diff --git a/docs/docs-package/templates/angular2/angular2.d.ts.template.html b/docs/docs-package/templates/angular2/angular2.d.ts.template.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b577a9c07..0000000000
--- a/docs/docs-package/templates/angular2/angular2.d.ts.template.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{% extends '../type-definition.template.html' %}
-{% block staticDeclarations %}
-// Angular depends transitively on these libraries.
-// If you don't have them installed you can run
-// $ tsd query es6-promise rx rx-lite --action install --save
-///<reference path="../es6-promise/es6-promise.d.ts"/>
-///<reference path="../rx/rx.d.ts"/>
-
-interface List<T> extends Array<T> {}
-interface Map<K,V> {}
-interface StringMap<K,V> extends Map<K,V> {}
-
-declare module ng {
-  type SetterFn = typeof Function;
-  type int = number;
-  interface Type extends Function {
-    new (...args): any;
-  }
-
-  // See https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1168
-  class BaseException /* extends Error */ {
-    message: string;
-    stack: string;
-    toString(): string;
-  }
-  interface InjectableReference {}
-}
-{% endblock %}
-
-declare module "angular2/angular2" {
-  export = ng;
-}
diff --git a/docs/typescript-definition-package/templates/angular2/angular2.d.ts.template.html b/docs/typescript-definition-package/templates/angular2/angular2.d.ts.template.html
index 5b6b38dc1d..0746331b5e 100644
--- a/docs/typescript-definition-package/templates/angular2/angular2.d.ts.template.html
+++ b/docs/typescript-definition-package/templates/angular2/angular2.d.ts.template.html
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ interface Map<K,V> {}
 interface StringMap<K,V> extends Map<K,V> {}
 
 declare module ng {
-  type SetterFn = typeof Function;
-  type int = number;
-  interface Type extends Function {
-    new (...args: any[]): any;
-  }
-
   // See https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1168
   class BaseException /* extends Error */ {
     message: string;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/core.ts b/modules/angular2/core.ts
index e59fe5a3d2..efbb7ddd13 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/core.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/core.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 export {appComponentTypeToken} from 'angular2/src/core/application_tokens';
 export {ApplicationRef} from 'angular2/src/core/application_common';
+export {Type} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 
 
 // Compiler Related Dependencies.
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
index df5956b56a..686800f349 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ var _global: BrowserNodeGlobal = <any>(typeof window === 'undefined' ? global :
 export {_global as global};
 
 export var Type = Function;
-export type Type = new (...args: any[]) => any;
+
+/**
+ * Runtime representation of a type.
+ *
+ * In JavaScript a Type is a constructor function.
+ */
+export interface Type extends Function { new (...args): any; }
 
 export function getTypeNameForDebugging(type: Type): string {
   return type['name'];