diff --git a/.scripts/release-dev.js b/.scripts/release-dev.js
index 12960e0d7c..a84de583fc 100644
--- a/.scripts/release-dev.js
+++ b/.scripts/release-dev.js
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ async function getDevVersion(originalVersion) {
 
   const d = new Date();
 
-  let timestamp = (d.getUTCFullYear() + '');
-  timestamp += ('0' + (d.getUTCMonth() + 1)).slice(-2);
-  timestamp += ('0' + d.getUTCDate()).slice(-2);
-  timestamp += ('0' + d.getUTCHours()).slice(-2);
-  timestamp += ('0' + d.getUTCMinutes()).slice(-2);
+  let timestamp = d.getUTCFullYear().toString();
+  timestamp += (d.getUTCMonth() + 1).toString().padStart(2, '0');
+  timestamp += d.getUTCDate().toString().padStart(2, '0');
+  timestamp += d.getUTCHours().toString().padStart(2, '0');
+  timestamp += d.getUTCMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0');
 
   return `${baseVersion}-${DIST_TAG}.${timestamp}.${shortSha}`;
 }
diff --git a/core/stencil.config.ts b/core/stencil.config.ts
index 472afee502..549687a28b 100644
--- a/core/stencil.config.ts
+++ b/core/stencil.config.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ export const config: Config = {
     },
     {
       type: 'angular',
-      useDirectives: false,
       componentCorePackage: '@ionic/core',
       directivesProxyFile: '../angular/src/directives/proxies.ts',
       directivesUtilsFile: '../angular/src/directives/proxies-utils.ts',