diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/change_detection/parser/ast.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/change_detection/parser/ast.ts
index 27b5fcab05..ad61b9a749 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/change_detection/parser/ast.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/change_detection/parser/ast.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export class RecursiveAstVisitor implements AstVisitor {
     return this.visitAll(ast.args);
   }
   visitAll(asts: AST[]): any {
-    ListWrapper.forEach(asts, (ast) => { ast.visit(this); });
+    asts.forEach(ast => ast.visit(this));
     return null;
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/selector.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/selector.ts
index 4f1f73bb54..e07ad94b79 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/selector.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/selector.ts
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ export class CssSelector {
         res += ']';
       }
     }
-    ListWrapper.forEach(this.notSelectors,
-                        (notSelector) => { res += ":not(" + notSelector.toString() + ")"; });
+    this.notSelectors.forEach(notSelector => res += `:not(${notSelector})`);
     return res;
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/url_resolver.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/url_resolver.ts
index 45a69d2489..b8e70be928 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/url_resolver.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/url_resolver.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function _removeDotSegments(path: string): string {
   var trailingSlash = path[path.length - 1] === '/' ? '/' : '';
   var segments = path.split('/');
 
-  var out = [];
+  var out: string[] = [];
   var up = 0;
   for (var pos = 0; pos < segments.length; pos++) {
     var segment = segments[pos];
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ function _removeDotSegments(path: string): string {
         break;
       case '..':
         if (out.length > 0) {
-          ListWrapper.removeAt(out, out.length - 1);
+          out.pop();
         } else {
           up++;
         }
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function _removeDotSegments(path: string): string {
 
   if (leadingSlash == '') {
     while (up-- > 0) {
-      ListWrapper.insert(out, 0, '..');
+      out.unshift('..');
     }
 
     if (out.length === 0) out.push('.');
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr_mock.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr_mock.ts
index dd67bc19a8..ce8619c696 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr_mock.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr_mock.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ export class MockXHR extends XHR {
     }
 
     do {
-      var request = ListWrapper.removeAt(this._requests, 0);
-      this._processRequest(request);
+      this._processRequest(this._requests.shift());
     } while (this._requests.length > 0);
 
     this.verifyNoOustandingExpectations();
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element.ts
index 5dda721521..849d47a9a2 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/debug/debug_element.ts
@@ -126,9 +126,8 @@ export class DebugElement {
 
         var views = view.viewContainers[view.elementOffset + i];
         if (isPresent(views)) {
-          ListWrapper.forEach(views.views, (nextView) => {
-            els = els.concat(this._getChildElements(nextView, null));
-          });
+          views.views.forEach(
+              (nextView) => { els = els.concat(this._getChildElements(nextView, null)); });
         }
       }
     }
@@ -155,17 +154,15 @@ export class Scope {
     var scope = [];
     scope.push(debugElement);
 
-    ListWrapper.forEach(debugElement.children,
-                        (child) => { scope = scope.concat(Scope.all(child)); });
+    debugElement.children.forEach(child => scope = scope.concat(Scope.all(child)));
 
-    ListWrapper.forEach(debugElement.componentViewChildren,
-                        (child) => { scope = scope.concat(Scope.all(child)); });
+    debugElement.componentViewChildren.forEach(child => scope = scope.concat(Scope.all(child)));
 
     return scope;
   }
   static light(debugElement: DebugElement): DebugElement[] {
     var scope = [];
-    ListWrapper.forEach(debugElement.children, (child) => {
+    debugElement.children.forEach(child => {
       scope.push(child);
       scope = scope.concat(Scope.light(child));
     });
@@ -175,7 +172,7 @@ export class Scope {
   static view(debugElement: DebugElement): DebugElement[] {
     var scope = [];
 
-    ListWrapper.forEach(debugElement.componentViewChildren, (child) => {
+    debugElement.componentViewChildren.forEach(child => {
       scope.push(child);
       scope = scope.concat(Scope.light(child));
     });
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/di/binding.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/di/binding.ts
index 9ac2ba10c0..c799724ed3 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/di/binding.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/di/binding.ts
@@ -498,10 +498,10 @@ function _createListOfBindings(flattenedBindings: Map<number, any>): any[] {
   return MapWrapper.values(flattenedBindings);
 }
 
-function _normalizeBindings(bindings: Array<Type | Binding | any[]>,
+function _normalizeBindings(bindings: Array<Type | Binding | BindingBuilder | any[]>,
                             res: Map<number, _NormalizedBinding | _NormalizedBinding[]>):
     Map<number, _NormalizedBinding | _NormalizedBinding[]> {
-  ListWrapper.forEach(bindings, (b) => {
+  bindings.forEach(b => {
     if (b instanceof Type) {
       _normalizeBinding(bind(b).toClass(b), res);
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/directives/ng_class.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/directives/ng_class.ts
index 7078fa34fb..1276ac47f7 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/directives/ng_class.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/directives/ng_class.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ import {
   KeyValueDiffers
 } from 'angular2/src/core/change_detection';
 import {Renderer} from 'angular2/src/core/render';
-import {
-  ListWrapper,
-  StringMapWrapper,
-  isListLikeIterable
-} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import {StringMapWrapper, isListLikeIterable} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 
 /**
  * Adds and removes CSS classes based on an {expression} value.
@@ -109,14 +105,13 @@ export class NgClass implements DoCheck, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   private _applyInitialClasses(isCleanup: boolean) {
-    ListWrapper.forEach(this._initialClasses,
-                        (className) => { this._toggleClass(className, !isCleanup); });
+    this._initialClasses.forEach(className => this._toggleClass(className, !isCleanup));
   }
 
   private _applyClasses(rawClassVal, isCleanup: boolean) {
     if (isPresent(rawClassVal)) {
       if (isListLikeIterable(rawClassVal)) {
-        ListWrapper.forEach(rawClassVal, (className) => this._toggleClass(className, !isCleanup));
+        (<string[]>rawClassVal).forEach(className => this._toggleClass(className, !isCleanup));
       } else {
         StringMapWrapper.forEach(rawClassVal, (expVal, className) => {
           if (expVal) this._toggleClass(className, !isCleanup);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts
index 7e17aac1c5..f893d306e0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
     return node;
   }
   insertBefore(el, node) { el.parentNode.insertBefore(node, el); }
-  insertAllBefore(el, nodes) {
-    ListWrapper.forEach(nodes, (n) => { el.parentNode.insertBefore(n, el); });
-  }
+  insertAllBefore(el, nodes) { nodes.forEach(n => el.parentNode.insertBefore(n, el)); }
   insertAfter(el, node) { el.parentNode.insertBefore(node, el.nextSibling); }
   setInnerHTML(el, value) { el.innerHTML = value; }
   getText(el): string { return el.textContent; }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts
index 57e1e2e5c0..133ff7183e 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts
@@ -222,9 +222,7 @@ export class Parse5DomAdapter extends DomAdapter {
     this.remove(node);
     treeAdapter.insertBefore(el.parent, node, el);
   }
-  insertAllBefore(el, nodes) {
-    ListWrapper.forEach(nodes, (n) => { this.insertBefore(el, n); });
-  }
+  insertAllBefore(el, nodes) { nodes.forEach(n => this.insertBefore(el, n)); }
   insertAfter(el, node) {
     if (el.nextSibling) {
       this.insertBefore(el.nextSibling, node);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/collection.dart b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/collection.dart
index 123071547a..a097345b6b 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/collection.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/collection.dart
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ class ListWrapper {
   static find(List list, bool fn(item)) =>
       list.firstWhere(fn, orElse: () => null);
   static bool any(List list, bool fn(item)) => list.any(fn);
-  static void forEach(Iterable list, fn(item)) {
-    list.forEach(fn);
-  }
 
   static void forEachWithIndex(List list, fn(item, index)) {
     for (var i = 0; i < list.length; ++i) {
@@ -160,7 +157,6 @@ class ListWrapper {
     }
   }
 
-  static removeLast(List list) => list.removeLast();
   static bool remove(List list, item) => list.remove(item);
   static void clear(List l) {
     l.clear();
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/collection.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/collection.ts
index 5b3f4038c8..c59d1355f0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/collection.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/collection.ts
@@ -177,11 +177,6 @@ export class ListWrapper {
   static createFixedSize(size: number): any[] { return new Array(size); }
   static createGrowableSize(size: number): any[] { return new Array(size); }
   static clone<T>(array: T[]): T[] { return array.slice(0); }
-  static forEach<T>(array: T[], fn: (T) => void) {
-    for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
-      fn(array[i]);
-    }
-  }
   static forEachWithIndex<T>(array: T[], fn: (T, number) => void) {
     for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
       fn(array[i], i);
@@ -234,7 +229,6 @@ export class ListWrapper {
       list.splice(index, 1);
     }
   }
-  static removeLast<T>(list: T[]): T { return list.pop(); }
   static remove<T>(list: T[], el: T): boolean {
     var index = list.indexOf(el);
     if (index > -1) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/forms/directives/ng_form.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/forms/directives/ng_form.ts
index 8113f078d1..54a459e77d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/forms/directives/ng_form.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/forms/directives/ng_form.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export class NgForm extends ControlContainer implements Form {
   }
 
   _findContainer(path: string[]): ControlGroup {
-    ListWrapper.removeLast(path);
+    path.pop();
     return ListWrapper.isEmpty(path) ? this.form : <ControlGroup>this.form.find(path);
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/forms/directives/ng_form_model.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/forms/directives/ng_form_model.ts
index 633ebbff5a..2478ec71a1 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/forms/directives/ng_form_model.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/forms/directives/ng_form_model.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export class NgFormModel extends ControlContainer implements Form,
   }
 
   _updateDomValue() {
-    ListWrapper.forEach(this.directives, dir => {
+    this.directives.forEach(dir => {
       var ctrl: any = this.form.find(dir.path);
       dir.valueAccessor.writeValue(ctrl.value);
     });
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/linker/view_pool.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/linker/view_pool.ts
index 23d5013029..36f430aef7 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/linker/view_pool.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/linker/view_pool.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {Inject, Injectable, OpaqueToken} from 'angular2/src/core/di';
 
-import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, Map} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import {MapWrapper, Map} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 import {isPresent, isBlank, CONST_EXPR} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 
 import * as viewModule from './view';
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class AppViewPool {
   getView(protoView: viewModule.AppProtoView): viewModule.AppView {
     var pooledViews = this._pooledViewsPerProtoView.get(protoView);
     if (isPresent(pooledViews) && pooledViews.length > 0) {
-      return ListWrapper.removeLast(pooledViews);
+      return pooledViews.pop();
     }
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/events/key_events.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/events/key_events.ts
index 4c3b55b8b1..56656d25fd 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/events/key_events.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/events/key_events.ts
@@ -39,19 +39,19 @@ export class KeyEventsPlugin extends EventManagerPlugin {
   }
 
   static parseEventName(eventName: string): {[key: string]: string} {
-    var parts = eventName.toLowerCase().split('.');
+    var parts: string[] = eventName.toLowerCase().split('.');
 
-    var domEventName = ListWrapper.removeAt(parts, 0);
+    var domEventName = parts.shift();
     if ((parts.length === 0) ||
         !(StringWrapper.equals(domEventName, 'keydown') ||
           StringWrapper.equals(domEventName, 'keyup'))) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    var key = KeyEventsPlugin._normalizeKey(ListWrapper.removeLast(parts));
+    var key = KeyEventsPlugin._normalizeKey(parts.pop());
 
     var fullKey = '';
-    ListWrapper.forEach(modifierKeys, (modifierName) => {
+    modifierKeys.forEach(modifierName => {
       if (ListWrapper.contains(parts, modifierName)) {
         ListWrapper.remove(parts, modifierName);
         fullKey += modifierName + '.';
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class KeyEventsPlugin extends EventManagerPlugin {
     } else if (StringWrapper.equals(key, '.')) {
       key = 'dot';  // because '.' is used as a separator in event names
     }
-    ListWrapper.forEach(modifierKeys, (modifierName) => {
+    modifierKeys.forEach(modifierName => {
       if (modifierName != key) {
         var modifierGetter = StringMapWrapper.get(modifierKeyGetters, modifierName);
         if (modifierGetter(event)) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/url_search_params.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/url_search_params.ts
index e020fb8bc2..6fe45116f0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/url_search_params.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/url_search_params.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function paramParser(rawParams: string = ''): Map<string, string[]> {
   var map = new Map<string, string[]>();
   if (rawParams.length > 0) {
     var params: string[] = StringWrapper.split(rawParams, new RegExp('&'));
-    ListWrapper.forEach(params, (param: string) => {
+    params.forEach((param: string) => {
       var split: string[] = StringWrapper.split(param, new RegExp('='));
       var key = split[0];
       var val = split[1];
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ export class URLSearchParams {
 
   toString(): string {
     var paramsList = [];
-    MapWrapper.forEach(this.paramsMap, (values, k) => {
-      ListWrapper.forEach(values, v => { paramsList.push(k + '=' + v); });
-    });
+    MapWrapper.forEach(this.paramsMap,
+                       (values, k) => { values.forEach(v => paramsList.push(k + '=' + v)); });
     return paramsList.join('&');
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/path_recognizer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/path_recognizer.ts
index 10dd66429d..14f5004bc7 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/path_recognizer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/path_recognizer.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 import {BaseException, WrappedException} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/exceptions';
 
-import {Map, MapWrapper, StringMapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import {Map, MapWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 
 import {RouteHandler} from './route_handler';
 import {Url, RootUrl, serializeParams} from './url_parser';
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class TouchMap {
   getUnused(): {[key: string]: any} {
     var unused: {[key: string]: any} = StringMapWrapper.create();
     var keys = StringMapWrapper.keys(this.keys);
-    ListWrapper.forEach(keys, (key) => { unused[key] = StringMapWrapper.get(this.map, key); });
+    keys.forEach(key => unused[key] = StringMapWrapper.get(this.map, key));
     return unused;
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_registry.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_registry.ts
index fb6141e72a..8811f3a563 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/route_registry.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/route_registry.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ export class RouteRegistry {
         var annotation = annotations[i];
 
         if (annotation instanceof RouteConfig) {
-          ListWrapper.forEach(annotation.configs, (config) => this.config(component, config));
+          let routeCfgs: RouteDefinition[] = annotation.configs;
+          routeCfgs.forEach(config => this.config(component, config));
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/router.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/router.ts
index 4ac58ea85c..f6d66096ea 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/router/router.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/router/router.ts
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ export class Router {
     }
 
     if (rest[rest.length - 1] == '') {
-      ListWrapper.removeLast(rest);
+      rest.pop();
     }
 
     if (rest.length < 1) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/client_message_broker.ts b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/client_message_broker.ts
index ec8e66e918..1c0debd849 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/client_message_broker.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/client_message_broker.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   ObservableWrapper,
   EventEmitter
 } from "angular2/src/core/facade/async";
-import {ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper, MapWrapper} from "angular2/src/core/facade/collection";
+import {StringMapWrapper, MapWrapper} from "angular2/src/core/facade/collection";
 import {Serializer} from "angular2/src/web_workers/shared/serializer";
 import {Injectable} from "angular2/src/core/di";
 import {Type, StringWrapper} from "angular2/src/core/facade/lang";
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class ClientMessageBroker {
   runOnService(args: UiArguments, returnType: Type): Promise<any> {
     var fnArgs = [];
     if (isPresent(args.args)) {
-      ListWrapper.forEach(args.args, (argument) => {
+      args.args.forEach(argument => {
         if (argument.type != null) {
           fnArgs.push(this._serializer.serialize(argument.value, argument.type));
         } else {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store.ts b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store.ts
index 74da2b69aa..092272b7e4 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class RenderViewWithFragmentsStore {
     this._lookupByView.set(view.viewRef, startIndex);
     startIndex++;
 
-    ListWrapper.forEach(view.fragmentRefs, (ref) => {
+    view.fragmentRefs.forEach(ref => {
       this._lookupByIndex.set(startIndex, ref);
       this._lookupByView.set(ref, startIndex);
       startIndex++;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/serializer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/serializer.ts
index 544ed74d5f..bd8f9bfad6 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/serializer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/web_workers/shared/serializer.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from "angular2/src/core/facade/lang";
 import {BaseException, WrappedException} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/exceptions';
 
-import {ListWrapper, Map, StringMapWrapper, MapWrapper} from "angular2/src/core/facade/collection";
+import {Map, StringMapWrapper, MapWrapper} from "angular2/src/core/facade/collection";
 import {
   RenderProtoViewRef,
   RenderViewRef,
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ export class Serializer {
       return null;
     }
     if (isArray(obj)) {
-      var serializedObj = [];
-      ListWrapper.forEach(obj, (val) => { serializedObj.push(this.serialize(val, type)); });
-      return serializedObj;
+      return (<any[]>obj).map(v => this.serialize(v, type));
     }
     if (type == PRIMITIVE) {
       return obj;
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ export class Serializer {
     }
     if (isArray(map)) {
       var obj: any[] = [];
-      ListWrapper.forEach(map, (val) => { obj.push(this.deserialize(val, type, data)); });
+      (<any[]>map).forEach(val => obj.push(this.deserialize(val, type, data)));
       return obj;
     }
     if (type == PRIMITIVE) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/change_detection/change_detector_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/change_detection/change_detector_spec.ts
index 495296ab7b..e1c69aea97 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/change_detection/change_detector_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/change_detection/change_detector_spec.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   normalizeBool
 } from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 import {BaseException, WrappedException} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/exceptions';
-import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import {MapWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 
 import {
   ChangeDispatcher,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const _DEFAULT_CONTEXT = CONST_EXPR(new Object());
  * can be found in the generated/change_detector_classes library.
  */
 export function main() {
-  ListWrapper.forEach(['dynamic', 'JIT', 'Pregen'], (cdType) => {
+  ['dynamic', 'JIT', 'Pregen'].forEach(cdType => {
     if (cdType == "JIT" && IS_DART) return;
     if (cdType == "Pregen" && !IS_DART) return;
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/facade/async_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/facade/async_spec.ts
index acaef2ba59..3ca0bf4bf5 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/facade/async_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/facade/async_spec.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
 } from 'angular2/test_lib';
 
 import {ObservableWrapper, EventEmitter, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
-import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 
 export function main() {
   describe('EventEmitter', () => {
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ export function main() {
            one.resolve('one');
          }));
 
-      ListWrapper.forEach([null, true, false, 10, 'thing', {}, []], (abruptCompletion) => {
+      [null, true, false, 10, 'thing', {}, []].forEach(abruptCompletion => {
         it(`should treat "${abruptCompletion}" as an "abrupt completion"`,
            inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
              var one = PromiseWrapper.completer();
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/web_workers/shared/mock_event_emitter.ts b/modules/angular2/test/web_workers/shared/mock_event_emitter.ts
index cb8db04c42..ed5d43f026 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/web_workers/shared/mock_event_emitter.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/web_workers/shared/mock_event_emitter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {EventEmitter} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
-import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 
 export class MockEventEmitter extends EventEmitter {
   private _nextFns: Function[] = [];
@@ -11,9 +10,7 @@ export class MockEventEmitter extends EventEmitter {
     return new MockDisposable();
   }
 
-  next(value: any) {
-    ListWrapper.forEach(this._nextFns, (fn) => { fn(value); });
-  }
+  next(value: any) { this._nextFns.forEach(fn => fn(value)); }
 }
 
 class MockDisposable {
diff --git a/modules/angular2_material/src/components/radio/radio_button.ts b/modules/angular2_material/src/components/radio/radio_button.ts
index 9ff287c5f0..2d852cb2a8 100644
--- a/modules/angular2_material/src/components/radio/radio_button.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2_material/src/components/radio/radio_button.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
 
 import {isPresent, StringWrapper, NumberWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 import {ObservableWrapper, EventEmitter} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
-import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 import {Event, KeyboardEvent} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/browser';
 
 import {MdRadioDispatcher} from 'angular2_material/src/components/radio/radio_dispatcher';
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ export class MdRadioGroup implements OnChanges {
     // child radio buttons and select the one that has a corresponding value (if any).
     if (isPresent(this.value) && this.value != '') {
       this.radioDispatcher.notify(this.name_);
-      ListWrapper.forEach(this.radios_, (radio) => {
+      this.radios_.forEach(radio => {
         if (radio.value == this.value) {
           radio.checked = true;
           this.selectedRadioId = radio.id;
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/compiler/compiler_benchmark.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/compiler/compiler_benchmark.ts
index 98e9e4f25e..fd0595038e 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/compiler/compiler_benchmark.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/compiler/compiler_benchmark.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class MultiplyViewResolver extends ViewResolver {
   constructor(multiple: number, components: Type[]) {
     super();
     this._multiplyBy = multiple;
-    ListWrapper.forEach(components, (c) => this._fillCache(c));
+    components.forEach(c => this._fillCache(c));
   }
 
   _fillCache(component: Type) {
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/src/metric/multi_metric.ts b/modules/benchpress/src/metric/multi_metric.ts
index 1a1345796c..0986afe0e1 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/src/metric/multi_metric.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/src/metric/multi_metric.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {bind, Binding, Injector, OpaqueToken} from 'angular2/src/core/di';
-import {ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import {StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
 
 import {Metric} from '../metric';
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ export class MultiMetric extends Metric {
   }
 }
 
-function mergeStringMaps(maps): Object {
+function mergeStringMaps(maps: any[]): Object {
   var result = {};
-  ListWrapper.forEach(maps, (map) => {
-    StringMapWrapper.forEach(map, (value, prop) => { result[prop] = value; });
-  });
+  maps.forEach(
+      map => { StringMapWrapper.forEach(map, (value, prop) => { result[prop] = value; }); });
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/src/metric/perflog_metric.ts b/modules/benchpress/src/metric/perflog_metric.ts
index b183b36eca..45fe407aea 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/src/metric/perflog_metric.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/src/metric/perflog_metric.ts
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ export class PerflogMetric extends Metric {
     });
   }
 
-  _addEvents(events) {
+  _addEvents(events: any[]) {
     var needSort = false;
-    ListWrapper.forEach(events, (event) => {
+    events.forEach(event => {
       if (StringWrapper.equals(event['ph'], 'X')) {
         needSort = true;
         var startEvent = {};
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/src/sample_description.ts b/modules/benchpress/src/sample_description.ts
index ada4417dc8..4b19e6db64 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/src/sample_description.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/src/sample_description.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {StringMapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import {StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 import {bind, Binding, OpaqueToken} from 'angular2/src/core/di';
 import {Validator} from './validator';
 import {Metric} from './metric';
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class SampleDescription {
   constructor(public id: string, descriptions: Array<{[key: string]: any}>,
               public metrics: {[key: string]: any}) {
     this.description = {};
-    ListWrapper.forEach(descriptions, (description) => {
+    descriptions.forEach(description => {
       StringMapWrapper.forEach(description, (value, prop) => this.description[prop] = value);
     });
   }
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/src/statistic.ts b/modules/benchpress/src/statistic.ts
index 166a1cfc92..f9f79dc53c 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/src/statistic.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/src/statistic.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 import {Math} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/math';
-import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 
 export class Statistic {
   static calculateCoefficientOfVariation(sample, mean) {
     return Statistic.calculateStandardDeviation(sample, mean) / mean * 100;
   }
 
-  static calculateMean(sample) {
+  static calculateMean(samples: any[]) {
     var total = 0;
-    ListWrapper.forEach(sample, (x) => {total += x});
-    return total / sample.length;
+    // TODO: use reduce
+    samples.forEach(x => total += x);
+    return total / samples.length;
   }
 
-  static calculateStandardDeviation(sample, mean) {
+  static calculateStandardDeviation(samples: any[], mean) {
     var deviation = 0;
-    ListWrapper.forEach(sample, (x) => { deviation += Math.pow(x - mean, 2); });
-    deviation = deviation / (sample.length);
+    // TODO: use reduce
+    samples.forEach(x => deviation += Math.pow(x - mean, 2));
+    deviation = deviation / (samples.length);
     deviation = Math.sqrt(deviation);
     return deviation;
   }
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/src/web_driver_extension.ts b/modules/benchpress/src/web_driver_extension.ts
index e60bb88f27..5fc4772150 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/src/web_driver_extension.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/src/web_driver_extension.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {bind, Binding, Injector, OpaqueToken} from 'angular2/src/core/di';
 import {isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 import {BaseException, WrappedException} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/exceptions';
 import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
-import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 
 import {Options} from './common_options';
 
@@ -20,9 +19,9 @@ export abstract class WebDriverExtension {
                      [Injector]),
       bind(WebDriverExtension)
           .toFactory(
-              (children, capabilities) => {
+              (children: WebDriverExtension[], capabilities) => {
                 var delegate;
-                ListWrapper.forEach(children, (extension) => {
+                children.forEach(extension => {
                   if (extension.supports(capabilities)) {
                     delegate = extension;
                   }
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/src/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension.ts b/modules/benchpress/src/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension.ts
index 0bf1153504..b0229e01dc 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/src/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/src/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class ChromeDriverExtension extends WebDriverExtension {
         .then((_) => this._driver.logs('performance'))
         .then((entries) => {
           var events = [];
-          ListWrapper.forEach(entries, function(entry) {
+          entries.forEach(entry => {
             var message = Json.parse(entry['message'])['message'];
             if (StringWrapper.equals(message['method'], 'Tracing.dataCollected')) {
               events.push(message['params']);
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/src/webdriver/ios_driver_extension.ts b/modules/benchpress/src/webdriver/ios_driver_extension.ts
index 916071ddba..14261aba57 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/src/webdriver/ios_driver_extension.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/src/webdriver/ios_driver_extension.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {bind, Binding} from 'angular2/src/core/di';
-import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 import {
   Json,
   isPresent,
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export class IOsDriverExtension extends WebDriverExtension {
         .then((_) => this._driver.logs('performance'))
         .then((entries) => {
           var records = [];
-          ListWrapper.forEach(entries, function(entry) {
+          entries.forEach(entry => {
             var message = Json.parse(entry['message'])['message'];
             if (StringWrapper.equals(message['method'], 'Timeline.eventRecorded')) {
               records.push(message['params']['record']);
diff --git a/modules/benchpress/test/metric/perflog_metric_spec.ts b/modules/benchpress/test/metric/perflog_metric_spec.ts
index 619bb2b727..1c45c371a2 100644
--- a/modules/benchpress/test/metric/perflog_metric_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/benchpress/test/metric/perflog_metric_spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   xit,
 } from 'angular2/test_lib';
 
-import {ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import {StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
 import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
 import {isPresent, isBlank} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ export function main() {
     describe('aggregation', () => {
 
       function aggregate(events: any[], microMetrics = null, captureFrames = null) {
-        ListWrapper.insert(events, 0, eventFactory.markStart('benchpress0', 0));
+        events.unshift(eventFactory.markStart('benchpress0', 0));
         events.push(eventFactory.markEnd('benchpress0', 10));
         var metric = createMetric([events], microMetrics, null, null, captureFrames);
         return metric.beginMeasure().then((_) => metric.endMeasure(false));
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ class MockDriverExtension extends WebDriverExtension {
     this._commandLog.push('readPerfLog');
     if (this._perfLogs.length > 0) {
       var next = this._perfLogs[0];
-      ListWrapper.removeAt(this._perfLogs, 0);
+      this._perfLogs.shift();
       return PromiseWrapper.resolve(next);
     } else {
       return PromiseWrapper.resolve([]);