diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/animation/animation_compiler_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/animation/animation_compiler_spec.ts
index 2c1be5f224..8801a9699c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/animation/animation_compiler_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/animation/animation_compiler_spec.ts
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ export function main() {
       }
 
       expect(capturedErrorMessage)
-          .toMatchPattern(/Unable to apply styles due to missing a state: "missing_state"/g);
+          .toMatch(/Unable to apply styles due to missing a state: "missing_state"/g);
 
       expect(capturedErrorMessage)
-          .toMatchPattern(/Animation states via styles must be prefixed with a ":"/);
+          .toMatch(/Animation states via styles must be prefixed with a ":"/);
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/animation/animation_parser_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/animation/animation_parser_spec.ts
index 91312e6a8a..679a6022ab 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/animation/animation_parser_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/animation/animation_parser_spec.ts
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ export function main() {
       expect(step.keyframes.length).toEqual(4);
 
       expect(step.keyframes[0].offset).toEqual(0);
-      expect(step.keyframes[1].offset).toMatchPattern(/^0\.33/);
-      expect(step.keyframes[2].offset).toMatchPattern(/^0\.66/);
+      expect(step.keyframes[1].offset).toMatch(/^0\.33/);
+      expect(step.keyframes[2].offset).toMatch(/^0\.66/);
       expect(step.keyframes[3].offset).toEqual(1);
     });
 
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export function main() {
       expect(errors.length).toEqual(1);
       var error = errors[0];
 
-      expect(error.msg).toMatchPattern(/Not all style\(\) entries contain an offset/);
+      expect(error.msg).toMatch(/Not all style\(\) entries contain an offset/);
     });
 
     it('should use an existing style used earlier in the animation sequence if not defined in the first keyframe',
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/css_lexer_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/css_lexer_spec.ts
index 0d2aa63295..3ededee952 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/css_lexer_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/css_lexer_spec.ts
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ export function main() {
           capturedMessage = e.rawMessage;
         }
 
-        expect(capturedMessage)
-            .toMatchPattern(/Unexpected character \[\>\] at column 0:7 in expression/g);
+        expect(capturedMessage).toMatch(/Unexpected character \[\>\] at column 0:7 in expression/g);
         capturedMessage = null;
 
         try {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/css_parser_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/css_parser_spec.ts
index 30a8bc293e..1f80b8d867 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/css_parser_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/css_parser_spec.ts
@@ -417,11 +417,11 @@ export function main() {
 
       expect(errors.length).toEqual(3);
 
-      expect(errors[0].msg).toMatchPattern(/Unexpected character \[\[\] at column 0:7/g);
+      expect(errors[0].msg).toMatch(/Unexpected character \[\[\] at column 0:7/g);
 
-      expect(errors[1].msg).toMatchPattern(/Unexpected character \[%\] at column 0:12/g);
+      expect(errors[1].msg).toMatch(/Unexpected character \[%\] at column 0:12/g);
 
-      expect(errors[2].msg).toMatchPattern(/Unexpected character \[}\] at column 0:19/g);
+      expect(errors[2].msg).toMatch(/Unexpected character \[}\] at column 0:19/g);
     });
 
     it('should throw an error if an attribute selector is not closed properly', () => {
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ export function main() {
       var output = parse(styles);
       var errors = output.errors;
 
-      expect(errors[0].msg).toMatchPattern(/Unbalanced CSS attribute selector at column 0:12/g);
+      expect(errors[0].msg).toMatch(/Unbalanced CSS attribute selector at column 0:12/g);
     });
 
     it('should throw an error if a pseudo function selector is not closed properly', () => {
@@ -438,8 +438,7 @@ export function main() {
       var errors = output.errors;
 
       expect(errors[0].msg)
-          .toMatchPattern(
-              /Character does not match expected Character value \("{" should match "\)"\)/);
+          .toMatch(/Character does not match expected Character value \("{" should match "\)"\)/);
     });
 
     it('should raise an error when a semi colon is missing from a CSS style/pair that isn\'t the last entry',
@@ -455,8 +454,7 @@ export function main() {
          expect(errors.length).toEqual(1);
 
          expect(errors[0].msg)
-             .toMatchPattern(
-                 /The CSS key\/value definition did not end with a semicolon at column 1:15/g);
+             .toMatch(/The CSS key\/value definition did not end with a semicolon at column 1:15/g);
        });
 
     it('should parse the inner value of a :not() pseudo-selector as a CSS selector', () => {
@@ -520,18 +518,17 @@ export function main() {
       expect(errors.length).toEqual(4);
 
       expect(errors[0].msg)
-          .toMatchPattern(
+          .toMatch(
               /Identifier does not match expected Character value \("color" should match ":"\) at column 1:19/g);
 
       expect(errors[1].msg)
-          .toMatchPattern(
-              /The CSS key\/value definition did not end with a semicolon at column 2:15/g);
+          .toMatch(/The CSS key\/value definition did not end with a semicolon at column 2:15/g);
 
       expect(errors[2].msg)
-          .toMatchPattern(/The CSS property was not paired with a style value at column 3:8/g);
+          .toMatch(/The CSS property was not paired with a style value at column 3:8/g);
 
       expect(errors[3].msg)
-          .toMatchPattern(/The CSS property was not paired with a style value at column 4:8/g);
+          .toMatch(/The CSS property was not paired with a style value at column 4:8/g);
     });
 
     it('should recover from CSS key/value parse errors', () => {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/testing_internal_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/testing_internal_spec.ts
index bd0beb0122..ef713ff84b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/testing_internal_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/testing_internal_spec.ts
@@ -27,14 +27,6 @@ export function main() {
       });
     });
 
-    describe('toMatchPAttern', () => {
-      it('should assert that a string matches a given pattern', () => {
-        expect('matias').toMatchPattern(/ias$/g);
-        expect('tobias').toMatchPattern(/ias$/g);
-        expect('joonas').not.toMatchPattern(/ias$/g);
-      });
-    });
-
     describe('toEqual for Maps', () => {
       it('should detect equality for same reference', () => {
         var m1 = MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({'a': 1});
diff --git a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers.ts b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers.ts
index ab4f680002..97abbfb9b0 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers.ts
@@ -253,21 +253,6 @@ _global.beforeEach(function() {
       };
     },
 
-    toMatchPattern() {
-      return {compare: buildError(false), negativeCompare: buildError(true)};
-
-      function buildError(isNot: any /** TODO #???? */) {
-        return function(actual: any /** TODO #???? */, regex: any /** TODO #???? */) {
-          return {
-            pass: regex.test(actual) == !isNot,
-            get message() {
-              return `Expected ${actual} ${isNot ? 'not ' : ''}to match ${regex.toString()}`;
-            }
-          };
-        };
-      }
-    },
-
     toImplement: function() {
       return {
         compare: function(