diff --git a/tools/api-builder/content-package/index.js b/tools/api-builder/content-package/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1da0d66d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/api-builder/content-package/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+var Package = require('dgeni').Package;
+var jsdocPackage = require('dgeni-packages/jsdoc');
+var linksPackage = require('../links-package');
+var path = require('canonical-path');
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+// Define the dgeni package for generating the docs
+module.exports = new Package('content', [jsdocPackage, linksPackage])
+
+// Register the services and file readers
+.factory(require('./readers/content'))
+
+// Configure file reading
+.config(function(readFilesProcessor, contentFileReader) {
+  readFilesProcessor.fileReaders.push(contentFileReader);
+})
+
+// Configure ids and paths
+.config(function(computeIdsProcessor, computePathsProcessor) {
+
+  computeIdsProcessor.idTemplates.push({
+    docTypes: ['content'],
+    getId: function(doc) {
+      return doc.fileInfo.relativePath
+                    // path should be relative to `modules` folder
+                    .replace(/.*\/?modules\//, '')
+                    // path should not include `/docs/`
+                    .replace(/\/docs\//, '/')
+                    // path should not have a suffix
+                    .replace(/\.\w*$/, '');
+    },
+    getAliases: function(doc) { return [doc.id]; }
+  });
+});
+
diff --git a/tools/api-builder/content-package/mocks/mockPackage.js b/tools/api-builder/content-package/mocks/mockPackage.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..834d53c959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/api-builder/content-package/mocks/mockPackage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+var Package = require('dgeni').Package;
+
+module.exports = function mockPackage() {
+
+  return new Package('mockPackage', [require('../')])
+
+  // provide a mock log service
+  .factory('log', function() { return require('dgeni/lib/mocks/log')(false); })
+  .factory('templateEngine', function() { return {}; });
+
+};
diff --git a/tools/api-builder/docs-package/readers/ngdoc.js b/tools/api-builder/content-package/readers/content.js
similarity index 64%
rename from tools/api-builder/docs-package/readers/ngdoc.js
rename to tools/api-builder/content-package/readers/content.js
index a1e6a7e4d5..f4b817a277 100644
--- a/tools/api-builder/docs-package/readers/ngdoc.js
+++ b/tools/api-builder/content-package/readers/content.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 var path = require('canonical-path');
 
 /**
- * @dgService ngdocFileReader
+ * @dgService
  * @description
- * This file reader will pull the contents from a text file (by default .ngdoc)
+ * This file reader will pull the contents from a text file (by default .md)
  *
  * The doc will initially have the form:
  * ```
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ var path = require('canonical-path');
  * }
  * ```
  */
-module.exports = function ngdocFileReader() {
-  var reader = {
-    name: 'ngdocFileReader',
+module.exports = function contentFileReader() {
+  return {
+    name: 'contentFileReader',
     defaultPattern: /\.md$/,
     getDocs: function(fileInfo) {
 
-      // We return a single element array because ngdoc files only contain one document
+      // We return a single element array because content files only contain one document
       return [{
         docType: 'guide',
         content: fileInfo.content,
@@ -27,6 +27,4 @@ module.exports = function ngdocFileReader() {
       }];
     }
   };
-
-  return reader;
 };
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diff --git a/tools/api-builder/docs-package/readers/ngdoc.spec.js b/tools/api-builder/content-package/readers/content.spec.js
similarity index 77%
rename from tools/api-builder/docs-package/readers/ngdoc.spec.js
rename to tools/api-builder/content-package/readers/content.spec.js
index 658663c9fb..62540e9dd2 100644
--- a/tools/api-builder/docs-package/readers/ngdoc.spec.js
+++ b/tools/api-builder/content-package/readers/content.spec.js
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-var ngdocFileReaderFactory = require('./ngdoc');
+var mockPackage = require('../mocks/mockPackage');
+var Dgeni = require('dgeni');
 var path = require('canonical-path');
+var _ = require('lodash');
 
-describe('ngdocFileReader', function() {
+describe('contentFileReader', function() {
+  var dgeni, injector, fileReader;
 
-  var fileReader;
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    dgeni = new Dgeni([mockPackage()]);
+    injector = dgeni.configureInjector();
+    fileReader = injector.get('contentFileReader');
+  });
 
   var createFileInfo = function(file, content, basePath) {
     return {
@@ -17,12 +24,6 @@ describe('ngdocFileReader', function() {
     };
   };
 
-
-  beforeEach(function() {
-    fileReader = ngdocFileReaderFactory();
-  });
-
-
   describe('defaultPattern', function() {
     it('should match .md files', function() {
       expect(fileReader.defaultPattern.test('abc.md')).toBeTruthy();
diff --git a/tools/api-builder/docs-package/index.js b/tools/api-builder/docs-package/index.js
index 033e181b0e..b65ca98692 100644
--- a/tools/api-builder/docs-package/index.js
+++ b/tools/api-builder/docs-package/index.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 // Define the dgeni package for generating the docs
 module.exports = new Package('angular-v2-docs', [jsdocPackage, nunjucksPackage, typescriptPackage, linksPackage, gitPackage])
 
-// Register the services and file readers
-.factory(require('./readers/ngdoc'))
-
 // Register the processors
 .processor(require('./processors/convertPrivateClassesToInterfaces'))
 .processor(require('./processors/extractDirectiveClasses'))
@@ -36,9 +33,8 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular-v2-docs', [jsdocPackage, nunjucksPackage,
 })
 
 // Configure file reading
-.config(function(readFilesProcessor, ngdocFileReader, readTypeScriptModules) {
-  readFilesProcessor.fileReaders = [ngdocFileReader];
-  // set the readFilesProcessor base path to point to angular repo.
+.config(function(readTypeScriptModules) {
+
   var angular_repo_path =  path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../../angular');
   // confirm that the angular repo is actually there.
   if (!fs.existsSync(angular_repo_path)) {
@@ -54,6 +50,7 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular-v2-docs', [jsdocPackage, nunjucksPackage,
 
 .config(function(parseTagsProcessor, getInjectables) {
   // We actually don't want to parse param docs in this package as we are getting the data out using TS
+  // TODO: rewire the param docs to the params extracted from TS
   parseTagsProcessor.tagDefinitions.forEach(function(tagDef) {
     if (tagDef.name === 'param') {
       tagDef.docProperty = 'paramData';
@@ -95,29 +92,4 @@ module.exports = new Package('angular-v2-docs', [jsdocPackage, nunjucksPackage,
     '${ doc.docType }.template.html',
     'common.template.html'
   ];
-})
-
-
-// Configure ids and paths
-.config(function(computeIdsProcessor, computePathsProcessor) {
-
-  computeIdsProcessor.idTemplates.push({
-    docTypes: ['guide'],
-    getId: function(doc) {
-      return doc.fileInfo.relativePath
-                    // path should be relative to `modules` folder
-                    .replace(/.*\/?modules\//, '')
-                    // path should not include `/docs/`
-                    .replace(/\/docs\//, '/')
-                    // path should not have a suffix
-                    .replace(/\.\w*$/, '');
-    },
-    getAliases: function(doc) { return [doc.id]; }
-  });
-
-  computePathsProcessor.pathTemplates.push({
-    docTypes: ['guide'],
-    pathTemplate: '/${id}',
-    outputPathTemplate: 'partials/guides/${id}.html'
-  });
-});
+});
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