diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/shadow_css.ts b/packages/compiler/src/shadow_css.ts
index 0cbf8c8b14..cbb2896034 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/shadow_css.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/shadow_css.ts
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ const _shadowDOMSelectorsRe = [
 // Support for `>>>`, `deep`, `::ng-deep` is then also deprecated and will be removed in the future.
 // see https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/17677
 const _shadowDeepSelectors = /(?:>>>)|(?:\/deep\/)|(?:::ng-deep)/g;
-const _selectorReSuffix = '([>\\s~+\[.,{:][\\s\\S]*)?$';
+const _selectorReSuffix = '([>\\s~+[.,{:][\\s\\S]*)?$';
 const _polyfillHostRe = /-shadowcsshost/gim;
 const _colonHostRe = /:host/gim;
 const _colonHostContextRe = /:host-context/gim;
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_compiler.ts b/packages/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_compiler.ts
index e8c4ef6ba9..4cbe72a4d8 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_compiler.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {componentFactoryResolverProviderDef, depDef, lifecycleHookToNodeFlag, pr
 
 const CLASS_ATTR = 'class';
 const STYLE_ATTR = 'style';
-const IMPLICIT_TEMPLATE_VAR = '\$implicit';
+const IMPLICIT_TEMPLATE_VAR = '$implicit';
 
 export class ViewCompileResult {
   constructor(public viewClassVar: string, public rendererTypeVar: string) {}