diff --git a/src/transitions/transition-controller.ts b/src/transitions/transition-controller.ts
index 0d83a7887c..d8198d3ec3 100644
--- a/src/transitions/transition-controller.ts
+++ b/src/transitions/transition-controller.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { AnimationOptions } from '../animations/animation';
 import { Config } from '../config/config';
-import { createTransition } from './transition-registry';
 import { isPresent } from '../util/util';
 import { NavControllerBase } from '../navigation/nav-controller-base';
 import { Platform } from '../platform/platform';
@@ -36,7 +35,13 @@ export class TransitionController {
   }
 
   get(trnsId: number, enteringView: ViewController, leavingView: ViewController, opts: AnimationOptions): Transition {
-    const trns = createTransition(this.plt, this._config, opts.animation, enteringView, leavingView, opts);
+    let TransitionClass: any = this._config.getTransition(opts.animation);
+    if (!TransitionClass) {
+      // didn't find a transition animation, default to ios-transition
+      TransitionClass = this._config.getTransition('ios-transition');
+    }
+
+    const trns = new TransitionClass(this.plt, enteringView, leavingView, opts);
     trns.trnsId = trnsId;
 
     if (!this._trns[trnsId]) {
diff --git a/src/transitions/transition-registry.ts b/src/transitions/transition-registry.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 15b2b0ae3c..0000000000
--- a/src/transitions/transition-registry.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import { Config } from '../config/config';
-import { Platform } from '../platform/platform';
-import { Transition } from './transition';
-import { IOSTransition } from './transition-ios';
-import { MDTransition } from './transition-md';
-import { WPTransition } from './transition-wp';
-
-import { ActionSheetSlideIn, ActionSheetMdSlideIn, ActionSheetSlideOut, ActionSheetMdSlideOut, ActionSheetWpSlideIn, ActionSheetWpSlideOut } from '../components/action-sheet/action-sheet-transitions';
-import { AlertPopIn, AlertPopOut, AlertMdPopIn, AlertMdPopOut, AlertWpPopIn, AlertWpPopOut } from '../components/alert/alert-transitions';
-import { LoadingPopIn, LoadingPopOut, LoadingMdPopIn, LoadingMdPopOut, LoadingWpPopIn, LoadingWpPopOut } from '../components/loading/loading-transitions';
-import { ModalSlideIn, ModalSlideOut, ModalMDSlideIn, ModalMDSlideOut } from '../components/modal/modal-transitions';
-import { PickerSlideIn, PickerSlideOut } from '../components/picker/picker-transitions';
-import { PopoverPopIn, PopoverPopOut, PopoverMdPopIn, PopoverMdPopOut } from '../components/popover/popover-transitions';
-import { ToastSlideIn, ToastSlideOut, ToastMdSlideIn, ToastMdSlideOut, ToastWpPopOut, ToastWpPopIn } from '../components/toast/toast-transitions';
-
-
-export function registerTransitions(config: Config) {
-  return function() {
-    config.setTransition('ios-transition', IOSTransition);
-    config.setTransition('md-transition', MDTransition);
-    config.setTransition('wp-transition', WPTransition);
-
-    config.setTransition('action-sheet-slide-in', ActionSheetSlideIn);
-    config.setTransition('action-sheet-slide-out', ActionSheetSlideOut);
-    config.setTransition('action-sheet-md-slide-in', ActionSheetMdSlideIn);
-    config.setTransition('action-sheet-md-slide-out', ActionSheetMdSlideOut);
-    config.setTransition('action-sheet-wp-slide-in', ActionSheetWpSlideIn);
-    config.setTransition('action-sheet-wp-slide-out', ActionSheetWpSlideOut);
-
-    config.setTransition('alert-pop-in', AlertPopIn);
-    config.setTransition('alert-pop-out', AlertPopOut);
-    config.setTransition('alert-md-pop-in', AlertMdPopIn);
-    config.setTransition('alert-md-pop-out', AlertMdPopOut);
-    config.setTransition('alert-wp-pop-in', AlertWpPopIn);
-    config.setTransition('alert-wp-pop-out', AlertWpPopOut);
-
-    config.setTransition('loading-pop-in', LoadingPopIn);
-    config.setTransition('loading-pop-out', LoadingPopOut);
-    config.setTransition('loading-md-pop-in', LoadingMdPopIn);
-    config.setTransition('loading-md-pop-out', LoadingMdPopOut);
-    config.setTransition('loading-wp-pop-in', LoadingWpPopIn);
-    config.setTransition('loading-wp-pop-out', LoadingWpPopOut);
-
-    config.setTransition('modal-slide-in', ModalSlideIn);
-    config.setTransition('modal-slide-out', ModalSlideOut);
-    config.setTransition('modal-md-slide-in', ModalMDSlideIn);
-    config.setTransition('modal-md-slide-out', ModalMDSlideOut);
-
-    config.setTransition('picker-slide-in', PickerSlideIn);
-    config.setTransition('picker-slide-out', PickerSlideOut);
-
-    config.setTransition('popover-pop-in', PopoverPopIn);
-    config.setTransition('popover-pop-out', PopoverPopOut);
-    config.setTransition('popover-md-pop-in', PopoverMdPopIn);
-    config.setTransition('popover-md-pop-out', PopoverMdPopOut);
-
-    config.setTransition('toast-slide-in', ToastSlideIn);
-    config.setTransition('toast-slide-out', ToastSlideOut);
-    config.setTransition('toast-md-slide-in', ToastMdSlideIn);
-    config.setTransition('toast-md-slide-out', ToastMdSlideOut);
-    config.setTransition('toast-wp-slide-out', ToastWpPopOut);
-    config.setTransition('toast-wp-slide-in', ToastWpPopIn);
-  };
-}
-
-
-export function createTransition(plt: Platform, config: Config, transitionName: string, enteringView: any, leavingView: any, opts: any): Transition {
-  let TransitionClass: any = config.getTransition(transitionName);
-  if (!TransitionClass) {
-    // didn't find a transition animation, default to ios-transition
-    TransitionClass = config.getTransition('ios-transition');
-  }
-
-  return new TransitionClass(plt, enteringView, leavingView, opts);
-}
-