diff --git a/src/components/alert/alert.js b/src/components/alert/alert.js
index d33c29ce92..a5b998e38f 100644
--- a/src/components/alert/alert.js
+++ b/src/components/alert/alert.js
@@ -27,13 +27,8 @@ export class Alert {
     @NgElement() ngElement:NgElement
   ) {
     this.domElement = ngElement.domElement
-    this.domElement.classList.add('pane')
-    this.domElement.classList.add('pane-overlay')
-
     this.config = Alert.config.invoke(this)
   }
 }
 
-new IonicComponent(Alert, {
-  bind: {}
-})
+new IonicComponent(Alert, {})
diff --git a/src/components/app/structure.scss b/src/components/app/structure.scss
index 8aa22f681f..4edea370c3 100644
--- a/src/components/app/structure.scss
+++ b/src/components/app/structure.scss
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ html {
   }
 
   .nav-pane {
-    // container of one .pane,
+    // container of one ion-view
     position: absolute;
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ html {
     height: 100vh;
   }
 
-  .pane {
+  ion-view {
     // user created view, contained by .nav-pane
     position: absolute;
     top: 0;
diff --git a/src/components/view/view.js b/src/components/view/view.js
index 38095e5560..f52cd3eef0 100644
--- a/src/components/view/view.js
+++ b/src/components/view/view.js
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ export class View {
     this.domElement = ngElement.domElement
     this.config = View.config.invoke(this)
 
-    this.domElement.classList.add('pane')
-
 
     /*** TODO: MAKE MORE GOOD!! HACK HACK HACK!!!!!!!!! *****/
     /*