diff --git a/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/BUILD.bazel b/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/BUILD.bazel
index 6389c87dbe..dd4d1d57b0 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ts_library(
     srcs = ["core_package.spec.ts"],
     deps = [
         "//packages:types",
+        "//packages/private/testing",
         "@ngdeps//@types/shelljs",
     ],
 )
@@ -24,9 +25,6 @@ jasmine_node_test(
         "@ngdeps//@types/shelljs",
         "@ngdeps//shelljs",
     ],
-    tags = [
-        "fixme-ivy-aot",
-    ],
 )
 
 ts_library(
diff --git a/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/core_package.spec.ts b/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/core_package.spec.ts
index 8c92f66c29..0a41d7f386 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/core_package.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/core_package.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
+import {fixmeIvy, ivyEnabled, obsoleteInIvy} from '@angular/private/testing';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as shx from 'shelljs';
 
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ describe('@angular/core ng_package', () => {
 
     describe('typescript support', () => {
 
-      it('should have an index.d.ts file',
-         () => { expect(shx.cat('core.d.ts')).toContain(`export *`); });
+      fixmeIvy('FW-738: ngtsc doesn\'t generate flat index files') &&
+          it('should have an index d.ts file',
+             () => { expect(shx.cat('core.d.ts')).toContain(`export *`); });
+
       it('should not have amd module names',
          () => { expect(shx.cat('public_api.d.ts')).not.toContain('<amd-module name'); });
     });
@@ -87,11 +90,12 @@ describe('@angular/core ng_package', () => {
     });
 
 
-    describe('angular metadata', () => {
+    obsoleteInIvy('metadata files are no longer needed or produced in Ivy') &&
+        describe('angular metadata', () => {
 
-      it('should have metadata.json files',
-         () => { expect(shx.cat('core.metadata.json')).toContain(`"__symbolic":"module"`); });
-    });
+          it('should have metadata.json files',
+             () => { expect(shx.cat('core.metadata.json')).toContain(`"__symbolic":"module"`); });
+        });
 
 
     describe('fesm2015', () => {
@@ -108,8 +112,10 @@ describe('@angular/core ng_package', () => {
             .toMatch(/@license Angular v\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?!-PLACEHOLDER)/);
       });
 
-      it('should have been built from the generated bundle index',
-         () => { expect(shx.cat('fesm2015/core.js')).toMatch('export {.*makeParamDecorator'); });
+      obsoleteInIvy('we no longer need to export private symbols') &&
+          it('should have been built from the generated bundle index', () => {
+            expect(shx.cat('fesm2015/core.js')).toMatch('export {.*makeParamDecorator');
+          });
     });
 
 
@@ -126,16 +132,24 @@ describe('@angular/core ng_package', () => {
         expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).not.toContain('@fileoverview added by tsickle');
       });
 
-      it('should have decorators',
-         () => { expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).toContain('__decorate'); });
+      if (ivyEnabled) {
+        it('should have decorators downleveled to static props e.g. ngInjectableDef', () => {
+          expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).not.toContain('__decorate');
+          expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).toContain('.ngInjectableDef = ');
+        });
+      } else {
+        it('should have decorators',
+           () => { expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).toContain('__decorate'); });
+      }
 
       it('should load tslib from external bundle', () => {
         expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).not.toContain('function __extends');
         expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).toMatch('import {.*__extends');
       });
 
-      it('should have been built from the generated bundle index',
-         () => { expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).toMatch('export {.*makeParamDecorator'); });
+      obsoleteInIvy('we no longer need to export private symbols') &&
+          it('should have been built from the generated bundle index',
+             () => { expect(shx.cat('fesm5/core.js')).toMatch('export {.*makeParamDecorator'); });
     });
 
 
@@ -212,24 +226,21 @@ describe('@angular/core ng_package', () => {
       const typingsFile = p `testing/index.d.ts`;
       it('should have a typings file',
          () => { expect(shx.cat(typingsFile)).toContain('export * from \'./public_api\';'); });
-    });
-    describe('typescript support', () => {
 
-      // TODO(i): why in the parent dir?
-      it('should have an \'redirect\' d.ts file in the parent dir',
-         () => { expect(shx.cat('testing.d.ts')).toContain(`export *`); });
-
-      it('should have a \'actual\' d.ts file in the parent dir', () => {
-        expect(shx.cat('testing/index.d.ts')).toContain(`export * from './public_api';`);
-      });
+      obsoleteInIvy(
+          'now that we don\'t need metadata files, we don\'t need these redirects to help resolve paths to them') &&
+          it('should have an \'redirect\' d.ts file in the parent dir',
+             () => { expect(shx.cat('testing.d.ts')).toContain(`export *`); });
     });
 
-    describe('angular metadata file', () => {
-      it('should have a \'redirect\' metadata.json file next to the d.ts file', () => {
-        expect(shx.cat('testing.metadata.json'))
-            .toContain(`"exports":[{"from":"./testing/testing"}],"flatModuleIndexRedirect":true`);
-      });
-    });
+    obsoleteInIvy('metadata files are no longer needed or produced in Ivy') &&
+        describe('angular metadata file', () => {
+          it('should have a \'redirect\' metadata.json file next to the d.ts file', () => {
+            expect(shx.cat('testing.metadata.json'))
+                .toContain(
+                    `"exports":[{"from":"./testing/testing"}],"flatModuleIndexRedirect":true`);
+          });
+        });
 
     describe('fesm2015', () => {
       it('should have a fesm15 file in the /fesm2015 directory',