diff --git a/integration/.gitignore b/integration/.gitignore
index 58e631984a..636eb80144 100644
--- a/integration/.gitignore
+++ b/integration/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/rxjs/
 built/
 dist/
 vendor/
diff --git a/integration/README.md b/integration/README.md
index b189c02834..8036b35a48 100644
--- a/integration/README.md
+++ b/integration/README.md
@@ -32,13 +32,7 @@ Angular's `node_modules` is installed.
 
 ## Running integration tests
 
-The first time you run the tests, you'll need some setup:
-
-```shell
-$ ./integration/build_rxjs_es6.sh
-```
-
-Now you can iterate on the tests by keeping the dist folder up-to-date.
+You can iterate on the tests by keeping the dist folder up-to-date.
 See the `package.json` of the test(s) you're debugging, to see which dist/ folders they install from.
 Then run the right `tsc --watch` command to keep those dist folders up-to-date, for example:
 
diff --git a/integration/build_rxjs_es6.sh b/integration/build_rxjs_es6.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2df8e9b2f1..0000000000
--- a/integration/build_rxjs_es6.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script builds rxjs from source, with an ES6 target, and with tsickle turned on.
-# We need to do this until we work with the RxJS team to get a distribution that works
-# with Closure Compiler.
-# Note that in nodejs, we still run the standard RxJS distribution. This one is only
-# used for the bundle that targets a browser runtime.
-# TODO(alexeagle): discuss with Jay Phelps once we have a recommendation
-
-set -e -o pipefail
-
-cd `dirname $0`
-
-rm -rf rxjs
-git clone https://github.com/ReactiveX/rxjs.git --depth=200
-git -C rxjs/ checkout 5.0.3
-cp rxjs.tsconfig.json rxjs/
-TSC="node --max-old-space-size=3000 ../dist/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/src/main"
-$TSC -p rxjs/rxjs.tsconfig.json
diff --git a/integration/hello_world__closure/bundle.sh b/integration/hello_world__closure/bundle.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f8b7814693..0000000000
--- a/integration/hello_world__closure/bundle.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Build a folder using angular ES6 and the closure compiler
-
-set -e -o pipefail
-
-# The ES6 distro we built for rxjs works only in the browser, not in nodejs.
-# Since we installed rxjs in node_modules for ngc to use, we have to point
-# to the alternate distro when compiling with closure.
-rm -rf vendor
-mkdir vendor
-cp -pr ../rxjs/dist/es6 vendor/rxjs
-
-CLOSURE_ARGS=(
-  "--language_in=ES6_STRICT"
-  "--language_out=ES5"
-  "--compilation_level=ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS"
-  "--warning_level=QUIET"
-  "--js_output_file=dist/bundle.js"
-  "--create_source_map=%outname%.map"
-  "--variable_renaming_report=dist/variable_renaming_report"
-  "--property_renaming_report=dist/property_renaming_report"
-
-  # Don't include ES6 polyfills
-  "--rewrite_polyfills=false"
-
-  # List of path prefixes to be removed from ES6 & CommonJS modules.
-  "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/core"
-  "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/common"
-  "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/compiler"
-  "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/platform-browser"
-  "--js_module_root=vendor"
-
-  # Uncomment for easier debugging
-  # "--formatting=PRETTY_PRINT"
-
-  node_modules/@angular/core/src/testability/testability.externs.js
-  node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.js
-  $(find -L vendor/rxjs -name *.js)
-  node_modules/@angular/core/@angular/core.js
-  node_modules/@angular/common/@angular/common.js
-  node_modules/@angular/compiler/@angular/compiler.js
-  node_modules/@angular/platform-browser/@angular/platform-browser.js
-  "built/src/*.js"
-  "--entry_point=./built/src/main"
-)
-
-java -jar node_modules/google-closure-compiler/compiler.jar $(echo ${CLOSURE_ARGS[*]})
-# gzip on Travis doesn't have --keep option so copy the original file first
-cp dist/bundle.js dist/bundle.tmp
-gzip -f dist/bundle.js
-mv dist/bundle.tmp dist/bundle.js
-ls -alH dist/bundle*
diff --git a/integration/hello_world__closure/closure.conf b/integration/hello_world__closure/closure.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8393a38b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/hello_world__closure/closure.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--compilation_level=ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS
+--language_out=ES5
+--js_output_file=dist/bundle.js
+--output_manifest=dist/manifest.MF
+--variable_renaming_report=dist/variable_renaming_report
+--property_renaming_report=dist/property_renaming_report
+--create_source_map=%outname%.map
+
+--warning_level=QUIET
+--dependency_mode=STRICT
+--rewrite_polyfills=false
+
+node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone_externs.js
+
+--js node_modules/rxjs/**.js
+--process_common_js_modules
+--module_resolution=node
+
+node_modules/@angular/core/@angular/core.js
+--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/core
+node_modules/@angular/core/src/testability/testability.externs.js
+
+node_modules/@angular/common/@angular/common.js
+--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/common
+
+node_modules/@angular/platform-browser/@angular/platform-browser.js
+--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/platform-browser
+
+--js built/**.js
+--entry_point=built/src/main
diff --git a/integration/hello_world__closure/e2e/browser.config.json b/integration/hello_world__closure/e2e/browser.config.json
index 2886960214..dcdae63008 100644
--- a/integration/hello_world__closure/e2e/browser.config.json
+++ b/integration/hello_world__closure/e2e/browser.config.json
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 {
   "open": false,
-  "logLevel": "silent",  
+  "logLevel": "silent",
   "port": 8080,
   "server": {
     "baseDir": "src",
     "routes": {
-      "/dist": "dist"
+      "/dist": "dist",
+      "/node_modules": "node_modules"
     },
     "middleware": {
       "0": null
     }
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json b/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
index 2119fa12b3..950b6857b2 100644
--- a/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
+++ b/integration/hello_world__closure/package.json
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
     "@angular/platform-browser": "file:../../dist/packages-dist/platform-browser",
     "@angular/platform-server": "file:../../dist/packages-dist/platform-server",
     "@angular/tsc-wrapped": "file:../../dist/tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped",
-    "google-closure-compiler": "20161201.0.0",
-    "rxjs": "file:../../node_modules/rxjs",
+    "google-closure-compiler": "20170409.0.0",
+    "rxjs": "5.3.1",
     "typescript": "2.1.6",
-    "zone.js": "0.7.6"
+    "zone.js": "0.8.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jasmine": "2.5.41",
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
     "protractor": "file:../../node_modules/protractor"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "ngc && ./bundle.sh && concurrently \"yarn run serve\" \"yarn run protractor\" --kill-others --success first",
+    "closure": "java -jar node_modules/google-closure-compiler/compiler.jar --flagfile closure.conf",
+    "test": "ngc && yarn run closure && concurrently \"yarn run serve\" \"yarn run protractor\" --kill-others --success first",
     "serve": "lite-server -c e2e/browser.config.json",
     "preprotractor": "tsc -p e2e",
     "protractor": "protractor e2e/protractor.config.js"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/integration/hello_world__closure/src/index.html b/integration/hello_world__closure/src/index.html
index c2190cc743..ffbd2616e9 100644
--- a/integration/hello_world__closure/src/index.html
+++ b/integration/hello_world__closure/src/index.html
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 <!doctype html>
 <html>
+
 <head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <title>Hello World</title>
   <base href="/">
 </head>
-<body>
-<hello-world-app>Loading...</hello-world-app>
 
-<script src="dist/bundle.js"></script>
+<body>
+  <hello-world-app>Loading...</hello-world-app>
+
+  <script src="node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="dist/bundle.js"></script>
 
 </body>
-</html>
+
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/integration/run_tests.sh b/integration/run_tests.sh
index 1d37ff1f3c..53a64ad566 100755
--- a/integration/run_tests.sh
+++ b/integration/run_tests.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ set -e -o pipefail
 
 cd `dirname $0`
 
-if [ ! -d "rxjs/dist/es6" ]; then
-  echo "You must run build the ES2015 version of RxJS for some tests:"
-  echo "./integration/build_rxjs_es6.sh"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # Workaround https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/2165
 # Yarn will cache file://dist URIs and not update Angular code
 readonly cache=.yarn_local_cache
@@ -20,7 +14,7 @@ rm_cache
 mkdir $cache
 trap rm_cache EXIT
 
-for testDir in $(ls | grep -v rxjs | grep -v node_modules) ; do
+for testDir in $(ls | grep -v node_modules) ; do
   [[ -d "$testDir" ]] || continue
   echo "#################################"
   echo "Running integration test $testDir"
diff --git a/integration/rxjs.tsconfig.json b/integration/rxjs.tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c8124d186..0000000000
--- a/integration/rxjs.tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "angularCompilerOptions": {
-    "skipMetadataEmit": true,
-    "annotationsAs": "static fields",
-    "annotateForClosureCompiler": true
-  },
-
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": [],
-    /**
-      * Remaining options are copied from
-      * https://github.com/ReactiveX/rxjs/blob/cba74135810a8e6bbe0b3c7732e8544b0869589e/tsconfig.json
-      * TODO(alexeagle): use "extends" instead when Angular is on TS 2.1
-      */
-    "removeComments": false,
-    "preserveConstEnums": true,
-    "sourceMap": true,
-    "declaration": true,
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "noImplicitReturns": true,
-    "noImplicitThis": true,
-    "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": true,
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "module": "es2015",
-    "target": "es6",
-    "outDir": "dist/es6",
-    "lib": [
-      "es5",
-      "es2015.iterable",
-      "es2015.collection",
-      "es2015.promise",
-      "dom"
-    ]
-  },
-  "formatCodeOptions": {
-    "indentSize": 2,
-    "tabSize": 2
-  },
-  "files": [
-    "src/Rx.ts"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/scripts/ci/build.sh b/scripts/ci/build.sh
index bf6279296b..7168cbef35 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/build.sh
@@ -37,16 +37,6 @@ travisFoldStart "tsc a bunch of useless stuff"
 travisFoldEnd "tsc a bunch of useless stuff"
 
 
-# Build integration tests
-if [[ ${CI_MODE:-} == "e2e_2" ]]; then
-  travisFoldStart "build.integration"
-    cd "`dirname $0`/../../integration"
-    ./build_rxjs_es6.sh
-    cd -
-  travisFoldEnd "build.integration"
-fi
-
-
 # Build angular.io
 if [[ ${CI_MODE:-} == "aio" ]]; then
   travisFoldStart "build.aio"