diff --git a/src/components/app/_util.scss b/src/components/app/_util.scss
index e3b38db172..d5e67a82a3 100644
--- a/src/components/app/_util.scss
+++ b/src/components/app/_util.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-.notransition {
+.no-transition {
   transition: none !important;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/aside/aside.js b/src/components/aside/aside.js
index af929ea642..f90d4942b4 100644
--- a/src/components/aside/aside.js
+++ b/src/components/aside/aside.js
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ export class Aside {
     config: AsideConfig
   ) {
     this.domElement = element.domElement
-    this.transformSetter = transformSetter
-
-    // this.noTransitionSetter = noTransitionSetter
-    this.noTransitionSetter = is => { this.domElement.classList[is?'add':'remove']('notransition') }
-
-    this.openSetter = is => { this.domElement.classList[is?'add':'remove']('open') }
 
     // TODO inject constant instead of using domElement.getAttribute
     // TODO let config / platform handle defaults transparently
diff --git a/src/components/aside/extensions/types/types.js b/src/components/aside/extensions/types/types.js
index 24afb7dfa3..02f25d343b 100644
--- a/src/components/aside/extensions/types/types.js
+++ b/src/components/aside/extensions/types/types.js
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ class AsideBaseType {
 
     //FIXME(ajoslin): have to wait for for bindings to apply in a component
     setTimeout(() => {
-      this.aside.content.setIsAside(true);
+      this.aside.content.domElement.classList.add('aside-content')
     })
   }
   setSliding(isSliding) {
-    this.aside.noTransitionSetter(isSliding);
+    this.aside.domElement.classList[isSliding ? 'add' : 'remove']('no-transition');
   }
   setOpen(isOpen) {
-    this.aside.openSetter(isOpen);
+    this.aside.domElement.classList[isOpen ? 'add' : 'remove']('open');
   }
   setTransform(transform) {
-    this.aside.transformSetter(transform);
+    this.aside.domElement.style.transform = transform;
   }
 }
 
@@ -30,27 +30,30 @@ export class AsideOverlayType extends AsideBaseType {}
 export class AsidePushType extends AsideBaseType {
   setSliding(isSliding) {
     super.setSliding(isSliding);
-    this.aside.content.noTransitionSetter(isSliding);
+    this.aside.content.domElement.classList[isSliding ? 'add' : 'remove']('no-transition');
   }
   setOpen(isOpen) {
     super.setOpen(isOpen);
-    this.aside.content.asideOpenSetter(isOpen, this.aside.side);
+    this.aside.content.domElement.classList[isOpen ? 'add' : 'remove'](
+      `aside-open-${this.aside.side}`
+    );
   }
   setTransform(transform) {
     super.setTransform(transform);
-    this.aside.content.transformSetter(transform);
+    this.aside.content.domElement.style.transform = transform;
   }
 }
 
 export class AsideRevealType extends AsideBaseType {
   setSliding(isSliding) {
-    this.aside.content.noTransitionSetter(isSliding);
+    this.aside.content.domElement.classList[isSliding ? 'add' : 'remove']('no-transition');
   }
   setOpen(isOpen) {
-    super.setOpen(isOpen);
-    this.aside.content.asideOpenSetter(isOpen, this.aside.side);
+    this.aside.content.domElement.classList[isOpen ? 'add' : 'remove'](
+      `aside-open-${this.aside.side}`
+    );
   }
   setTransform(transform) {
-    this.aside.content.transformSetter(transform);
+    this.aside.content.domElement.style.transform = transform;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/content/content.js b/src/components/content/content.js
index fda5b900fe..3d12f16357 100644
--- a/src/components/content/content.js
+++ b/src/components/content/content.js
@@ -11,21 +11,9 @@ import {NgElement, Component, Template, PropertySetter} from 'angular2/angular2'
 })
 export class Content {
   constructor(
-    @NgElement() ele:NgElement,
-    @PropertySetter('style.transform') transformSetter: Function,
-    @PropertySetter('class.notransition') noTransitionSetter: Function
+    @NgElement() element:NgElement
   ) {
-    this.domElement = ele.domElement;
+    this.domElement = element.domElement;
     this.domElement.classList.add('content');
-
-    this.noTransitionSetter = is => { this.domElement.classList[is?'add':'remove']('notransition'); }
-    // this.noTransitionSetter = noTransitionSetter;
-    
-    this.transformSetter = transformSetter;
-    this.setIsAside = is => { this.domElement.classList.add('aside-content'); };
-
-    this.asideOpenSetter = (is, side) => {
-      this.domElement.classList[is?'add':'remove'](`aside-open-${side}`);
-    }
   }
 }