diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 78e1b6da1c..af6c010288 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ gulp.task('examples', ['sass'], function() {
     .pipe(rename(function(file) {
       file.dirname = file.dirname.replace('/examples/', '/');
     }))
-    .pipe(gulp.dest(exampleDest));
+    .pipe(gulpif({ isFile: true }, gulp.dest(exampleDest)));
 });
 
 require('./scripts/snapshot/snapshot.task')(gulp, argv, buildConfig);
 
 // Take es6 files from angular2's output, rename to js, and move to dist/lib/
 gulp.task('ng2-rename', function(done) {
-  exec('test -e dist/angular-master', function(err) {
+  exec('test -e node_modules/angular-master', function(err) {
     if (err) {
       console.log('You have not installed angular master.\n' +
                   'Please run ./scripts/build/update-angular.sh.\n' +
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ gulp.task('ng2-rename', function(done) {
       return process.exit(1);
     }
     gulp.src([
-      'dist/angular-master/dist/js/dev/es6/{angular2,rtts_assert}/**/*.es6'
+      'node_modules/angular-master/dist/js/dev/es6/{angular2,rtts_assert}/**/*.es6'
     ])
       .pipe(rename({ extname: '.js' }))
       .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/lib'))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 729dcf94ae..dbba5f7257 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.1.7",
     "karma-jasmine": "^0.3.5",
     "systemjs": "~0.11.0",
-    "through2": "^0.6.3",
     "traceur": "0.0.87",
     "zone.js": "0.4.1"
   },
diff --git a/scripts/build/update-angular.sh b/scripts/build/update-angular.sh
index f0535ed617..b2fadc019b 100755
--- a/scripts/build/update-angular.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/update-angular.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-NG_FOLDER=dist/angular-master
+NG_FOLDER=node_modules/angular-master
 
 cd $(dirname $0)/../../