diff --git a/DEVELOPER.md b/DEVELOPER.md
index 9b1633c8b4..81058113cd 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER.md
@@ -101,11 +101,12 @@ To build Angular run:
 To run tests:
 
 ```shell
-$ ./test.sh node
+$ ./test.sh node             # Run all angular tests on node
 
-$ ./test.sh browser
+$ ./test.sh browser          # Run all angular tests in browser
+$ ./test.sh browserNoRouter  # Optionally run all angular tests without router in browser
 
-$ ./test.sh tools
+$ ./test.sh tools            # Run angular tooling (not framework) tests
 ```
 
 You should execute the 3 test suites before submitting a PR to github.
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/application_module.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/application_module.ts
index 95347712ce..e75befa4fe 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/application_module.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/application_module.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@ import {APP_ID_RANDOM_PROVIDER} from './application_tokens';
 import {IterableDiffers, KeyValueDiffers, defaultIterableDiffers, defaultKeyValueDiffers} from './change_detection/change_detection';
 import {OptionalMetadata, SkipSelfMetadata} from './di';
 import {Compiler} from './linker/compiler';
-import {ComponentFactoryResolver} from './linker/component_factory_resolver';
 import {ComponentResolver} from './linker/component_resolver';
 import {DynamicComponentLoader, DynamicComponentLoader_} from './linker/dynamic_component_loader';
 import {ViewUtils} from './linker/view_utils';
 import {NgModule} from './metadata';
 
-let __unused: Type;  // avoid unused import when Type union types are erased
-
 export function _iterableDiffersFactory() {
   return defaultIterableDiffers;
 }
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 741a01342d..b3ea5d628b 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]
   then
     echo "Angular test runner. (No platform specified)"
     echo
-    echo "./test.sh [node|browser|tools]"
+    echo "./test.sh [node|browser|browserNoRouter|tools]"
     echo
 else
   cd `dirname $0`
diff --git a/tools/tsc-watch/index.ts b/tools/tsc-watch/index.ts
index dda662c06f..558bd45ad6 100644
--- a/tools/tsc-watch/index.ts
+++ b/tools/tsc-watch/index.ts
@@ -58,13 +58,15 @@ function md(dir: string, folders: string[]) {
 var tscWatch: TscWatch = null;
 var platform = process.argv.length >= 3 ? process.argv[2] : null;
 var runMode: string = process.argv.length >= 4 ? process.argv[3] : null;
+const BaseConfig = {
+  start: 'File change detected. Starting incremental compilation...',
+  error: 'error',
+  complete: 'Compilation complete. Watching for file changes.'
+};
 
 if (platform == 'node') {
-  tscWatch = new TscWatch({
+  tscWatch = new TscWatch(Object.assign({
     tsconfig: 'modules/tsconfig.json',
-    start: 'File change detected. Starting incremental compilation...',
-    error: 'error',
-    complete: 'Compilation complete. Watching for file changes.',
     onChangeCmds: [
       processOutputEmitterCodeGen,
       [
@@ -72,13 +74,10 @@ if (platform == 'node') {
         '@angular/compiler-cli/test/**/*_spec.js'
       ]
     ]
-  });
+  }, BaseConfig));
 } else if (platform == 'browser') {
-  tscWatch = new TscWatch({
+  tscWatch = new TscWatch(Object.assign({
     tsconfig: 'modules/tsconfig.json',
-    start: 'File change detected. Starting incremental compilation...',
-    error: 'error',
-    complete: 'Compilation complete. Watching for file changes.',
     onStartCmds: [
       [
         'node', 'node_modules/karma/bin/karma', 'start', '--no-auto-watch', '--port=9876',
@@ -93,17 +92,27 @@ if (platform == 'node') {
       ['node', 'node_modules/karma/bin/karma', 'run', 'karma-js.conf.js', '--port=9876'],
       ['node', 'node_modules/karma/bin/karma', 'run', '--port=9877'],
     ]
-  });
+  }, BaseConfig));
+} else if (platform == 'browserNoRouter') {
+  tscWatch = new TscWatch(Object.assign({
+    tsconfig: 'modules/tsconfig.json',
+    onStartCmds: [
+      [
+        'node', 'node_modules/karma/bin/karma', 'start', '--no-auto-watch', '--port=9876',
+        'karma-js.conf.js'
+      ]
+    ],
+    onChangeCmds: [
+      ['node', 'node_modules/karma/bin/karma', 'run', 'karma-js.conf.js', '--port=9876'],
+    ]
+  }, BaseConfig));
 } else if (platform == 'tools') {
-  tscWatch = new TscWatch({
+  tscWatch = new TscWatch(Object.assign({
     tsconfig: 'tools/tsconfig.json',
-    start: 'File change detected. Starting incremental compilation...',
-    error: 'error',
-    complete: 'Compilation complete. Watching for file changes.',
     onChangeCmds: [[
       'node', 'dist/tools/cjs-jasmine/index-tools', '--', '@angular/tsc-wrapped/**/*{_,.}spec.js'
     ]]
-  });
+  }, BaseConfig));
 } else {
   throw new Error(`unknown platform: ${platform}`);
 }