diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
index 995a166991e..a1b2e83d754 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/node_manipulation.ts
@@ -15,26 +15,21 @@ import {escapeCommentText} from '../util/dom';
 import {assertLContainer, assertLView, assertParentView, assertProjectionSlots, assertTNodeForLView} from './assert';
 import {attachPatchData} from './context_discovery';
 import {icuContainerIterate} from './i18n/i18n_tree_shaking';
-import {CONTAINER_HEADER_OFFSET, HAS_TRANSPLANTED_VIEWS, LContainer, MOVED_VIEWS, NATIVE, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused1} from './interfaces/container';
+import {CONTAINER_HEADER_OFFSET, HAS_TRANSPLANTED_VIEWS, LContainer, MOVED_VIEWS, NATIVE} from './interfaces/container';
 import {ComponentDef} from './interfaces/definition';
 import {NodeInjectorFactory} from './interfaces/injector';
 import {unregisterLView} from './interfaces/lview_tracking';
-import {TElementNode, TIcuContainerNode, TNode, TNodeFlags, TNodeType, TProjectionNode, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused2} from './interfaces/node';
-import {unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused3} from './interfaces/projection';
-import {Renderer, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused4} from './interfaces/renderer';
+import {TElementNode, TIcuContainerNode, TNode, TNodeFlags, TNodeType, TProjectionNode} from './interfaces/node';
+import {Renderer} from './interfaces/renderer';
 import {RComment, RElement, RNode, RTemplate, RText} from './interfaces/renderer_dom';
 import {isLContainer, isLView} from './interfaces/type_checks';
-import {CHILD_HEAD, CLEANUP, DECLARATION_COMPONENT_VIEW, DECLARATION_LCONTAINER, DestroyHookData, FLAGS, HookData, HookFn, HOST, LView, LViewFlags, NEXT, PARENT, QUERIES, RENDERER, T_HOST, TVIEW, TView, TViewType, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused5} from './interfaces/view';
+import {CHILD_HEAD, CLEANUP, DECLARATION_COMPONENT_VIEW, DECLARATION_LCONTAINER, DestroyHookData, FLAGS, HookData, HookFn, HOST, LView, LViewFlags, NEXT, PARENT, QUERIES, RENDERER, T_HOST, TVIEW, TView, TViewType} from './interfaces/view';
 import {assertTNodeType} from './node_assert';
 import {profiler, ProfilerEvent} from './profiler';
 import {setUpAttributes} from './util/attrs_utils';
 import {getLViewParent} from './util/view_traversal_utils';
 import {getNativeByTNode, unwrapRNode, updateTransplantedViewCount} from './util/view_utils';
 
-
-
-const unusedValueToPlacateAjd = unused1 + unused2 + unused3 + unused4 + unused5;
-
 const enum WalkTNodeTreeAction {
   /** node create in the native environment. Run on initial creation. */
   Create = 0,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/node_selector_matcher.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/node_selector_matcher.ts
index 9730a741d0b..77beac2b7db 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/node_selector_matcher.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/node_selector_matcher.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,11 @@ import '../util/ng_dev_mode';
 
 import {assertDefined, assertEqual, assertNotEqual} from '../util/assert';
 
-import {AttributeMarker, TAttributes, TNode, TNodeType, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused1} from './interfaces/node';
-import {CssSelector, CssSelectorList, SelectorFlags, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused2} from './interfaces/projection';
+import {AttributeMarker, TAttributes, TNode, TNodeType} from './interfaces/node';
+import {CssSelector, CssSelectorList, SelectorFlags} from './interfaces/projection';
 import {classIndexOf} from './styling/class_differ';
 import {isNameOnlyAttributeMarker} from './util/attrs_utils';
 
-const unusedValueToPlacateAjd = unused1 + unused2;
-
 const NG_TEMPLATE_SELECTOR = 'ng-template';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
index 1c40d4599c0..fa89aebdf7b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/query.ts
@@ -16,21 +16,18 @@ import {createTemplateRef, TemplateRef as ViewEngine_TemplateRef} from '../linke
 import {createContainerRef, ViewContainerRef} from '../linker/view_container_ref';
 import {assertDefined, assertIndexInRange, assertNumber, throwError} from '../util/assert';
 import {stringify} from '../util/stringify';
+
 import {assertFirstCreatePass, assertLContainer} from './assert';
 import {getNodeInjectable, locateDirectiveOrProvider} from './di';
 import {storeCleanupWithContext} from './instructions/shared';
 import {CONTAINER_HEADER_OFFSET, LContainer, MOVED_VIEWS} from './interfaces/container';
-import {unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused1} from './interfaces/definition';
-import {unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused2} from './interfaces/injector';
-import {TContainerNode, TElementContainerNode, TElementNode, TNode, TNodeType, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused3} from './interfaces/node';
-import {LQueries, LQuery, QueryFlags, TQueries, TQuery, TQueryMetadata, unusedValueExportToPlacateAjd as unused4} from './interfaces/query';
+import {TContainerNode, TElementContainerNode, TElementNode, TNode, TNodeType} from './interfaces/node';
+import {LQueries, LQuery, QueryFlags, TQueries, TQuery, TQueryMetadata} from './interfaces/query';
 import {DECLARATION_LCONTAINER, LView, PARENT, QUERIES, TVIEW, TView} from './interfaces/view';
 import {assertTNodeType} from './node_assert';
 import {getCurrentQueryIndex, getCurrentTNode, getLView, getTView, setCurrentQueryIndex} from './state';
 import {isCreationMode} from './util/view_utils';
 
-const unusedValueToPlacateAjd = unused1 + unused2 + unused3 + unused4;
-
 class LQuery_<T> implements LQuery<T> {
   matches: (T|null)[]|null = null;
   constructor(public queryList: QueryList<T>) {}