diff --git a/goldens/size-tracking/aio-payloads.json b/goldens/size-tracking/aio-payloads.json
index c9869baede..0f3cb254a5 100755
--- a/goldens/size-tracking/aio-payloads.json
+++ b/goldens/size-tracking/aio-payloads.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "master": {
       "uncompressed": {
         "runtime-es2015": 3033,
-        "main-es2015": 447975,
+        "main-es2015": 447349,
         "polyfills-es2015": 52493
       }
     }
diff --git a/goldens/size-tracking/integration-payloads.json b/goldens/size-tracking/integration-payloads.json
index a06f63162e..9022471479 100644
--- a/goldens/size-tracking/integration-payloads.json
+++ b/goldens/size-tracking/integration-payloads.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "master": {
       "uncompressed": {
         "runtime-es2015": 1485,
-        "main-es2015": 141516,
+        "main-es2015": 140921,
         "polyfills-es2015": 36964
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/application_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/application_ref.ts
index 5f833bbdda..519d3af218 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/application_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/application_ref.ts
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@ export class ApplicationRef {
   private _bootstrapListeners: ((compRef: ComponentRef<any>) => void)[] = [];
   private _views: InternalViewRef[] = [];
   private _runningTick: boolean = false;
-  private _enforceNoNewChanges: boolean = false;
   private _stable = true;
   private _onMicrotaskEmptySubscription: Subscription;
 
@@ -626,8 +625,6 @@ export class ApplicationRef {
       private _exceptionHandler: ErrorHandler,
       private _componentFactoryResolver: ComponentFactoryResolver,
       private _initStatus: ApplicationInitStatus) {
-    this._enforceNoNewChanges = isDevMode();
-
     this._onMicrotaskEmptySubscription = this._zone.onMicrotaskEmpty.subscribe({
       next: () => {
         this._zone.run(() => {
@@ -764,7 +761,9 @@ export class ApplicationRef {
       for (let view of this._views) {
         view.detectChanges();
       }
-      if (this._enforceNoNewChanges) {
+      // Note that we have still left the `isDevMode()` condition in order to avoid
+      // creating a breaking change for projects that still use the View Engine.
+      if ((typeof ngDevMode === 'undefined' || ngDevMode) && isDevMode()) {
         for (let view of this._views) {
           view.checkNoChanges();
         }