diff --git a/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
index 0d8c386938..965b046efa 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class ApplyRedirects {
     const concattedProcessedRoutes$ = concatAll.call(processedRoutes$);
     const first$ = first.call(concattedProcessedRoutes$, (s: any) => !!s);
     return _catch.call(first$, (e: any, _: any): Observable<UrlSegmentGroup> => {
-      if (e instanceof EmptyError) {
+      if (e instanceof EmptyError || e.name === 'EmptyError') {
         if (this.noLeftoversInUrl(segmentGroup, segments, outlet)) {
           return of (new UrlSegmentGroup([], {}));
         }
diff --git a/packages/router/test/BUILD.bazel b/packages/router/test/BUILD.bazel
index 7bf747d48c..cb83c37361 100644
--- a/packages/router/test/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/router/test/BUILD.bazel
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ ts_library(
 jasmine_node_test(
     name = "test",
     bootstrap = ["angular_src/packages/_testing_init/init_node_spec.js"],
-    # dissable since tests are running but not yet passing
-    tags = ["manual"],
     deps = [
         ":test_lib",
         "//packages/_testing_init:node",
@@ -36,8 +34,6 @@ ts_web_test(
     bootstrap = [
         "//:angular_bootstrap_scripts",
     ],
-    # dissable since tests are running but not yet passing
-    tags = ["manual"],
     # do not sort
     deps = [
         "//packages/_testing_init:browser",
diff --git a/packages/router/test/bootstrap.spec.ts b/packages/router/test/bootstrap.spec.ts
index 1c7789eb53..82555905e2 100644
--- a/packages/router/test/bootstrap.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/router/test/bootstrap.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {NavigationEnd, Resolve, Router, RouterModule} from '@angular/router';
 
 
 describe('bootstrap', () => {
+  if (isNode) return;
   let log: any[] = [];
   let testProviders: any[] = null !;