diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
index e4ee9a1c3e..a66a209c7c 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {ChangeDetectorRef, Compiler, ElementRef, Injector, provide, NgZone, DynamicComponentLoader, AppViewManager, Renderer} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Compiler, ElementRef, Injector, provide, NgZone, DynamicComponentLoader, AppViewManager, Renderer} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {Ion} from '../ion';
 import {IonicApp} from '../app/app';
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
     loader: DynamicComponentLoader,
     viewManager: AppViewManager,
     zone: NgZone,
-    renderer: Renderer,
-    cd: ChangeDetectorRef
+    renderer: Renderer
   ) {
     super(elementRef, config);
 
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
     this._viewManager = viewManager;
     this._zone = zone;
     this._renderer = renderer;
-    this._cd = cd;
 
     this._views = [];
     this._trnsTime = 0;
@@ -639,13 +637,6 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
           this.app.setEnabled(enableApp, duration);
           this.setTransitioning(!enableApp, duration);
 
-          if (!enableApp) {
-            // do a quick check for changes
-            // then detach the change detection during a transition
-            this._cd.detectChanges();
-            this._cd.detach();
-          }
-
           if (opts.pageType) {
             transAnimation.before.addClass(opts.pageType);
           }
@@ -664,9 +655,6 @@ export class NavController extends Ion {
               leavingView.didLeave();
             }
 
-            // reattach the change detection
-            this._cd.reattach();
-
             this._zone.run(() => {
               if (this.keyboard.isOpen()) {
                 this.keyboard.onClose(() => {
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
index c1ef17c504..bf69f5210d 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component, Directive, ElementRef, Host, Optional, forwardRef, Inject, NgZone, Compiler, AppViewManager, DynamicComponentLoader, Renderer, ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Component, Directive, ElementRef, Host, Optional, forwardRef, Inject, NgZone, Compiler, AppViewManager, DynamicComponentLoader, Renderer, ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {IonicApp} from '../app/app';
 import {Config} from '../../config/config';
@@ -120,11 +120,10 @@ export class Nav extends NavController {
     loader: DynamicComponentLoader,
     viewManager: AppViewManager,
     zone: NgZone,
-    renderer: Renderer,
-    cd: ChangeDetectorRef
+    renderer: Renderer
   ) {
     super(hostNavCtrl, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, compiler,
-          loader, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
+          loader, viewManager, zone, renderer);
 
     if (viewCtrl) {
       // an ion-nav can also act as an ion-page within a parent ion-nav
diff --git a/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts b/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
index 685c6b9aa7..19d11356c3 100644
--- a/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/overlay/overlay.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component, ElementRef, Compiler, DynamicComponentLoader, AppViewManager, NgZone, Renderer} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Component, ElementRef, Compiler, DynamicComponentLoader, AppViewManager, NgZone, Renderer} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {IonicApp} from '../app/app';
 import {Config} from '../../config/config';
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ export class OverlayNav extends NavController {
     loader: DynamicComponentLoader,
     viewManager: AppViewManager,
     zone: NgZone,
-    renderer: Renderer,
-    cd: ChangeDetectorRef
+    renderer: Renderer
   ) {
     super(null, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, compiler,
-          loader, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
+          loader, viewManager, zone, renderer);
 
     if (overlayCtrl.anchor) {
       throw ('An app should only have one <ion-overlay></ion-overlay>');
diff --git a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
index b2c9d6fb13..da60f9379f 100644
--- a/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/tabs/tab.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component, Directive, Host, ElementRef, Compiler, DynamicComponentLoader, AppViewManager, NgZone, Renderer} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {Component, Directive, Host, ElementRef, Compiler, DynamicComponentLoader, AppViewManager, NgZone, Renderer} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {IonicApp} from '../app/app';
 import {Config} from '../../config/config';
@@ -79,12 +79,11 @@ export class Tab extends NavController {
     loader: DynamicComponentLoader,
     viewManager: AppViewManager,
     zone: NgZone,
-    renderer: Renderer,
-    cd: ChangeDetectorRef
+    renderer: Renderer
   ) {
     // A Tab is a NavController for its child pages
     super(parentTabs, app, config, keyboard, elementRef, compiler,
-          loader, viewManager, zone, renderer, cd);
+          loader, viewManager, zone, renderer);
 
     this._isInitial = parentTabs.add(this);