diff --git a/packages/tsc-wrapped/index.ts b/packages/tsc-wrapped/index.ts
index f939fbfdcb..0079e4af5b 100644
--- a/packages/tsc-wrapped/index.ts
+++ b/packages/tsc-wrapped/index.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,5 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-export {MetadataWriterHost} from './src/compiler_host';
-export {CodegenExtension, UserError, createBundleIndexHost, main} from './src/main';
-
-export {default as AngularCompilerOptions} from './src/options';
-export * from './src/bundler';
-export * from './src/cli_options';
-export * from './src/collector';
-export * from './src/index_writer';
-export * from './src/schema';
+export {main} from './src/main';
+export * from './index_no_tsickle';
diff --git a/packages/tsc-wrapped/index_no_tsickle.ts b/packages/tsc-wrapped/index_no_tsickle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..845e1e35c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tsc-wrapped/index_no_tsickle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+// This index allows tsc-wrapped to be used with no dependency on tsickle.
+// Short-term workaround until tsc-wrapped is removed entirely.
+export {MetadataWriterHost} from './src/compiler_host';
+export {CodegenExtension, UserError, createBundleIndexHost} from './src/main_no_tsickle';
+export {default as AngularCompilerOptions} from './src/options';
+
+export * from './src/bundler';
+export * from './src/cli_options';
+export * from './src/collector';
+export * from './src/index_writer';
+export * from './src/schema';
diff --git a/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/main.ts b/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/main.ts
index 9c208860b3..977e90dc7b 100644
--- a/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/main.ts
@@ -11,60 +11,15 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as tsickle from 'tsickle';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
-import {CompilerHostAdapter, MetadataBundler} from './bundler';
 import {CliOptions} from './cli_options';
-import {MetadataWriterHost, createSyntheticIndexHost} from './compiler_host';
-import {privateEntriesToIndex} from './index_writer';
-import NgOptions from './options';
+import {MetadataWriterHost} from './compiler_host';
+
+import {CodegenExtension, createBundleIndexHost} from './main_no_tsickle';
 import {check, tsc} from './tsc';
-import {isVinylFile, VinylFile} from './vinyl_file';
+import {VinylFile, isVinylFile} from './vinyl_file';
 
-export {UserError} from './tsc';
-
-const DTS = /\.d\.ts$/;
-const JS_EXT = /(\.js|)$/;
 const TS_EXT = /\.ts$/;
 
-export interface CodegenExtension {
-  /**
-   * Returns the generated file names.
-   */
-  (ngOptions: NgOptions, cliOptions: CliOptions, program: ts.Program,
-   host: ts.CompilerHost): Promise<string[]>;
-}
-
-export function createBundleIndexHost<H extends ts.CompilerHost>(
-    ngOptions: NgOptions, rootFiles: string[],
-    host: H): {host: H, indexName?: string, errors?: ts.Diagnostic[]} {
-  const files = rootFiles.filter(f => !DTS.test(f));
-  if (files.length != 1) {
-    return {
-      host,
-      errors: [{
-        file: null as any as ts.SourceFile,
-        start: null as any as number,
-        length: null as any as number,
-        messageText:
-            'Angular compiler option "flatModuleIndex" requires one and only one .ts file in the "files" field.',
-        category: ts.DiagnosticCategory.Error,
-        code: 0
-      }]
-    };
-  }
-  const file = files[0];
-  const indexModule = file.replace(/\.ts$/, '');
-  const bundler =
-      new MetadataBundler(indexModule, ngOptions.flatModuleId, new CompilerHostAdapter(host));
-  const metadataBundle = bundler.getMetadataBundle();
-  const metadata = JSON.stringify(metadataBundle.metadata);
-  const name =
-      path.join(path.dirname(indexModule), ngOptions.flatModuleOutFile !.replace(JS_EXT, '.ts'));
-  const libraryIndex = `./${path.basename(indexModule)}`;
-  const content = privateEntriesToIndex(libraryIndex, metadataBundle.privates);
-  host = createSyntheticIndexHost(host, {name, content, metadata});
-  return {host, indexName: name};
-}
-
 export function main(
     project: string | VinylFile, cliOptions: CliOptions, codegen?: CodegenExtension,
     options?: ts.CompilerOptions): Promise<any> {
diff --git a/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/main_no_tsickle.ts b/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/main_no_tsickle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8097b085bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/main_no_tsickle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as ts from 'typescript';
+
+import {CompilerHostAdapter, MetadataBundler} from './bundler';
+import {CliOptions} from './cli_options';
+import {createSyntheticIndexHost} from './compiler_host';
+import {privateEntriesToIndex} from './index_writer';
+import NgOptions from './options';
+
+export {UserError} from './tsc';
+
+export interface CodegenExtension {
+  /**
+   * Returns the generated file names.
+   */
+  (ngOptions: NgOptions, cliOptions: CliOptions, program: ts.Program,
+   host: ts.CompilerHost): Promise<string[]>;
+}
+
+const DTS = /\.d\.ts$/;
+const JS_EXT = /(\.js|)$/;
+
+export function createBundleIndexHost<H extends ts.CompilerHost>(
+    ngOptions: NgOptions, rootFiles: string[],
+    host: H): {host: H, indexName?: string, errors?: ts.Diagnostic[]} {
+  const files = rootFiles.filter(f => !DTS.test(f));
+  if (files.length != 1) {
+    return {
+      host,
+      errors: [{
+        file: null as any as ts.SourceFile,
+        start: null as any as number,
+        length: null as any as number,
+        messageText:
+            'Angular compiler option "flatModuleIndex" requires one and only one .ts file in the "files" field.',
+        category: ts.DiagnosticCategory.Error,
+        code: 0
+      }]
+    };
+  }
+  const file = files[0];
+  const indexModule = file.replace(/\.ts$/, '');
+  const bundler =
+      new MetadataBundler(indexModule, ngOptions.flatModuleId, new CompilerHostAdapter(host));
+  const metadataBundle = bundler.getMetadataBundle();
+  const metadata = JSON.stringify(metadataBundle.metadata);
+  const name =
+      path.join(path.dirname(indexModule), ngOptions.flatModuleOutFile !.replace(JS_EXT, '.ts'));
+  const libraryIndex = `./${path.basename(indexModule)}`;
+  const content = privateEntriesToIndex(libraryIndex, metadataBundle.privates);
+  host = createSyntheticIndexHost(host, {name, content, metadata});
+  return {host, indexName: name};
+}
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