diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 48540ddc72..a57d90b74b 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ var BENCHPRESS_BUNDLE_CONFIG = {
   entries: ['./dist/js/cjs/benchpress/index.js'],
   packageJson: './dist/js/cjs/benchpress/package.json',
   includes: [
-    'angular2',
-    'traceur',
-    'reflect-metadata'
+    'angular2'
   ],
   excludes: [
+    'traceur',
+    'reflect-metadata',
     'selenium-webdriver',
     'rtts_assert',
     'zone.js'
diff --git a/tools/build/bundle.js b/tools/build/bundle.js
index 9e7c0572d9..3d3faf2c84 100644
--- a/tools/build/bundle.js
+++ b/tools/build/bundle.js
@@ -18,29 +18,17 @@ module.exports.bundle = function(buildConfig, moduleName, outputFile, outputConf
   } else {
     return builder.build(moduleName, outputFile, outputConfig);
   }
-}
+};
 
 
 module.exports.modify = function(srcs, concatName) {
   return gulp.src(srcs)
     .pipe(concat(concatName))
     .pipe(replace('sourceMappingURL', 'sourceMappingURLDisabled'))  // TODO: add concat for sourceMaps
-}
+};
 
 
 module.exports.benchpressBundle = function(entries, packageJsonPath, includes, excludes, ignore, dest, cb) {
-  /*
-    we need a script in dist/js/cjs so we
-    can find node modules the same way benchpress does.
-    This allows us to extract the LICENSE files from each
-    module included in the bundle, through:
-      helper(moduleName)
-  */
-  var helperScript = 'module.exports = function(moduleName){return require.resolve(moduleName)}';
-  var helperPath = path.resolve('./dist/js/cjs/_module_resolver.js');
-  fs.writeFileSync(helperPath, helperScript);
-  var helper = require(helperPath);
-
   var b = browserify({
     entries: entries,
     builtins: [],
@@ -70,19 +58,8 @@ module.exports.benchpressBundle = function(entries, packageJsonPath, includes, e
     }
     var contents = buf.toString();
 
-    var licenses = "/*\n";
-    //for packaged dependencies, the license must also be included
-    for (var i = 0; i < includes.length; i++) {
-      var licensePath = helper(includes[i] + "/LICENSE");
-      var licenseContent = fs.readFileSync(licensePath);
-      licenses += "======================== BEGIN LICENSE FOR BUNDLED MODULE: " + includes[i] + " ========================\n";
-      licenses += licenseContent;
-      licenses += "======================== END LICENSE FOR BUNDLED MODULE: " + includes[i] + " ========================\n";
-    }
-    licenses += "*/\n";
-    contents = licenses + contents;
     contents += 'module.exports = global.__benchpressExports;\n';
     fs.writeFileSync(dest + '/index.js', contents);
     cb(null);
   });
-}
+};