equal(a: number, b: number): boolean { return a === b; }
 
-  static parseIntAutoRadix(text: string): int {
-    var result: int = parseInt(text);
+  static parseIntAutoRadix(text: string): number {
+    var result: number = parseInt(text);
     if (isNaN(result)) {
       throw new NumberParseError("Invalid integer literal when parsing " + text);
     }
     return result;
   }
 
-  static parseInt(text: string, radix: int): int {
+  static parseInt(text: string, radix: number): number {
     if (radix == 10) {
       if (/^(\-|\+)?[0-9]+$/.test(text)) {
         return parseInt(text, radix);
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export class NumberWrapper {
         return parseInt(text, radix);
       }
     } else {
-      var result: int = parseInt(text, radix);
+      var result: number = parseInt(text, radix);
       if (!isNaN(result)) {
         return result;
       }
@@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ export class Json {
 }
 
 export class DateWrapper {
-  static create(year: int, month: int = 1, day: int = 1, hour: int = 0, minutes: int = 0,
-                seconds: int = 0, milliseconds: int = 0): Date {
+  static create(year: number, month: number = 1, day: number = 1, hour: number = 0,
+                minutes: number = 0, seconds: number = 0, milliseconds: number = 0): Date {
     return new Date(year, month - 1, day, hour, minutes, seconds, milliseconds);
   }
-  static fromMillis(ms: int): Date { return new Date(ms); }
-  static toMillis(date: Date): int { return date.getTime(); }
+  static fromMillis(ms: number): Date { return new Date(ms); }
+  static toMillis(date: Date): number { return date.getTime(); }
   static now(): Date { return new Date(); }
   static toJson(date: Date): string { return date.toJSON(); }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/pipes/limit_to_pipe.ts b/modules/angular2/src/pipes/limit_to_pipe.ts
index 7cd2bccdeb..c2645884d0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/pipes/limit_to_pipe.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/pipes/limit_to_pipe.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class LimitToPipe implements PipeTransform {
       throw new InvalidPipeArgumentException(LimitToPipe, value);
     }
     if (isBlank(value)) return value;
-    var limit: int = args[0];
+    var limit: number = args[0];
     var left = 0, right = Math.min(limit, value.length);
     if (limit < 0) {
       left = Math.max(0, value.length + limit);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer.ts
index 2ed922ed83..9d8940accf 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer.ts
@@ -42,24 +42,24 @@ import {
 
 @Injectable()
 export class Serializer {
-  private _enumRegistry: Map<any, Map<int, any>>;
+  private _enumRegistry: Map<any, Map<number, any>>;
   constructor(private _parser: Parser, private _protoViewStore: RenderProtoViewRefStore,
               private _renderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore) {
-    this._enumRegistry = new Map<any, Map<int, any>>();
+    this._enumRegistry = new Map<any, Map<number, any>>();
 
-    var viewTypeMap = new Map<int, any>();
+    var viewTypeMap = new Map<number, any>();
     viewTypeMap[0] = ViewType.HOST;
     viewTypeMap[1] = ViewType.COMPONENT;
     viewTypeMap[2] = ViewType.EMBEDDED;
     this._enumRegistry.set(ViewType, viewTypeMap);
 
-    var viewEncapsulationMap = new Map<int, any>();
+    var viewEncapsulationMap = new Map<number, any>();
     viewEncapsulationMap[0] = ViewEncapsulation.EMULATED;
     viewEncapsulationMap[1] = ViewEncapsulation.NATIVE;
     viewEncapsulationMap[2] = ViewEncapsulation.NONE;
     this._enumRegistry.set(ViewEncapsulation, viewEncapsulationMap);
 
-    var propertyBindingTypeMap = new Map<int, any>();
+    var propertyBindingTypeMap = new Map<number, any>();
     propertyBindingTypeMap[0] = PropertyBindingType.PROPERTY;
     propertyBindingTypeMap[1] = PropertyBindingType.ATTRIBUTE;
     propertyBindingTypeMap[2] = PropertyBindingType.CLASS;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/iterable.ts b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/iterable.ts
index a322db6e66..17539b257f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/iterable.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/iterable.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 
 export class TestIterable {
-  list: List<int>;
+  list: List<number>;
   constructor() { this.list = []; }
 
   [Symbol.iterator]() { return this.list[Symbol.iterator](); }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/parser/lexer_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/parser/lexer_spec.ts
index c852d40861..c97602e2a1 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/parser/lexer_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/change_detection/parser/lexer_spec.ts
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ export function main() {
   describe('lexer', function() {
     describe('token', function() {
       it('should tokenize a simple identifier', function() {
-        var tokens: List<int> = lex("j");
+        var tokens: List<number> = lex("j");
         expect(tokens.length).toEqual(1);
         expectIdentifierToken(tokens[0], 0, 'j');
       });
 
       it('should tokenize a dotted identifier', function() {
-        var tokens: List<int> = lex("j.k");
+        var tokens: List<number> = lex("j.k");
         expect(tokens.length).toEqual(3);
         expectIdentifierToken(tokens[0], 0, 'j');
         expectCharacterToken(tokens[1], 1, '.');
@@ -67,20 +67,20 @@ export function main() {
       });
 
       it('should tokenize an operator', function() {
-        var tokens: List<int> = lex("j-k");
+        var tokens: List<number> = lex("j-k");
         expect(tokens.length).toEqual(3);
         expectOperatorToken(tokens[1], 1, '-');
       });
 
       it('should tokenize an indexed operator', function() {
-        var tokens: List<int> = lex("j[k]");
+        var tokens: List<number> = lex("j[k]");
         expect(tokens.length).toEqual(4);
         expectCharacterToken(tokens[1], 1, "[");
         expectCharacterToken(tokens[3], 3, "]");
       });
 
       it('should tokenize numbers', function() {
-        var tokens: List<int> = lex("88");
+        var tokens: List<number> = lex("88");
         expect(tokens.length).toEqual(1);
         expectNumberToken(tokens[0], 0, 88);
       });
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/facade/collection_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/facade/collection_spec.ts
index 2d0a5ed578..161a1259cf 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/facade/collection_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/facade/collection_spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 
 export function main() {
   describe('ListWrapper', () => {
-    var l: List<int>;
+    var l: List<number>;
 
     describe('splice', () => {
       it('should remove sublist of given length and return it', () => {
diff --git a/modules/angular2_material/src/components/grid_list/grid_list.ts b/modules/angular2_material/src/components/grid_list/grid_list.ts
index 0058ccde66..f1291a21e8 100644
--- a/modules/angular2_material/src/components/grid_list/grid_list.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2_material/src/components/grid_list/grid_list.ts
@@ -302,13 +302,13 @@ export class MdGridTile {
  */
 class TileCoordinator {
   // Tracking array (see class description).
-  tracker: List<int>;
+  tracker: List<number>;
 
   // Index at which the search for the next gap will start.
-  columnIndex: int;
+  columnIndex: number;
 
   // The current row index.
-  rowIndex: int;
+  rowIndex: number;
 
   // The computed (row, col) position of each tile (the output).
   positions: List<Position>;
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/app.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/app.ts
index dbe2e17d05..c8af2b18c4 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/app.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/app.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import {Component, Directive, View} from 'angular2/angular2';
   </div>`
 })
 export class App {
-  scrollAreas: List<int>;
-  iterationCount: int;
-  scrollIncrement: int;
+  scrollAreas: List<number>;
+  iterationCount: number;
+  scrollIncrement: number;
 
   constructor() {
     var appSize = getIntParameter('appSize');
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class App {
 
   runBenchmark() {
     var scrollDiv = this._getScrollDiv();
-    var n: int = this.iterationCount;
+    var n: number = this.iterationCount;
     var scheduleScroll;
     scheduleScroll = () => {
       TimerWrapper.setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/cells.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/cells.ts
index af0097bd12..ee0b36160b 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/cells.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/cells.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import {NgFor} from 'angular2/directives';
 import {Component, Directive, View} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 export class HasStyle {
-  cellWidth: int;
+  cellWidth: number;
 
   constructor() {}
 
-  set width(w: int) { this.cellWidth = w; }
+  set width(w: number) { this.cellWidth = w; }
 }
 
 @Component({selector: 'company-name', properties: ['width: cell-width', 'company']})
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/random_data.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/random_data.ts
index 80c859b7e0..1795df9655 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/random_data.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/naive_infinite_scroll/random_data.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   AAT_STATUS_LIST
 } from './common';
 
-export function generateOfferings(count: int): List<Offering> {
+export function generateOfferings(count: number): List<Offering> {
   var res = [];
   for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
     res.push(generateOffering(i));
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function generateOfferings(count: int): List<Offering> {
   return res;
 }
 
-export function generateOffering(seed: int): Offering {
+export function generateOffering(seed: number): Offering {
   var res = new Offering();
   res.name = generateName(seed++);
   res.company = generateCompany(seed++);
@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ export function generateOffering(seed: int): Offering {
   return res;
 }
 
-export function generateCompany(seed: int): Company {
+export function generateCompany(seed: number): Company {
   var res = new Company();
   res.name = generateName(seed);
   return res;
 }
 
-export function generateOpportunity(seed: int): Opportunity {
+export function generateOpportunity(seed: number): Opportunity {
   var res = new Opportunity();
   res.name = generateName(seed);
   return res;
 }
 
-export function generateAccount(seed: int): Account {
+export function generateAccount(seed: number): Account {
   var res = new Account();
   res.accountId = seed;
   return res;
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ var names = [
   'Stuff'
 ];
 
-function generateName(seed: int): string {
+function generateName(seed: number): string {
   return names[seed % names.length];
 }
 
 var offsets = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
 
-function randomDate(seed: int, minDate: CustomDate = null): CustomDate {
+function randomDate(seed: number, minDate: CustomDate = null): CustomDate {
   if (minDate == null) {
     minDate = CustomDate.now();
   }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function randomDate(seed: int, minDate: CustomDate = null): CustomDate {
 var stringLengths = [5, 7, 9, 11, 13];
 var charCodeOffsets = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];
 
-function randomString(seed: int): string {
+function randomString(seed: number): string {
   var len = stringLengths[seed % 5];
   var str = '';
   for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/src/metric/perflog_metric.ts b/modules/benchpress/src/metric/perflog_metric.ts
index 1fdf577b38..b2dfb47f77 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/src/metric/perflog_metric.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/src/metric/perflog_metric.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class PerflogMetric extends Metric {
   static get SET_TIMEOUT(): OpaqueToken { return _SET_TIMEOUT; }
 
   private _remainingEvents: List<StringMap<string, any>>;
-  private _measureCount: int;
+  private _measureCount: number;
   _perfLogFeatures: PerfLogFeatures;
 
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export class PerflogMetric extends Metric {
         .then((_) => this._readUntilEndMark(markName));
   }
 
-  _readUntilEndMark(markName: string, loopCount: int = 0, startEvent = null) {
+  _readUntilEndMark(markName: string, loopCount: number = 0, startEvent = null) {
     if (loopCount > _MAX_RETRY_COUNT) {
       throw new BaseException(`Tried too often to get the ending mark: ${loopCount}`);
     }
diff --git a/modules/http/src/enums.ts b/modules/http/src/enums.ts
index e2da8affba..81e4afe7ee 100644
--- a/modules/http/src/enums.ts
+++ b/modules/http/src/enums.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export enum RequestMethods {
 export class RequestMethodsMap {
   private _methods: List<string>;
   constructor() { this._methods = ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS', 'HEAD', 'PATCH']; }
-  getMethod(method: int): string { return this._methods[method]; }
+  getMethod(method: number): string { return this._methods[method]; }
 }
 /**
  * All possible states in which a connection can be, based on