diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/change_detection/change_detection_jit_generator.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/change_detection/change_detection_jit_generator.ts
index 28f44c9794..9b2dff23f5 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/change_detection/change_detection_jit_generator.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/change_detection/change_detection_jit_generator.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ import {ChangeDetectionStrategy} from './constants';
  * `angular2.transform.template_compiler.change_detector_codegen` library. If you make updates
  * here, please make equivalent changes there.
 */
-var ABSTRACT_CHANGE_DETECTOR = "AbstractChangeDetector";
-var UTIL = "ChangeDetectionUtil";
-var IS_CHANGED_LOCAL = "isChanged";
-var CHANGES_LOCAL = "changes";
+const ABSTRACT_CHANGE_DETECTOR = "AbstractChangeDetector";
+const UTIL = "ChangeDetectionUtil";
+const IS_CHANGED_LOCAL = "isChanged";
+const CHANGES_LOCAL = "changes";
 
 export class ChangeDetectorJITGenerator {
   _logic: CodegenLogicUtil;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener.ts
index 6bdbc38168..9e9711723b 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element_view_listener.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {DebugElement} from './debug_element';
 const NG_ID_PROPERTY = 'ngid';
 const INSPECT_GLOBAL_NAME = 'ng.probe';
 
-var NG_ID_SEPARATOR = '#';
+const NG_ID_SEPARATOR = '#';
 
 // Need to keep the views in a global Map so that multiple angular apps are supported
 var _allIdsByView = new Map<AppView, number>();
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/events/event_manager.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/events/event_manager.ts
index 91e3d94e05..54b8728329 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/events/event_manager.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/events/event_manager.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {isBlank, BaseException, isPresent, StringWrapper} from 'angular2/src/cor
 import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/core/dom/dom_adapter';
 import {NgZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/ng_zone';
 
-var BUBBLE_SYMBOL = '^';
+const BUBBLE_SYMBOL = '^';
 
 export class EventManager {
   constructor(public _plugins: EventManagerPlugin[], public _zone: NgZone) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.ts
index b0b3d519b3..556effa131 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/view/proto_view_builder.ts
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ class EventBuilder extends AstTransformer {
   }
 }
 
-var PROPERTY_PARTS_SEPARATOR = new RegExp('\\.');
 const ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX = 'attr';
 const CLASS_PREFIX = 'class';
 const STYLE_PREFIX = 'style';
@@ -379,7 +378,7 @@ function isValidElementPropertyBinding(schemaRegistry: ElementSchemaRegistry,
 
 function createElementPropertyBinding(schemaRegistry: ElementSchemaRegistry, ast: ASTWithSource,
                                       propertyNameInTemplate: string): ElementPropertyBinding {
-  var parts = StringWrapper.split(propertyNameInTemplate, PROPERTY_PARTS_SEPARATOR);
+  var parts = propertyNameInTemplate.split('.');
   if (parts.length === 1) {
     var propName = schemaRegistry.getMappedPropName(parts[0]);
     return new ElementPropertyBinding(PropertyBindingType.PROPERTY, ast, propName);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/change_detection/change_detector_config.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/change_detection/change_detector_config.ts
index 9dc8c04e99..f246286279 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/change_detection/change_detector_config.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/change_detection/change_detector_config.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function _convertLocalsToVariableBindings(locals: Locals): any[] {
   return variableBindings;
 }
 
-export var PROP_NAME = 'propName';
+export const PROP_NAME = 'propName';
 
 /**
  * In this case, we expect `id` and `expression` to be the same string.