diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/abstract_control_directive.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/abstract_control_directive.ts
index 0e883f4d32..5d76cffaf3 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/abstract_control_directive.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/abstract_control_directive.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import {Observable} from '../facade/async';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {AbstractControl} from '../model';
 
 /**
@@ -20,49 +19,43 @@ import {AbstractControl} from '../model';
 export abstract class AbstractControlDirective {
   get control(): AbstractControl { throw new Error('unimplemented'); }
 
-  get value(): any { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.value : null; }
+  get value(): any { return this.control ? this.control.value : null; }
 
-  get valid(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.valid : null; }
+  get valid(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.valid : null; }
 
-  get invalid(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.invalid : null; }
+  get invalid(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.invalid : null; }
 
-  get pending(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.pending : null; }
+  get pending(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.pending : null; }
 
-  get errors(): {[key: string]: any} {
-    return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.errors : null;
-  }
+  get errors(): {[key: string]: any} { return this.control ? this.control.errors : null; }
 
-  get pristine(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.pristine : null; }
+  get pristine(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.pristine : null; }
 
-  get dirty(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.dirty : null; }
+  get dirty(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.dirty : null; }
 
-  get touched(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.touched : null; }
+  get touched(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.touched : null; }
 
-  get untouched(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.untouched : null; }
+  get untouched(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.untouched : null; }
 
-  get disabled(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.disabled : null; }
+  get disabled(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.disabled : null; }
 
-  get enabled(): boolean { return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.enabled : null; }
+  get enabled(): boolean { return this.control ? this.control.enabled : null; }
 
-  get statusChanges(): Observable<any> {
-    return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.statusChanges : null;
-  }
+  get statusChanges(): Observable<any> { return this.control ? this.control.statusChanges : null; }
 
-  get valueChanges(): Observable<any> {
-    return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.valueChanges : null;
-  }
+  get valueChanges(): Observable<any> { return this.control ? this.control.valueChanges : null; }
 
   get path(): string[] { return null; }
 
   reset(value: any = undefined): void {
-    if (isPresent(this.control)) this.control.reset(value);
+    if (this.control) this.control.reset(value);
   }
 
   hasError(errorCode: string, path: string[] = null): boolean {
-    return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.hasError(errorCode, path) : false;
+    return this.control ? this.control.hasError(errorCode, path) : false;
   }
 
   getError(errorCode: string, path: string[] = null): any {
-    return isPresent(this.control) ? this.control.getError(errorCode, path) : null;
+    return this.control ? this.control.getError(errorCode, path) : null;
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/checkbox_value_accessor.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/checkbox_value_accessor.ts
index 8ce20b4f4d..6c18e0a349 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/checkbox_value_accessor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/checkbox_value_accessor.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR} from './control_value_accessor'
 export const CHECKBOX_VALUE_ACCESSOR: any = {
   provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
   useExisting: forwardRef(() => CheckboxControlValueAccessor),
-  multi: true
+  multi: true,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/default_value_accessor.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/default_value_accessor.ts
index 6307456677..d4aaa60005 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/default_value_accessor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/default_value_accessor.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 import {Directive, ElementRef, Renderer, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {isBlank} from '../facade/lang';
-
 import {ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR} from './control_value_accessor';
 
 export const DEFAULT_VALUE_ACCESSOR: any = {
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ export class DefaultValueAccessor implements ControlValueAccessor {
   constructor(private _renderer: Renderer, private _elementRef: ElementRef) {}
 
   writeValue(value: any): void {
-    var normalizedValue = isBlank(value) ? '' : value;
+    const normalizedValue = value == null ? '' : value;
     this._renderer.setElementProperty(this._elementRef.nativeElement, 'value', normalizedValue);
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/ng_control_status.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/ng_control_status.ts
index b5efea689c..e1cd164c4a 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/ng_control_status.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/ng_control_status.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 import {Directive, Self} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
-
 import {AbstractControlDirective} from './abstract_control_directive';
 import {ControlContainer} from './control_container';
 import {NgControl} from './ng_control';
@@ -19,27 +17,13 @@ export class AbstractControlStatus {
 
   constructor(cd: AbstractControlDirective) { this._cd = cd; }
 
-  get ngClassUntouched(): boolean {
-    return isPresent(this._cd.control) ? this._cd.control.untouched : false;
-  }
-  get ngClassTouched(): boolean {
-    return isPresent(this._cd.control) ? this._cd.control.touched : false;
-  }
-  get ngClassPristine(): boolean {
-    return isPresent(this._cd.control) ? this._cd.control.pristine : false;
-  }
-  get ngClassDirty(): boolean {
-    return isPresent(this._cd.control) ? this._cd.control.dirty : false;
-  }
-  get ngClassValid(): boolean {
-    return isPresent(this._cd.control) ? this._cd.control.valid : false;
-  }
-  get ngClassInvalid(): boolean {
-    return isPresent(this._cd.control) ? this._cd.control.invalid : false;
-  }
-  get ngClassPending(): boolean {
-    return isPresent(this._cd.control) ? this._cd.control.pending : false;
-  }
+  get ngClassUntouched(): boolean { return this._cd.control ? this._cd.control.untouched : false; }
+  get ngClassTouched(): boolean { return this._cd.control ? this._cd.control.touched : false; }
+  get ngClassPristine(): boolean { return this._cd.control ? this._cd.control.pristine : false; }
+  get ngClassDirty(): boolean { return this._cd.control ? this._cd.control.dirty : false; }
+  get ngClassValid(): boolean { return this._cd.control ? this._cd.control.valid : false; }
+  get ngClassInvalid(): boolean { return this._cd.control ? this._cd.control.invalid : false; }
+  get ngClassPending(): boolean { return this._cd.control ? this._cd.control.pending : false; }
 }
 
 export const ngControlStatusHost = {
@@ -49,7 +33,7 @@ export const ngControlStatusHost = {
   '[class.ng-dirty]': 'ngClassDirty',
   '[class.ng-valid]': 'ngClassValid',
   '[class.ng-invalid]': 'ngClassInvalid',
-  '[class.ng-pending]': 'ngClassPending'
+  '[class.ng-pending]': 'ngClassPending',
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/ng_form.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/ng_form.ts
index 22ddfad1c2..20015ba3d8 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/ng_form.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/ng_form.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import {Directive, Inject, Optional, Self, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {EventEmitter} from '../facade/async';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {AbstractControl, FormControl, FormGroup} from '../model';
 import {NG_ASYNC_VALIDATORS, NG_VALIDATORS} from '../validators';
 
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ export class NgForm extends ControlContainer implements Form {
   removeControl(dir: NgModel): void {
     resolvedPromise.then(() => {
       const container = this._findContainer(dir.path);
-      if (isPresent(container)) {
+      if (container) {
         container.removeControl(dir.name);
       }
     });
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ export class NgForm extends ControlContainer implements Form {
   removeFormGroup(dir: NgModelGroup): void {
     resolvedPromise.then(() => {
       const container = this._findContainer(dir.path);
-      if (isPresent(container)) {
+      if (container) {
         container.removeControl(dir.name);
       }
     });
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/normalize_validator.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/normalize_validator.ts
index 1fa9adf3df..9d2328076b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/normalize_validator.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/normalize_validator.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {AbstractControl} from '../model';
 import {AsyncValidatorFn, Validator, ValidatorFn} from './validators';
 
 export function normalizeValidator(validator: ValidatorFn | Validator): ValidatorFn {
-  if ((<Validator>validator).validate !== undefined) {
+  if ((<Validator>validator).validate) {
     return (c: AbstractControl) => (<Validator>validator).validate(c);
   } else {
     return <ValidatorFn>validator;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function normalizeValidator(validator: ValidatorFn | Validator): Validato
 }
 
 export function normalizeAsyncValidator(validator: AsyncValidatorFn | Validator): AsyncValidatorFn {
-  if ((<Validator>validator).validate !== undefined) {
+  if ((<Validator>validator).validate) {
     return (c: AbstractControl) => (<Validator>validator).validate(c);
   } else {
     return <AsyncValidatorFn>validator;
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/number_value_accessor.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/number_value_accessor.ts
index 443d26ce93..8c4baf8433 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/number_value_accessor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/number_value_accessor.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 import {Directive, ElementRef, Renderer, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {isBlank} from '../facade/lang';
-
 import {ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR} from './control_value_accessor';
 
 export const NUMBER_VALUE_ACCESSOR: any = {
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ export class NumberValueAccessor implements ControlValueAccessor {
 
   writeValue(value: number): void {
     // The value needs to be normalized for IE9, otherwise it is set to 'null' when null
-    const normalizedValue = isBlank(value) ? '' : value;
+    const normalizedValue = value == null ? '' : value;
     this._renderer.setElementProperty(this._elementRef.nativeElement, 'value', normalizedValue);
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/radio_control_value_accessor.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/radio_control_value_accessor.ts
index 413466177f..d8784023e6 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/radio_control_value_accessor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/radio_control_value_accessor.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ export class RadioControlRegistry {
   }
 
   remove(accessor: RadioControlValueAccessor) {
-    var indexToRemove = -1;
-    for (var i = 0; i < this._accessors.length; ++i) {
+    for (let i = this._accessors.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
       if (this._accessors[i][1] === accessor) {
-        indexToRemove = i;
+        this._accessors.splice(i, 1);
+        return;
       }
     }
-    this._accessors.splice(indexToRemove, 1);
   }
 
   select(accessor: RadioControlValueAccessor) {
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ export class RadioControlValueAccessor implements ControlValueAccessor,
   /** @internal */
   _fn: Function;
   onChange = () => {};
-  onTouched = () => {}
+  onTouched = () => {};
 
   @Input() name: string;
   @Input() formControlName: string;
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/select_control_value_accessor.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/select_control_value_accessor.ts
index ac0c534efb..a18a21b3a0 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/select_control_value_accessor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/select_control_value_accessor.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import {Directive, ElementRef, Host, Input, OnDestroy, Optional, Renderer, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {isBlank, isPresent, isPrimitive, looseIdentical} from '../facade/lang';
+import {isPrimitive, looseIdentical} from '../facade/lang';
 
 import {ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR} from './control_value_accessor';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const SELECT_VALUE_ACCESSOR: any = {
 };
 
 function _buildValueString(id: string, value: any): string {
-  if (isBlank(id)) return `${value}`;
+  if (id == null) return `${value}`;
   if (!isPrimitive(value)) value = 'Object';
   return `${id}: ${value}`.slice(0, 50);
 }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class SelectControlValueAccessor implements ControlValueAccessor {
 
   writeValue(value: any): void {
     this.value = value;
-    var valueString = _buildValueString(this._getOptionId(value), value);
+    const valueString = _buildValueString(this._getOptionId(value), value);
     this._renderer.setElementProperty(this._elementRef.nativeElement, 'value', valueString);
   }
 
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ export class SelectControlValueAccessor implements ControlValueAccessor {
 
   /** @internal */
   _getOptionValue(valueString: string): any {
-    let value = this._optionMap.get(_extractId(valueString));
-    return isPresent(value) ? value : valueString;
+    const value = this._optionMap.get(_extractId(valueString));
+    return value != null ? value : valueString;
   }
 }
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export class NgSelectOption implements OnDestroy {
   constructor(
       private _element: ElementRef, private _renderer: Renderer,
       @Optional() @Host() private _select: SelectControlValueAccessor) {
-    if (isPresent(this._select)) this.id = this._select._registerOption();
+    if (this._select) this.id = this._select._registerOption();
   }
 
   @Input('ngValue')
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class NgSelectOption implements OnDestroy {
   @Input('value')
   set value(value: any) {
     this._setElementValue(value);
-    if (isPresent(this._select)) this._select.writeValue(this._select.value);
+    if (this._select) this._select.writeValue(this._select.value);
   }
 
   /** @internal */
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export class NgSelectOption implements OnDestroy {
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
-    if (isPresent(this._select)) {
+    if (this._select) {
       this._select._optionMap.delete(this.id);
       this._select.writeValue(this._select.value);
     }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/select_multiple_control_value_accessor.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/select_multiple_control_value_accessor.ts
index 893b9da9b8..69075f21a5 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/select_multiple_control_value_accessor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/select_multiple_control_value_accessor.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import {Directive, ElementRef, Host, Input, OnDestroy, OpaqueToken, Optional, Renderer, Type, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {isBlank, isPresent, isPrimitive, looseIdentical} from '../facade/lang';
+import {isPrimitive, looseIdentical} from '../facade/lang';
 
 import {ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR} from './control_value_accessor';
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const SELECT_MULTIPLE_VALUE_ACCESSOR = {
 };
 
 function _buildValueString(id: string, value: any): string {
-  if (isBlank(id)) return `${value}`;
+  if (id == null) return `${value}`;
   if (typeof value === 'string') value = `'${value}'`;
   if (!isPrimitive(value)) value = 'Object';
   return `${id}: ${value}`.slice(0, 50);
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@ export class SelectMultipleControlValueAccessor implements ControlValueAccessor
       let selected: Array<any> = [];
       if (_.hasOwnProperty('selectedOptions')) {
         let options: HTMLCollection = _.selectedOptions;
-        for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
-          let opt: any = options.item(i);
-          let val: any = this._getOptionValue(opt.value);
+        for (let i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
+          const opt: any = options.item(i);
+          const val: any = this._getOptionValue(opt.value);
           selected.push(val);
         }
       }
       // Degrade on IE
       else {
         let options: HTMLCollection = <HTMLCollection>_.options;
-        for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
           let opt: HTMLOption = options.item(i);
           if (opt.selected) {
-            let val: any = this._getOptionValue(opt.value);
+            const val: any = this._getOptionValue(opt.value);
             selected.push(val);
           }
         }
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ export class SelectMultipleControlValueAccessor implements ControlValueAccessor
 
   /** @internal */
   _getOptionValue(valueString: string): any {
-    let opt = this._optionMap.get(_extractId(valueString));
-    return isPresent(opt) ? opt._value : valueString;
+    const opt = this._optionMap.get(_extractId(valueString));
+    return opt ? opt._value : valueString;
   }
 }
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class NgSelectMultipleOption implements OnDestroy {
   constructor(
       private _element: ElementRef, private _renderer: Renderer,
       @Optional() @Host() private _select: SelectMultipleControlValueAccessor) {
-    if (isPresent(this._select)) {
+    if (this._select) {
       this.id = this._select._registerOption(this);
     }
   }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export class NgSelectMultipleOption implements OnDestroy {
 
   @Input('value')
   set value(value: any) {
-    if (isPresent(this._select)) {
+    if (this._select) {
       this._value = value;
       this._setElementValue(_buildValueString(this.id, value));
       this._select.writeValue(this._select.value);
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export class NgSelectMultipleOption implements OnDestroy {
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
-    if (isPresent(this._select)) {
+    if (this._select) {
       this._select._optionMap.delete(this.id);
       this._select.writeValue(this._select.value);
     }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/validators.ts b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/validators.ts
index 60a084dd4e..903380a7e4 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/validators.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/forms/src/directives/validators.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {AbstractControl} from '../model';
 import {NG_VALIDATORS, Validators} from '../validators';
 
-
-
 /**
  * An interface that can be implemented by classes that can act as validators.
  *
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ export class MinLengthValidator implements Validator,
   }
 
   validate(c: AbstractControl): {[key: string]: any} {
-    return isPresent(this.minlength) ? this._validator(c) : null;
+    return this.minlength == null ? null : this._validator(c);
   }
 
   registerOnValidatorChange(fn: () => void) { this._onChange = fn; }
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ export const PATTERN_VALIDATOR: any = {
 @Directive({
   selector: '[pattern][formControlName],[pattern][formControl],[pattern][ngModel]',
   providers: [PATTERN_VALIDATOR],
-  host: {'[attr.pattern]': 'pattern? pattern : null'}
+  host: {'[attr.pattern]': 'pattern ? pattern : null'}
 })
 export class PatternValidator implements Validator,
     OnChanges {
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ export class PatternValidator implements Validator,
   }
 
   validate(c: AbstractControl): {[key: string]: any} {
-    return isPresent(this.pattern) ? this._validator(c) : null;
+    return this.pattern ? this._validator(c) : null;
   }
 
   registerOnValidatorChange(fn: () => void) { this._onChange = fn; }