diff --git a/aio/scripts/_payload-limits.json b/aio/scripts/_payload-limits.json
index 37aff66168..ad9cc918ef 100755
--- a/aio/scripts/_payload-limits.json
+++ b/aio/scripts/_payload-limits.json
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
       "uncompressed": {
         "runtime-es5": 2932,
         "runtime-es2015": 2938,
-        "main-es5": 554933,
-        "main-es2015": 499846,
+        "main-es5": 554068,
+        "main-es2015": 495320,
         "polyfills-es5": 131024,
         "polyfills-es2015": 52433
       }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/application_ref_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/application_ref_spec.ts
index ba9589ccb5..943baf6b50 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/application_ref_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/application_ref_spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {ComponentRef} from '@angular/core/src/linker/component_factory';
 import {getLocaleId} from '@angular/core/src/render3';
 import {BrowserModule} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
-import {dispatchEvent} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
+import {dispatchEvent, getContent} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers';
 import {onlyInIvy} from '@angular/private/testing';
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class SomeComponent {
     function createRootEl(selector = 'bootstrap-app') {
       const doc = TestBed.get(DOCUMENT);
       const rootEl = <HTMLElement>getDOM().firstChild(
-          getDOM().content(getDOM().createTemplate(`<${selector}></${selector}>`)));
+          getContent(getDOM().createTemplate(`<${selector}></${selector}>`)));
       const oldRoots = getDOM().querySelectorAll(doc, selector);
       for (let i = 0; i < oldRoots.length; i++) {
         getDOM().remove(oldRoots[i]);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/dom/dom_adapter_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/dom/dom_adapter_spec.ts
index eaeaebe4e8..63e366b2d7 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/dom/dom_adapter_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/dom/dom_adapter_spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import {beforeEach, describe, expect, it} from '@angular/core/testing/src/testing_internal';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
-import {el, stringifyElement} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
+import {el, isTextNode, stringifyElement} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
 
 {
   describe('dom adapter', () => {
@@ -41,17 +41,16 @@ import {el, stringifyElement} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browse
       const secondChild = cNodes[1];
       expect(getDOM().parentElement(firstChild)).toBe(clone);
       expect(getDOM().nextSibling(firstChild)).toBe(secondChild);
-      expect(getDOM().isTextNode(firstChild)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isTextNode(firstChild)).toBe(true);
 
       expect(getDOM().parentElement(secondChild)).toBe(clone);
       expect(getDOM().nextSibling(secondChild)).toBeFalsy();
       expect(getDOM().isElementNode(secondChild)).toBe(true);
-
     });
 
     it('should be able to create text nodes and use them with the other APIs', () => {
       const t = getDOM().createTextNode('hello');
-      expect(getDOM().isTextNode(t)).toBe(true);
+      expect(isTextNode(t)).toBe(true);
       const d = getDOM().createElement('div');
       getDOM().appendChild(d, t);
       expect(d.innerHTML).toEqual('hello');
diff --git a/packages/core/test/linker/change_detection_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/linker/change_detection_integration_spec.ts
index a6450ee57b..a2cc8f21b5 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/linker/change_detection_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/linker/change_detection_integration_spec.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {MockResourceLoader} from '@angular/compiler/testing';
 import {AfterContentChecked, AfterContentInit, AfterViewChecked, AfterViewInit, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, Component, ContentChild, DebugElement, Directive, DoCheck, EventEmitter, HostBinding, Inject, Injectable, Input, OnChanges, OnDestroy, OnInit, Output, Pipe, PipeTransform, Provider, RenderComponentType, Renderer, RendererFactory2, RendererType2, RootRenderer, SimpleChange, SimpleChanges, TemplateRef, Type, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef, WrappedValue} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/by';
-import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {isTextNode} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers';
 import {ivyEnabled, modifiedInIvy, onlyInIvy} from '@angular/private/testing';
 
@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ function patchLoggingRenderer2(rendererFactory: RendererFactory2, log: RenderLog
       origSetProperty.call(renderer, el, name, value);
     };
     renderer.setValue = function(node: any, value: string): void {
-      if (getDOM().isTextNode(node)) {
+      if (isTextNode(node)) {
         log.setText(node, value);
       }
       origSetValue.call(renderer, node, value);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/linker/integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/linker/integration_spec.ts
index ed47037bad..68ca936052 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/linker/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/linker/integration_spec.ts
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ function declareTests(config?: {useJit: boolean}) {
 
         fixture.componentInstance.ctxProp = null !;
         fixture.detectChanges();
-        expect(getDOM().hasAttribute(fixture.debugElement.children[0].nativeElement, 'foo'))
-            .toBeFalsy();
+        expect(fixture.debugElement.children[0].nativeElement.hasAttribute('foo')).toBeFalsy();
       });
 
       it('should remove style when when style expression evaluates to null', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts
index 2491c1b779..0c4f904aff 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function declareTests(config?: {useJit: boolean}) {
           const children = getDOM().childNodes(el);
           expect(children.length).toBe(2);
           expect(isCommentNode(children[0])).toBe(true);
-          expect(getDOM().tagName(children[1]).toUpperCase()).toEqual('P');
+          expect((children[1] as Element).tagName.toUpperCase()).toEqual('P');
         });
 
     modifiedInIvy('FW-678: ivy generates different DOM structure for <ng-container>')
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ function declareTests(config?: {useJit: boolean}) {
           expect(isCommentNode(children[0])).toBe(true);
           // ng-container anchor
           expect(isCommentNode(children[1])).toBe(true);
-          expect(getDOM().tagName(children[2]).toUpperCase()).toEqual('P');
-          expect(getDOM().tagName(children[3]).toUpperCase()).toEqual('B');
+          expect((children[2] as Element).tagName.toUpperCase()).toEqual('P');
+          expect((children[3] as Element).tagName.toUpperCase()).toEqual('B');
 
           fixture.componentInstance.ctxBoolProp = false;
           fixture.detectChanges();
diff --git a/packages/core/test/linker/projection_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/linker/projection_integration_spec.ts
index 25b97fbdb4..98ac4abd87 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/linker/projection_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/linker/projection_integration_spec.ts
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ class Tree {
 class CmpD {
   tagName: string;
   constructor(elementRef: ElementRef) {
-    this.tagName = getDOM().tagName(elementRef.nativeElement).toLowerCase();
+    this.tagName = elementRef.nativeElement.tagName.toLowerCase();
   }
 }
 
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ class CmpD {
 class CmpC {
   tagName: string;
   constructor(elementRef: ElementRef) {
-    this.tagName = getDOM().tagName(elementRef.nativeElement).toLowerCase();
+    this.tagName = elementRef.nativeElement.tagName.toLowerCase();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/linker/regression_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/linker/regression_integration_spec.ts
index 85c472b201..98556e5ebf 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/linker/regression_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/linker/regression_integration_spec.ts
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ function declareTests(config?: {useJit: boolean}) {
       const compRef =
           modRef.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(App).create(Injector.NULL);
 
-      expect(getDOM().hasAttribute(compRef.location.nativeElement, 'ng-version')).toBe(false);
+      expect(compRef.location.nativeElement.hasAttribute('ng-version')).toBe(false);
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/linker/security_integration_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/linker/security_integration_spec.ts
index 0e03177797..d2ed96e5fe 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/linker/security_integration_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/linker/security_integration_spec.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function declareTests(config?: {useJit: boolean}) {
         const div = cmp.debugElement.children[0];
         expect(div.injector.get(OnPrefixDir).onclick).toBe(value);
         expect(getDOM().getProperty(div.nativeElement, 'onclick')).not.toBe(value);
-        expect(getDOM().hasAttribute(div.nativeElement, 'onclick')).toEqual(false);
+        expect(div.nativeElement.hasAttribute('onclick')).toEqual(false);
       });
 
     });
diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/imported_renderer2.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/imported_renderer2.ts
index 14ddcb19c3..d04587b35b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/imported_renderer2.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/imported_renderer2.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import {NgZone, RendererFactory2, RendererType2} from '@angular/core';
 import {NoopNgZone} from '@angular/core/src/zone/ng_zone';
 import {EventManager, ɵDomRendererFactory2, ɵDomSharedStylesHost} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {ɵAnimationRendererFactory} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
-import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 import {EventManagerPlugin} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/events/event_manager';
+import {isTextNode} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
 
 export class SimpleDomEventsPlugin extends EventManagerPlugin {
   constructor(doc: any) { super(doc); }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export function patchLoggingRenderer2(rendererFactory: RendererFactory2, log: Re
       origSetProperty.call(renderer, el, name, value);
     };
     renderer.setValue = function(node: any, value: string): void {
-      if (getDOM().isTextNode(node)) {
+      if (isTextNode(node)) {
         log.setText(node, value);
       }
       origSetValue.call(renderer, node, value);
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser-dynamic/testing/src/dom_test_component_renderer.ts b/packages/platform-browser-dynamic/testing/src/dom_test_component_renderer.ts
index c22a2abf2f..cecb67241b 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser-dynamic/testing/src/dom_test_component_renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser-dynamic/testing/src/dom_test_component_renderer.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class DOMTestComponentRenderer extends TestComponentRenderer {
 
   insertRootElement(rootElId: string) {
     const rootEl = <HTMLElement>getDOM().firstChild(
-        getDOM().content(getDOM().createTemplate(`<div id="${rootElId}"></div>`)));
+        getContent(getDOM().createTemplate(`<div id="${rootElId}"></div>`)));
 
     // TODO(juliemr): can/should this be optional?
     const oldRoots = getDOM().querySelectorAll(this._doc, '[id^=root]');
@@ -30,3 +30,11 @@ export class DOMTestComponentRenderer extends TestComponentRenderer {
     getDOM().appendChild(this._doc.body, rootEl);
   }
 }
+
+function getContent(node: Node): Node {
+  if ('content' in node) {
+    return (<any>node).content;
+  } else {
+    return node;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/src/browser/browser_adapter.ts b/packages/platform-browser/src/browser/browser_adapter.ts
index 7fd6fdc15b..68f67d0435 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/src/browser/browser_adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/src/browser/browser_adapter.ts
@@ -142,13 +142,6 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   nodeName(node: Node): string { return node.nodeName; }
   nodeValue(node: Node): string|null { return node.nodeValue; }
   type(node: HTMLInputElement): string { return node.type; }
-  content(node: Node): Node {
-    if (this.hasProperty(node, 'content')) {
-      return (<any>node).content;
-    } else {
-      return node;
-    }
-  }
   firstChild(el: Node): Node|null { return el.firstChild; }
   nextSibling(el: Node): Node|null { return el.nextSibling; }
   parentElement(el: Node): Node|null { return el.parentNode; }
@@ -222,11 +215,7 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
     const value = this.getStyle(element, styleName) || '';
     return styleValue ? value == styleValue : value.length > 0;
   }
-  tagName(element: any): string { return element.tagName; }
 
-  hasAttribute(element: Element, attribute: string): boolean {
-    return element.hasAttribute(attribute);
-  }
   getAttribute(element: Element, attribute: string): string|null {
     return element.getAttribute(attribute);
   }
@@ -238,7 +227,7 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   removeAttributeNS(element: Element, ns: string, name: string) {
     element.removeAttributeNS(ns, name);
   }
-  templateAwareRoot(el: Node): any { return this.isTemplateElement(el) ? this.content(el) : el; }
+
   createHtmlDocument(): HTMLDocument {
     return document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('fakeTitle');
   }
@@ -254,10 +243,7 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
 
     return false;
   }
-  isTemplateElement(el: Node): boolean {
-    return this.isElementNode(el) && el.nodeName === 'TEMPLATE';
-  }
-  isTextNode(node: Node): boolean { return node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE; }
+
   isElementNode(node: Node): boolean { return node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE; }
 
   isShadowRoot(node: any): boolean { return node instanceof DocumentFragment; }
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter.ts b/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter.ts
index f4ffa806d6..fdda5991a4 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export abstract class DomAdapter {
   abstract nodeName(node: any): string;
   abstract nodeValue(node: any): string|null;
   abstract type(node: any): string;
-  abstract content(node: any): any;
   abstract firstChild(el: any): Node|null;
   abstract nextSibling(el: any): Node|null;
   abstract parentElement(el: any): Node|null;
@@ -89,21 +88,24 @@ export abstract class DomAdapter {
   abstract removeStyle(element: any, styleName: string): any;
   abstract getStyle(element: any, styleName: string): string;
   abstract hasStyle(element: any, styleName: string, styleValue?: string): boolean;
-  abstract tagName(element: any): string;
-  abstract hasAttribute(element: any, attribute: string): boolean;
+
+  // Used by Meta
   abstract getAttribute(element: any, attribute: string): string|null;
+
+  // Used by platform-server
   abstract setAttribute(element: any, name: string, value: string): any;
   abstract setAttributeNS(element: any, ns: string, name: string, value: string): any;
   abstract removeAttribute(element: any, attribute: string): any;
   abstract removeAttributeNS(element: any, ns: string, attribute: string): any;
-  abstract templateAwareRoot(el: any): any;
   abstract createHtmlDocument(): HTMLDocument;
   abstract getDefaultDocument(): Document;
+
+  // Used by Title
   abstract getTitle(doc: Document): string;
   abstract setTitle(doc: Document, newTitle: string): any;
+
+  // Used by By.css
   abstract elementMatches(n: any, selector: string): boolean;
-  abstract isTemplateElement(el: any): boolean;
-  abstract isTextNode(node: any): boolean;
   abstract isElementNode(node: any): boolean;
 
   // Used by Testability
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util.ts b/packages/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util.ts
index 384f6ee755..9336b78ea9 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function dispatchEvent(element: any, eventType: any): void {
 }
 
 export function el(html: string): HTMLElement {
-  return <HTMLElement>getDOM().firstChild(getDOM().content(getDOM().createTemplate(html)));
+  return <HTMLElement>getDOM().firstChild(getContent(getDOM().createTemplate(html)));
 }
 
 export function normalizeCSS(css: string): string {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ const _selfClosingTags = ['br', 'hr', 'input'];
 export function stringifyElement(el: any /** TODO #9100 */): string {
   let result = '';
   if (getDOM().isElementNode(el)) {
-    const tagName = getDOM().tagName(el).toLowerCase();
+    const tagName = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
 
     // Opening tag
     result += `<${tagName}`;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export function stringifyElement(el: any /** TODO #9100 */): string {
     result += '>';
 
     // Children
-    const childrenRoot = getDOM().templateAwareRoot(el);
+    const childrenRoot = templateAwareRoot(el);
     const children = childrenRoot ? getDOM().childNodes(childrenRoot) : [];
     for (let j = 0; j < children.length; j++) {
       result += stringifyElement(children[j]);
@@ -174,6 +174,22 @@ export function isCommentNode(node: Node): boolean {
   return node.nodeType === Node.COMMENT_NODE;
 }
 
+export function isTextNode(node: Node): boolean {
+  return node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE;
+}
+
+export function getContent(node: Node): Node {
+  if ('content' in node) {
+    return (<any>node).content;
+  } else {
+    return node;
+  }
+}
+
+export function templateAwareRoot(el: Node): any {
+  return getDOM().isElementNode(el) && el.nodeName === 'TEMPLATE' ? getContent(el) : el;
+}
+
 export function setCookie(name: string, value: string) {
   // document.cookie is magical, assigning into it assigns/overrides one cookie value, but does
   // not clear other cookies.
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers.ts b/packages/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers.ts
index 7cb01216a0..f60e8c411d 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/testing/src/matchers.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import {Type, ɵglobal as global} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentFixture} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By, ɵgetDOM as getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import {isCommentNode} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/src/browser_util';
+import {isCommentNode} from './browser_util';
 
 
 
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ function elementText(n: any): string {
     return '';
   }
 
-  if (getDOM().isElementNode(n) && getDOM().tagName(n) == 'CONTENT') {
+  if (getDOM().isElementNode(n) && (n as Element).tagName == 'CONTENT') {
     return elementText(Array.prototype.slice.apply(getDOM().getDistributedNodes(n)));
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/platform-server/src/domino_adapter.ts b/packages/platform-server/src/domino_adapter.ts
index 582f974e2d..038994ed11 100644
--- a/packages/platform-server/src/domino_adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-server/src/domino_adapter.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ export class DominoAdapter extends BrowserDomAdapter {
     return DominoAdapter.defaultDoc;
   }
 
-  isTextNode(node: any): boolean { return node.nodeType === DominoAdapter.defaultDoc.TEXT_NODE; }
   isElementNode(node: any): boolean {
     return node ? node.nodeType === DominoAdapter.defaultDoc.ELEMENT_NODE : false;
   }
diff --git a/packages/platform-webworker/src/web_workers/worker/worker_adapter.ts b/packages/platform-webworker/src/web_workers/worker/worker_adapter.ts
index d082f026cc..4169438f13 100644
--- a/packages/platform-webworker/src/web_workers/worker/worker_adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-webworker/src/web_workers/worker/worker_adapter.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ export class WorkerDomAdapter extends DomAdapter {
   nodeName(node: any): string { throw 'not implemented'; }
   nodeValue(node: any): string { throw 'not implemented'; }
   type(node: any): string { throw 'not implemented'; }
-  content(node: any): any { throw 'not implemented'; }
   firstChild(el: any): Node { throw 'not implemented'; }
   nextSibling(el: any): Node { throw 'not implemented'; }
   parentElement(el: any): Node { throw 'not implemented'; }
@@ -100,21 +99,16 @@ export class WorkerDomAdapter extends DomAdapter {
   hasStyle(element: any, styleName: string, styleValue?: string): boolean {
     throw 'not implemented';
   }
-  tagName(element: any): string { throw 'not implemented'; }
-  hasAttribute(element: any, attribute: string): boolean { throw 'not implemented'; }
   getAttribute(element: any, attribute: string): string { throw 'not implemented'; }
   setAttribute(element: any, name: string, value: string) { throw 'not implemented'; }
   setAttributeNS(element: any, ns: string, name: string, value: string) { throw 'not implemented'; }
   removeAttribute(element: any, attribute: string) { throw 'not implemented'; }
   removeAttributeNS(element: any, ns: string, attribute: string) { throw 'not implemented'; }
-  templateAwareRoot(el: any) { throw 'not implemented'; }
   createHtmlDocument(): HTMLDocument { throw 'not implemented'; }
   getDefaultDocument(): Document { throw 'not implemented'; }
   getTitle(doc: Document): string { throw 'not implemented'; }
   setTitle(doc: Document, newTitle: string) { throw 'not implemented'; }
   elementMatches(n: any, selector: string): boolean { throw 'not implemented'; }
-  isTemplateElement(el: any): boolean { throw 'not implemented'; }
-  isTextNode(node: any): boolean { throw 'not implemented'; }
   isElementNode(node: any): boolean { throw 'not implemented'; }
   isShadowRoot(node: any): boolean { throw 'not implemented'; }
   getEventKey(event: any): string { throw 'not implemented'; }