diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/runtime_metadata.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/runtime_metadata.ts
index fd4e246873..26e428a696 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/runtime_metadata.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/runtime_metadata.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   RegExpWrapper
 } from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/exceptions';
-import {MapWrapper, StringMapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import * as cpl from './directive_metadata';
 import * as md from 'angular2/src/core/metadata/directives';
 import {DirectiveResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/linker/directive_resolver';
@@ -77,16 +76,10 @@ export class RuntimeMetadataResolver {
       }
     }
 
-    return removeDuplicates(directives).map(type => this.getMetadata(type));
+    return directives.map(type => this.getMetadata(type));
   }
 }
 
-function removeDuplicates(items: any[]): any[] {
-  let m = new Map<any, any>();
-  items.forEach(i => m.set(i, null));
-  return MapWrapper.keys(m);
-}
-
 function flattenDirectives(view: ViewMetadata, platformDirectives: any[]): Type[] {
   let directives = [];
   if (isPresent(platformDirectives)) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/template_compiler.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/template_compiler.ts
index 3119119570..0da1186602 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/template_compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/template_compiler.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {IS_DART, Type, Json, isBlank, stringify} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/exceptions';
-import {ListWrapper, SetWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {ListWrapper, SetWrapper, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
 import {
   CompiledComponentTemplate,
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export class TemplateCompiler {
   private _compileComponentRuntime(
       cacheKey: any, compMeta: CompileDirectiveMetadata, viewDirectives: CompileDirectiveMetadata[],
       compilingComponentCacheKeys: Set<any>): CompiledComponentTemplate {
+    let uniqViewDirectives = removeDuplicates(viewDirectives);
     var compiledTemplate = this._compiledTemplateCache.get(cacheKey);
     var done = this._compiledTemplateDone.get(cacheKey);
     if (isBlank(compiledTemplate)) {
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export class TemplateCompiler {
       compilingComponentCacheKeys.add(cacheKey);
       done = PromiseWrapper
                  .all([<any>this._styleCompiler.compileComponentRuntime(compMeta.template)].concat(
-                     viewDirectives.map(dirMeta => this.normalizeDirectiveMetadata(dirMeta))))
+                     uniqViewDirectives.map(dirMeta => this.normalizeDirectiveMetadata(dirMeta))))
                  .then((stylesAndNormalizedViewDirMetas: any[]) => {
                    var childPromises = [];
                    var normalizedViewDirMetas = stylesAndNormalizedViewDirMetas.slice(1);
@@ -175,9 +176,9 @@ export class TemplateCompiler {
       var compMeta = <CompileDirectiveMetadata>componentWithDirs.component;
       assertComponent(compMeta);
       componentMetas.push(compMeta);
-      this._processTemplateCodeGen(compMeta,
-                                   <CompileDirectiveMetadata[]>componentWithDirs.directives,
-                                   declarations, templateArguments);
+
+      this._processTemplateCodeGen(compMeta, componentWithDirs.directives, declarations,
+                                   templateArguments);
       if (compMeta.dynamicLoadable) {
         var hostMeta = createHostComponentMeta(compMeta.type, compMeta.selector);
         componentMetas.push(hostMeta);
@@ -212,9 +213,10 @@ export class TemplateCompiler {
   private _processTemplateCodeGen(compMeta: CompileDirectiveMetadata,
                                   directives: CompileDirectiveMetadata[],
                                   targetDeclarations: string[], targetTemplateArguments: any[][]) {
+    let uniqueDirectives = removeDuplicates(directives);
     var styleExpr = this._styleCompiler.compileComponentCodeGen(compMeta.template);
-    var parsedTemplate =
-        this._templateParser.parse(compMeta.template.template, directives, compMeta.type.name);
+    var parsedTemplate = this._templateParser.parse(compMeta.template.template, uniqueDirectives,
+                                                    compMeta.type.name);
     var changeDetectorsExprs = this._cdCompiler.compileComponentCodeGen(
         compMeta.type, compMeta.changeDetection, parsedTemplate);
     var commandsExpr = this._commandCompiler.compileComponentCodeGen(
@@ -263,3 +265,17 @@ function addAll(source: any[], target: any[]) {
 function codeGenComponentTemplateFactory(nestedCompType: CompileDirectiveMetadata): string {
   return `${moduleRef(templateModuleUrl(nestedCompType.type.moduleUrl))}${templateGetterName(nestedCompType.type)}`;
 }
+
+function removeDuplicates(items: CompileDirectiveMetadata[]): CompileDirectiveMetadata[] {
+  let res = [];
+  items.forEach(item => {
+    let hasMatch =
+        res.filter(r => r.type.name == item.type.name && r.type.moduleUrl == item.type.moduleUrl &&
+                        r.type.runtime == item.type.runtime)
+            .length > 0;
+    if (!hasMatch) {
+      res.push(item);
+    }
+  });
+  return res;
+}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/compiler/template_compiler_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/compiler/template_compiler_spec.ts
index ed75e99c9c..b09c0bc9ff 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/compiler/template_compiler_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/compiler/template_compiler_spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   afterEach,
   AsyncTestCompleter,
   inject,
-  beforeEachBindings
+  beforeEachProviders
 } from 'angular2/testing_internal';
 
 import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export function main() {
     var compiler: TemplateCompiler;
     var runtimeMetadataResolver: RuntimeMetadataResolver;
 
-    beforeEachBindings(() => TEST_PROVIDERS);
+    beforeEachProviders(() => TEST_PROVIDERS);
     beforeEach(inject([TemplateCompiler, RuntimeMetadataResolver],
                       (_compiler, _runtimeMetadataResolver) => {
                         compiler = _compiler;
@@ -122,9 +122,18 @@ export function main() {
                    async.done();
                  });
            }));
+
+        it('should dedup directives', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+             compile([CompWithDupDirectives, TreeComp])
+                 .then((humanizedTemplate) => {
+                   expect(humanizedTemplate['commands'][1]['commands'][0]).toEqual("<tree>");
+                   async.done();
+
+                 });
+           }));
       }
 
-      xdescribe('compileHostComponentRuntime', () => {
+      describe('compileHostComponentRuntime', () => {
         function compile(components: Type[]): Promise<any[]> {
           return compiler.compileHostComponentRuntime(components[0])
               .then((compiledHostTemplate) => humanizeTemplate(compiledHostTemplate.template));
@@ -179,7 +188,6 @@ export function main() {
                  });
              xhr.flush();
            }));
-
       });
 
       describe('compileTemplatesCodeGen', () => {
@@ -290,6 +298,15 @@ class CompWithBindingsAndStyles {
 class TreeComp {
 }
 
+@Component({selector: 'comp-wit-dup-tpl', moduleId: THIS_MODULE_ID})
+@View({
+  template: '<tree></tree>',
+  directives: [TreeComp, TreeComp],
+  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None
+})
+class CompWithDupDirectives {
+}
+
 @Component({selector: 'comp-url', moduleId: THIS_MODULE_ID})
 @View({templateUrl: 'compUrl.html', encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None})
 class CompWithTemplateUrl {
@@ -349,7 +366,7 @@ export function humanizeTemplate(
 }
 
 class TestContext implements CompWithBindingsAndStyles, TreeComp, CompWithTemplateUrl,
-    CompWithEmbeddedTemplate {
+    CompWithEmbeddedTemplate, CompWithDupDirectives {
   someProp: string;
 }