diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
index 687da8d39c..cefc5afd4e 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export {RouterLinkActive} from './src/directives/router_link_active';
 export {RouterOutlet} from './src/directives/router_outlet';
 export {CanActivate, CanActivateChild, CanDeactivate, CanLoad, Resolve} from './src/interfaces';
 export {Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationExtras, NavigationStart, Router, RoutesRecognized} from './src/router';
-export {ExtraOptions, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, RouterModule, provideRoutes} from './src/router_module';
+export {ExtraOptions, RouterModule, provideRoutes} from './src/router_module';
 export {RouterOutletMap} from './src/router_outlet_map';
 export {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot} from './src/router_state';
 export {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './src/shared';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
index 243e725fbd..8ccfac880d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
 
-import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanDeactivate, Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationStart, Params, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, Resolve, Router, RouterModule, RouterStateSnapshot, RoutesRecognized, provideRoutes} from '../index';
+import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanDeactivate, Event, NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationError, NavigationStart, Params, Resolve, Router, RouterModule, RouterStateSnapshot, RoutesRecognized} from '../index';
 import {RouterTestingModule, SpyNgModuleFactoryLoader} from '../testing';
 
 
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
index fba3dbf81b..6751c7b89f 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ export declare class Router {
     serializeUrl(url: UrlTree): string;
 }
 
-/** @stable */
-export declare const ROUTER_DIRECTIVES: (typeof RouterOutlet | typeof RouterLink | typeof RouterLinkWithHref | typeof RouterLinkActive)[];
-
 /** @stable */
 export declare class RouterLink {
     fragment: string;