diff --git a/modules/angular2/docs/core/02_directives.md b/modules/angular2/docs/core/02_directives.md
index 3bd564327c6bb..89ce99de33561 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/docs/core/02_directives.md
+++ b/modules/angular2/docs/core/02_directives.md
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ To better understand the kinds of injections which are supported in Angular we h
 
 ### Injecting Services
 
-Service injection is the most straight forward kind of injection which Angular supports. It involves a component configuring the `injectables` and then letting the directive ask for the configured service.
+Service injection is the most straight forward kind of injection which Angular supports. It involves a component configuring the `appInjector` and then letting the directive ask for the configured service.
 
 This example illustrates how to inject `MyService` into `House` directive.
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class MyService {}                   | Assume a service which needs to be inject
                                      |
 @Component({                         | Assume a top level application component which
   selector: 'my-app',                | configures the services to be injected.
-  injectables: [MyService]           |
+  appInjector: [MyService]           |
 })                                   |
 @View({                              | Assume we have a template that needs to be
   templateUrl: 'my_app.html',        | configured with directives to be injected.
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ Shadow DOM provides an encapsulation for components, so as a general rule it doe
 ```
 @Component({
   selector: '[kid]',
-  injectables: []
+  appInjector: []
 })
 @View({
   templateUrl: 'kid.html',
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ class Kid {
 
 @Component({
   selector: '[dad]',
-  injectables: [Grandpa]
+  appInjector: [Grandpa]
 })
 @View({
   templateUrl: 'dad.html',
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ class Dad {
 
 @Component({
   selector: '[grandpa]',
-  injectables: []
+  appInjector: []
 })
 @View({
   templateUrl: 'grandpa.html',
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations.js
index 6836f1bfe1f94..6f6636c251ea2 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations.js
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ export class Directive extends Injectable {
  * When a component is instantiated, Angular
  * - creates a shadow DOM for the component.
  * - loads the selected template into the shadow DOM.
- * - creates a child {@link Injector} which is configured with the `injectables` for the {@link Component}.
+ * - creates a child {@link Injector} which is configured with the `appInjector` for the {@link Component}.
  *
  * All template expressions and statements are then evaluated against the component instance.
  *
@@ -800,16 +800,16 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
   /**
    * Defines the set of injectable objects that are visible to a Component and its children.
    *
-   * The `injectables` defined in the Component annotation allow you to configure a set of bindings for the component's
+   * The `appInjector` defined in the Component annotation allow you to configure a set of bindings for the component's
    * injector.
    *
    * When a component is instantiated, Angular creates a new child Injector, which is configured with the bindings in
-   * the Component `injectables` annotation. The injectable objects then become available for injection to the component
+   * the Component `appInjector` annotation. The injectable objects then become available for injection to the component
    * itself and any of the directives in the component's template, i.e. they are not available to the directives which
    * are children in the component's light DOM.
    *
    *
-   * The syntax for configuring the `injectables` injectable is identical to {@link Injector} injectable configuration.
+   * The syntax for configuring the `appInjector` injectable is identical to {@link Injector} injectable configuration.
    * See {@link Injector} for additional detail.
    *
    *
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
    *
    * @Component({
    *   selector: 'greet',
-   *   injectables: [
+   *   appInjector: [
    *     Greeter
    *   ]
    * })
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
    * }
    * ```
    */
-  injectables:List;
+  appInjector:List;
 
   @CONST()
   constructor({
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
       hostProperties,
       hostAttributes,
       hostActions,
-      injectables,
+      appInjector,
       lifecycle,
       changeDetection = DEFAULT,
       compileChildren = true
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
       hostProperties:any,
       hostAttributes:any,
       hostActions:any,
-      injectables:List,
+      appInjector:List,
       lifecycle:List,
       changeDetection:string,
       compileChildren:boolean
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
     });
 
     this.changeDetection = changeDetection;
-    this.injectables = injectables;
+    this.appInjector = appInjector;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/application.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/application.js
index e284ea43e2af9..7b6eefc7cb705 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/application.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/application.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function _createNgZone(givenReporter:Function): NgZone {
  *  1. It uses the component's `selector` property to locate the DOM element which needs to be upgraded into
  *     the angular component.
  *  2. It creates a new child injector (from the platform injector) and configures the injector with the component's
- *     `injectables`. Optionally, you can also override the injector configuration for an app by invoking
+ *     `appInjector`. Optionally, you can also override the injector configuration for an app by invoking
  *     `bootstrap` with the `componentInjectableBindings` argument.
  *  3. It creates a new `Zone` and connects it to the angular application's change detection domain instance.
  *  4. It creates a shadow DOM on the selected component's host element and loads the template into it.
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function _createNgZone(givenReporter:Function): NgZone {
  * # API
  * - `appComponentType`: The root component which should act as the application. This is a reference to a `Type`
  *   which is annotated with `@Component(...)`.
- * - `componentInjectableBindings`: An additional set of bindings that can be added to `injectables` for the
+ * - `componentInjectableBindings`: An additional set of bindings that can be added to `appInjector` for the
  * {@link Component} to override default injection behavior.
  * - `errorReporter`: `function(exception:any, stackTrace:string)` a default error reporter for unhandled exceptions.
  *
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.js
index 6f69324952d4f..0ceb06101c93a 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.js
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ export class DirectiveBinding extends ResolvedBinding {
     var changeDetection = null;
     if (ann instanceof Component) {
       renderType = DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE;
-      if (isPresent(ann.injectables)) {
-        resolvedInjectables = Injector.resolve(ann.injectables);
+      if (isPresent(ann.appInjector)) {
+        resolvedInjectables = Injector.resolve(ann.appInjector);
       }
       changeDetection = ann.changeDetection;
     } else {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/exception_handler.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/exception_handler.js
index 06c5a49658a03..36ef3586e63fb 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/exception_handler.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/exception_handler.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
  * ```javascript
  * @Component({
  *   selector: 'my-app',
- *   injectables: [
+ *   appInjector: [
  *     bind(ExceptionHandler).toClass(MyExceptionHandler)
  *   ]
  * })
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/forms/form_builder.js b/modules/angular2/src/forms/form_builder.js
index c3f2363430d28..ee58dd6c94fb1 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/forms/form_builder.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/forms/form_builder.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import * as modelModule from './model';
  *
  * @Component({
  *   selector: 'login-comp',
- *   injectables: [
+ *   appInjector: [
  *     FormBuilder
  *   ]
  * })
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader_spec.js
index 0e484437a8571..4ed3a0f2fe381 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader_spec.js
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class DynamicComp {
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'hello-cmp',
-  injectables: [DynamicallyCreatedComponentService]
+  appInjector: [DynamicallyCreatedComponentService]
 })
 @View({
   template: "{{greeting}}"
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/element_injector_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/element_injector_spec.js
index 97c81f253907e..aeb62180da99b 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/element_injector_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/element_injector_spec.js
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ export function main() {
 
       it("should instantiate component directives that depend on app services in the shadow app injector", () => {
         var directiveAnnotation = new Component({
-          injectables: [
+          appInjector: [
             bind("service").toValue("service")
           ]
         });
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ export function main() {
 
       it("should not instantiate other directives that depend on app services in the shadow app injector", () => {
         var directiveAnnotation = new Component({
-          injectables: [
+          appInjector: [
             bind("service").toValue("service")
           ]
         });
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_dart_spec.dart b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_dart_spec.dart
index 4e7e0ee89b29d..db3a196059b72 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_dart_spec.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_dart_spec.dart
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void functionThatThrows() {
 
 main() {
   describe('TypeLiteral', () {
-    it('should publish via injectables',
+    it('should publish via appInjector',
         inject([TestBed, AsyncTestCompleter], (tb, async) {
       tb.overrideView(Dummy, new View(
         template: '<type-literal-component></type-literal-component>',
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Dummy {}
 
 @Component(
   selector: 'type-literal-component',
-  injectables: const [
+  appInjector: const [
       const Binding(
           const TypeLiteral<List<String>>(),
           toValue: const <String>['Hello', 'World'])
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
index 8f3186a7ce50a..9aa15376cab75 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {PipeRegistry, defaultPipeRegistry,
   ChangeDetection, DynamicChangeDetection, Pipe, ChangeDetectorRef, ON_PUSH} from 'angular2/change_detection';
 
 import {Directive, Component} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/annotations';
-import {DynamicComponentLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader';
 import {QueryList} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/query_list';
 import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
 import {Parent, Ancestor} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/visibility';
@@ -1112,7 +1111,7 @@ class ComponentWithPipes {
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'child-cmp',
-  injectables: [MyService],
+  appInjector: [MyService],
 })
 @View({
   directives: [MyDir],
@@ -1177,7 +1176,7 @@ class CompWithAncestor {
 
 @Component({
   selector: '[child-cmp2]',
-  injectables: [MyService]
+  appInjector: [MyService]
 })
 class ChildComp2 {
   ctxProp:string;
@@ -1414,23 +1413,6 @@ class NeedsPublicApi {
   }
 }
 
-@Component({
-  selector: 'child',
-  injectables: [AppDependency]
-})
-@View({
-  template: `<div>{{parent.message}}</div>,<div>{{appDependency.parent.message}}</div>`
-})
-class ChildComponent {
-  parent:ParentInterface;
-  appDependency:AppDependency;
-
-  constructor(p:ParentInterface, a:AppDependency) {
-    this.parent = p;
-    this.appDependency = a;
-  }
-}
-
 @Directive({
   selector: '[toolbar-vc]',
   properties: {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/transform/directive_linker/simple_files/bar.ng_deps.dart b/modules/angular2/test/transform/directive_linker/simple_files/bar.ng_deps.dart
index 7fad595694e95..a475bfc4aabe0 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/transform/directive_linker/simple_files/bar.ng_deps.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/transform/directive_linker/simple_files/bar.ng_deps.dart
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void initReflector(reflector) {
       'parameters': const [],
       'annotations': const [
         const Component(
-            selector: '[soup]', injectables: const [dep.DependencyComponent])
+            selector: '[soup]', appInjector: const [dep.DependencyComponent])
       ]
     });
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/transform/directive_linker/simple_files/expected/bar.ng_deps.dart b/modules/angular2/test/transform/directive_linker/simple_files/expected/bar.ng_deps.dart
index d5433df52dc0e..7b923cc7d8726 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/transform/directive_linker/simple_files/expected/bar.ng_deps.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/transform/directive_linker/simple_files/expected/bar.ng_deps.dart
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ void initReflector(reflector) {
       'parameters': const [],
       'annotations': const [
         const Component(
-            selector: '[soup]', injectables: const [dep.DependencyComponent])
+            selector: '[soup]', appInjector: const [dep.DependencyComponent])
       ]
     });
   i0.initReflector(reflector);
diff --git a/modules/examples/src/forms/index.es6 b/modules/examples/src/forms/index.es6
index d1846b7a120a8..26dc8569a8639 100644
--- a/modules/examples/src/forms/index.es6
+++ b/modules/examples/src/forms/index.es6
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class SurveyQuestion {
 // SurveyBuilder is a form that allows you to create a survey.
 @Component({
   selector: 'survey-builder-app',
-  injectables: [FormBuilder]
+  appInjector: [FormBuilder]
 })
 @View({
   template: `
diff --git a/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_common.js b/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_common.js
index c977781297785..2f018d7a512ea 100644
--- a/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_common.js
+++ b/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_common.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
   selector: 'hello-app',
   // These are services that would be created if a class in the component's
   // template tries to inject them.
-  injectables: [GreetingService]
+  appInjector: [GreetingService]
 })
 // The template for the component.
 @View({
diff --git a/modules/examples/src/material/dialog/index.js b/modules/examples/src/material/dialog/index.js
index 45cf6d1f8c0a1..b3fcda18b4770 100644
--- a/modules/examples/src/material/dialog/index.js
+++ b/modules/examples/src/material/dialog/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'demo-app',
-  injectables: [MdDialog]
+  appInjector: [MdDialog]
 })
 @View({
   templateUrl: './demo_app.html',
diff --git a/modules/examples/src/material/radio/index.js b/modules/examples/src/material/radio/index.js
index d96658b00f544..6fff5168ebb68 100644
--- a/modules/examples/src/material/radio/index.js
+++ b/modules/examples/src/material/radio/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'demo-app',
-  injectables: [MdRadioDispatcher]
+  appInjector: [MdRadioDispatcher]
 })
 @View({
   templateUrl: './demo_app.html',
diff --git a/modules/examples/src/todo/index.js b/modules/examples/src/todo/index.js
index f7dd384c991ff..3f62c5c577cdf 100644
--- a/modules/examples/src/todo/index.js
+++ b/modules/examples/src/todo/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {View} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations_impl/view';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'todo-app',
-  injectables: [
+  appInjector: [
     Store,
     TodoFactory
   ]