diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 2241e89594..90701ea9b1 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ gulp.task('serve.js.dev', ['build.js.dev'], function(neverDone) {
   })();
 });
 
-
 gulp.task('serve.js.prod', jsserve(gulp, gulpPlugins, {
   path: CONFIG.dest.js.prod.es5,
   port: 8001
@@ -852,16 +851,6 @@ gulp.task('!build/change_detect.dart', function(done) {
   proc.stdout.pipe(dartStream);
 });
 
-// ------------
-// additional tasks for building examples
-gulp.task('build.http.example', function() {
-  //Copy over people.json used in http example
-  return gulp.src('modules/examples/src/http/people.json')
-      .pipe(gulp.dest(CONFIG.dest.js.prod.es5 + '/examples/src/http/'))
-      .pipe(gulp.dest(CONFIG.dest.js.dev.es5 + '/examples/src/http/'))
-      .pipe(gulp.dest(CONFIG.dest.js.dart2js + '/examples/src/http/'));
-});
-
 // ------------
 // angular material testing rules
 gulp.task('build.css.material', function() {
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test_e2e_js.sh b/scripts/ci/test_e2e_js.sh
index 46a16e04fb..ba0f3b8a70 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/test_e2e_js.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/test_e2e_js.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ function killServer () {
 serverPid=$!
 
 ./node_modules/.bin/gulp build.css.material&
-./node_modules/.bin/gulp build.http.example&
 
 trap killServer EXIT
 
diff --git a/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts b/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
index 692bcd81ba..faf4a181df 100644
--- a/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
+++ b/tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts
@@ -178,8 +178,13 @@ module.exports = function makeBrowserTree(options, destinationPath) {
     ]
   });
 
+  var assetsTree = new Funnel(modulesTree,{
+    include: ['**/*'],
+    exclude: ['**/*.{html,ts,dart}'],
+    destDir: '/'
+  });
+
   var scripts = mergeTrees(servingTrees);
-  var css = new Funnel(modulesTree, {include: ["**/*.css"]});
   var polymerFiles = new Funnel('.', {
     files: [
       'bower_components/polymer/lib/polymer.html',
@@ -191,9 +196,9 @@ module.exports = function makeBrowserTree(options, destinationPath) {
   var reactFiles = new Funnel('.', {files: ['node_modules/react/dist/react.min.js']});
   var react = stew.mv(flatten(reactFiles), 'benchmarks_external/src/tree/react');
 
-  htmlTree = mergeTrees([htmlTree, scripts, polymer, css, react]);
+  htmlTree = mergeTrees([htmlTree, scripts, polymer, react]);
 
-  es5Tree = mergeTrees([es5Tree, htmlTree]);
+  es5Tree = mergeTrees([es5Tree, htmlTree, assetsTree]);
 
   var mergedTree = mergeTrees([stew.mv(es6Tree, '/es6'), stew.mv(es5Tree, '/es5')]);