diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.js
index 7aef9e862f..90a614d3c4 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.js
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ export class AppViewManager {
       parentRenderViewRef = parentView.render;
     }
     var hostViewRenderRef = hostView.render;
-    this._utils.dehydrateAndDetachInPlaceHostView(parentView, hostView);
     this._viewDehydrateRecurse(hostView);
+    this._utils.detachInPlaceHostView(parentView, hostView);
     this._renderer.destroyInPlaceHostView(parentRenderViewRef, hostViewRenderRef);
     this._destroyView(hostView);
   }
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ export class AppViewManager {
     var boundElementIndex:number = viewContainerLocation.boundElementIndex;
     var viewContainer = parentView.viewContainers[boundElementIndex];
     var view = viewContainer.views[atIndex];
-    this._utils.dehydrateView(view);
     this._viewDehydrateRecurse(view);
     this._utils.detachViewInContainer(parentView, boundElementIndex, atIndex);
     this._renderer.destroyViewInContainer(this._getRenderViewContainerRef(parentView, boundElementIndex), atIndex);
@@ -167,11 +166,11 @@ export class AppViewManager {
   }
 
   _viewDehydrateRecurse(view:viewModule.AppView) {
+    this._utils.dehydrateView(view);
     var binders = view.proto.elementBinders;
     for (var i = 0; i < binders.length; i++) {
       var componentView = view.componentChildViews[i];
       if (isPresent(componentView)) {
-        this._utils.dehydrateView(componentView);
         this._viewDehydrateRecurse(componentView);
         if (binders[i].hasDynamicComponent()) {
           this._utils.detachComponentView(view, i);
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ export class AppViewManager {
       if (isPresent(vc)) {
         for (var j = vc.views.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
           var childView = vc.views[j];
-          this._utils.dehydrateView(childView);
+          this._viewDehydrateRecurse(childView);
           this._utils.detachViewInContainer(view, i, j);
           this._destroyView(childView);
         }
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ export class AppViewManager {
     for (var i = 0; i < view.imperativeHostViews.length; i++) {
       var hostView = view.imperativeHostViews[i];
       this._viewDehydrateRecurse(hostView);
-      this._utils.dehydrateAndDetachInPlaceHostView(view, hostView);
+      this._utils.detachInPlaceHostView(view, hostView);
       this._destroyView(hostView);
     }
     view.render = null;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils.js
index 5f86c65aba..d9869264a7 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils.js
@@ -98,10 +98,8 @@ export class AppViewManagerUtils {
     this._hydrateView(hostView, injector, hostElementInjector, new Object(), null);
   }
 
-  dehydrateAndDetachInPlaceHostView(parentView:viewModule.AppView,
+  detachInPlaceHostView(parentView:viewModule.AppView,
       hostView:viewModule.AppView) {
-    this.dehydrateView(hostView);
-
     if (isPresent(parentView)) {
       parentView.changeDetector.removeChild(hostView.changeDetector);
       ListWrapper.remove(parentView.imperativeHostViews, hostView);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.js
index f29369fc22..ffcad16041 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.js
@@ -232,7 +232,15 @@ export function main() {
 
       });
 
-      describe('recurse into static child component views', () => {
+      describe('recursively destroy dynamic child component views', () => {
+        // TODO
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('static child components', () => {
+
+      describe('recursively create when not cached', () => {
         var hostView, componentProtoView, nestedProtoView;
         beforeEach( () => {
           hostView = createView(createProtoView(
@@ -267,19 +275,16 @@ export function main() {
           expect(renderer.spy('setEventDispatcher')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(cmpView.render, cmpView);
         });
       });
-    });
 
-    describe('createDynamicComponentView', () => {
-      // TODO: implement this!
-      describe('recurse into static child component views', () => {
-        // TODO
+      describe('recursively hydrate when getting from from the cache', () => {
+        // TODO(tbosch): implement this
       });
 
-      describe('recurse into dynamic child component views', () => {
-        // TODO
+      describe('recursively dehydrate', () => {
+        // TODO(tbosch): implement this
       });
-    });
 
+    });
 
     describe('createInPlaceHostView', () => {
 
@@ -347,9 +352,14 @@ export function main() {
           hostRenderViewRef = hostView.render;
         });
 
-        it('should dehydrateAndDetach', () => {
+        it('should dehydrate', () => {
           manager.destroyInPlaceHostView(elementRef(parentHostView, 0), hostView);
-          expect(utils.spy('dehydrateAndDetachInPlaceHostView')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentView, hostView);
+          expect(utils.spy('detachInPlaceHostView')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentView, hostView);
+        });
+
+        it('should detach', () => {
+          manager.destroyInPlaceHostView(elementRef(parentHostView, 0), hostView);
+          expect(utils.spy('dehydrateView')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(hostView);
         });
 
         it('should destroy and clear the render view', () => {
@@ -364,7 +374,7 @@ export function main() {
         });
       });
 
-      describe('recurse into imperativeHostViews', () => {
+      describe('recursively destroy inPlaceHostViews', () => {
         // TODO
       });
 
@@ -372,9 +382,6 @@ export function main() {
 
     describe('createViewInContainer', () => {
 
-      // Note: We don't add tests for recursion or viewpool here as we assume that
-      // this is using the same mechanism as the other methods...
-
       describe('basic functionality', () => {
         var parentView, childProtoView;
         beforeEach( () => {
@@ -425,8 +432,6 @@ export function main() {
     });
 
     describe('destroyViewInContainer', () => {
-      // Note: We don't add tests for recursion here as we assume that
-      // this is using the same mechanism as the other methods...
 
       describe('basic functionality', () => {
         var parentView, childProtoView, childView;
@@ -461,8 +466,38 @@ export function main() {
         });
       });
 
-      describe('recurse into ViewContainers', () => {
-        // TODO
+      describe('recursively destroy views in ViewContainers', () => {
+        var parentView, childProtoView, childView;
+        beforeEach( () => {
+          parentView = createView(createProtoView(
+            [createEmptyElBinder()]
+          ));
+          parentView.render = new ViewRef();
+          childProtoView = createProtoView();
+          childView = manager.createViewInContainer(elementRef(parentView, 0), 0, childProtoView, null);
+        });
+
+        it('should dehydrate', () => {
+          manager.destroyInPlaceHostView(null, parentView);
+          expect(utils.spy('dehydrateView')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentView.viewContainers[0].views[0]);
+        });
+
+        it('should detach', () => {
+          manager.destroyInPlaceHostView(null, parentView);
+          expect(utils.spy('detachViewInContainer')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(parentView, 0, 0);
+        });
+
+        it('should not destroy but clear the render view', () => {
+          manager.destroyInPlaceHostView(null, parentView);
+          expect(renderer.spy('destroyViewInContainer')).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(childView.render).toBe(null);
+        });
+
+        it('should return the view to the pool', () => {
+          manager.destroyInPlaceHostView(null, parentView);
+          expect(viewPool.spy('returnView')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(childView);
+        });
+
       });
 
     });