diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/global_utils_api.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/global_utils_api.ts
index 82f683fd0f..330918cf03 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/global_utils_api.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/global_utils_api.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@
  * file in the public_api_guard test.
  */
 
-export {markDirty} from './instructions/all';
 export {applyChanges} from './util/change_detection_utils';
 export {Listener, getComponent, getContext, getDirectives, getHostElement, getInjector, getListeners, getOwningComponent, getRootComponents} from './util/discovery_utils';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/change_detection.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/change_detection.ts
index bb9ad7ba5a..420e074b01 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/change_detection.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/change_detection.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ export function detectChanges(component: {}): void {
  * detection can be scheduled per component tree.
  *
  * @param component Component to mark as dirty.
- *
- * @publicApi
- * @globalApi ng
  */
 export function markDirty(component: {}): void {
   ngDevMode && assertDefined(component, 'component');
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/util/global_utils.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/util/global_utils.ts
index bc9319af4b..3c9f4eebfc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/util/global_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/util/global_utils.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
  */
 import {assertDefined} from '../../util/assert';
 import {global} from '../../util/global';
-import {markDirty} from '../instructions/all';
-
 import {applyChanges} from './change_detection_utils';
 import {getComponent, getContext, getDirectives, getHostElement, getInjector, getListeners, getOwningComponent, getRootComponents} from './discovery_utils';
 
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ export function publishDefaultGlobalUtils() {
     publishGlobalUtil('getInjector', getInjector);
     publishGlobalUtil('getRootComponents', getRootComponents);
     publishGlobalUtil('getDirectives', getDirectives);
-    publishGlobalUtil('markDirty', markDirty);
     publishGlobalUtil('applyChanges', applyChanges);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/global_utils_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/global_utils_spec.ts
index d3d6295676..a0923bb02f 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/global_utils_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/global_utils_spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {ɵmarkDirty as markDirty} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {applyChanges} from '../../src/render3/util/change_detection_utils';
 import {getComponent, getContext, getDirectives, getHostElement, getInjector, getListeners, getOwningComponent, getRootComponents} from '../../src/render3/util/discovery_utils';
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ describe('global utils', () => {
 
     it('should publish getInjector', () => { assertPublished('getInjector', getInjector); });
 
-    it('should publish markDirty', () => { assertPublished('markDirty', markDirty); });
-
     it('should publish applyChanges', () => { assertPublished('applyChanges', applyChanges); });
   });
 });
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/global_utils.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/global_utils.d.ts
index b4dc91e349..11f3023690 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/global_utils.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/global_utils.d.ts
@@ -23,5 +23,3 @@ export interface Listener {
     type: 'dom' | 'output';
     useCapture: boolean;
 }
-
-export declare function markDirty(component: {}): void;