diff --git a/build/gulpfile.common.js b/build/gulpfile.common.js
index 23b1480a418..47f24f687ef 100644
--- a/build/gulpfile.common.js
+++ b/build/gulpfile.common.js
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ exports.loaderConfig = function (emptyPaths) {
 			paths: {
 				'vs/extensions': 'extensions'
 			}
-		}
+		},
+		nodeModules: emptyPaths||[]
 	};
 
-	(emptyPaths || []).forEach(function(m) { result.paths[m] = 'empty:'; });
 	return result;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/vs/css.js b/src/vs/css.js
index 710116c0651..eaa5d6d8e47 100644
--- a/src/vs/css.js
+++ b/src/vs/css.js
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/// <reference path="declares.ts" />
-/// <reference path="loader.ts" />
 'use strict';
 var __extends = (this && this.__extends) || function (d, b) {
     for (var p in b) if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) d[p] = b[p];
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ var CSSLoaderPlugin;
             this._insertLinkNode(linkNode);
         };
         return BrowserCSSLoader;
-    })();
+    }());
     /**
      * Prior to IE10, IE could not go above 31 stylesheets in a page
      * http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2011/05/14/internet-explorer-stylesheet-rule-selector-import-sheet-limit-maximum.aspx
@@ -201,7 +199,7 @@ var CSSLoaderPlugin;
             }
         };
         return IE9CSSLoader;
-    })(BrowserCSSLoader);
+    }(BrowserCSSLoader));
     var IE8CSSLoader = (function (_super) {
         __extends(IE8CSSLoader, _super);
         function IE8CSSLoader() {
@@ -214,7 +212,7 @@ var CSSLoaderPlugin;
             };
         };
         return IE8CSSLoader;
-    })(IE9CSSLoader);
+    }(IE9CSSLoader));
     var NodeCSSLoader = (function () {
         function NodeCSSLoader() {
             this.fs = require.nodeRequire('fs');
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@ var CSSLoaderPlugin;
         };
         NodeCSSLoader.BOM_CHAR_CODE = 65279;
         return NodeCSSLoader;
-    })();
+    }());
     // ------------------------------ Finally, the plugin
     var CSSPlugin = (function () {
         function CSSPlugin(cssLoader) {
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@ var CSSLoaderPlugin;
         };
         CSSPlugin.BUILD_MAP = {};
         return CSSPlugin;
-    })();
+    }());
     CSSLoaderPlugin.CSSPlugin = CSSPlugin;
     var Utilities = (function () {
         function Utilities() {
@@ -411,7 +409,7 @@ var CSSLoaderPlugin;
             });
         };
         return Utilities;
-    })();
+    }());
     CSSLoaderPlugin.Utilities = Utilities;
     (function () {
         var cssLoader = null;
diff --git a/src/vs/loader.js b/src/vs/loader.js
index b7d5f30c3a1..49317011d21 100644
--- a/src/vs/loader.js
+++ b/src/vs/loader.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/// <reference path="declares.ts" />
 'use strict';
 // Limitation: To load jquery through the loader, always require 'jquery' and add a path for it in the loader configuration
 var _amdLoaderGlobal = this, define;
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
         };
         Utilities.NEXT_ANONYMOUS_ID = 1;
         return Utilities;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.Utilities = Utilities;
     var ConfigurationOptionsUtil = (function () {
         function ConfigurationOptionsUtil() {
@@ -189,6 +188,9 @@ var AMDLoader;
                     options.baseUrl += '/';
                 }
             }
+            if (!Array.isArray(options.nodeModules)) {
+                options.nodeModules = [];
+            }
             return options;
         };
         ConfigurationOptionsUtil.mergeConfigurationOptions = function (overwrite, base) {
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             return ConfigurationOptionsUtil.validateConfigurationOptions(result);
         };
         return ConfigurationOptionsUtil;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.ConfigurationOptionsUtil = ConfigurationOptionsUtil;
     var Configuration = (function () {
         function Configuration(options) {
@@ -428,6 +430,10 @@ var AMDLoader;
          * Transform a module id to a location. Appends .js to module ids
          */
         Configuration.prototype.moduleIdToPaths = function (moduleId) {
+            if (this.isBuild() && this.options.nodeModules.indexOf(moduleId) >= 0) {
+                // This is a node module and we are at build time, drop it
+                return ['empty:'];
+            }
             var result = moduleId;
             if (this.overwriteModuleIdToPath.hasOwnProperty(result)) {
                 result = this.overwriteModuleIdToPath[result];
@@ -522,7 +528,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             this.options.onError(err);
         };
         return Configuration;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.Configuration = Configuration;
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // ModuleIdResolver
@@ -602,7 +608,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             this._config.onError(err);
         };
         return ModuleIdResolver;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.ModuleIdResolver = ModuleIdResolver;
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Module
@@ -832,7 +838,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             return this._unresolvedDependenciesCount === 0;
         };
         return Module;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.Module = Module;
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // LoaderEvent
@@ -859,7 +865,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             this.timestamp = timestamp;
         }
         return LoaderEvent;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.LoaderEvent = LoaderEvent;
     var LoaderEventRecorder = (function () {
         function LoaderEventRecorder(loaderAvailableTimestamp) {
@@ -872,7 +878,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             return this._events;
         };
         return LoaderEventRecorder;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.LoaderEventRecorder = LoaderEventRecorder;
     var NullLoaderEventRecorder = (function () {
         function NullLoaderEventRecorder() {
@@ -885,7 +891,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
         };
         NullLoaderEventRecorder.INSTANCE = new NullLoaderEventRecorder();
         return NullLoaderEventRecorder;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.NullLoaderEventRecorder = NullLoaderEventRecorder;
     var ModuleManager = (function () {
         function ModuleManager(scriptLoader) {
@@ -1520,7 +1526,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             }
         };
         return ModuleManager;
-    })();
+    }());
     AMDLoader.ModuleManager = ModuleManager;
     /**
      * Load `scriptSrc` only once (avoid multiple <script> tags)
@@ -1561,7 +1567,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             }
         };
         return OnlyOnceScriptLoader;
-    })();
+    }());
     var BrowserScriptLoader = (function () {
         function BrowserScriptLoader() {
         }
@@ -1628,7 +1634,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);
         };
         return BrowserScriptLoader;
-    })();
+    }());
     var WorkerScriptLoader = (function () {
         function WorkerScriptLoader() {
             this.loadCalls = [];
@@ -1681,7 +1687,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             }
         };
         return WorkerScriptLoader;
-    })();
+    }());
     var NodeScriptLoader = (function () {
         function NodeScriptLoader() {
             this._initialized = false;
@@ -1760,7 +1766,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
         };
         NodeScriptLoader._BOM = 0xFEFF;
         return NodeScriptLoader;
-    })();
+    }());
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1790,7 +1796,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             jQuery: true
         };
         return DefineFunc;
-    })();
+    }());
     var RequireFunc = (function () {
         function RequireFunc() {
             if (arguments.length === 1) {
@@ -1837,7 +1843,7 @@ var AMDLoader;
             return moduleManager.getLoaderEvents();
         };
         return RequireFunc;
-    })();
+    }());
     var global = _amdLoaderGlobal, hasPerformanceNow = (global.performance && typeof global.performance.now === 'function'), isWebWorker, isElectronRenderer, isElectronMain, isNode, scriptLoader, moduleManager, loaderAvailableTimestamp;
     function initVars() {
         isWebWorker = (typeof global.importScripts === 'function');
diff --git a/src/vs/nls.js b/src/vs/nls.js
index 30b95fb4963..379f112f9d8 100644
--- a/src/vs/nls.js
+++ b/src/vs/nls.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ var NLSLoaderPlugin;
                 });
             }
             else {
-                var suffix;
+                var suffix = void 0;
                 if (Resources && Resources.getString) {
                     suffix = '.nls.keys';
                     req([name + suffix], function (keyMap) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ var NLSLoaderPlugin;
         NLSPlugin.BUILD_MAP = {};
         NLSPlugin.BUILD_MAP_KEYS = {};
         return NLSPlugin;
-    })();
+    }());
     NLSLoaderPlugin.NLSPlugin = NLSPlugin;
     (function () {
         define('vs/nls', new NLSPlugin());
diff --git a/src/vs/text.js b/src/vs/text.js
index ea6e8140849..d1352391fef 100644
--- a/src/vs/text.js
+++ b/src/vs/text.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var TextLoaderPlugin;
             req.send(null);
         };
         return BrowserTextLoader;
-    })();
+    }());
     function readFileAndRemoveBOM(fs, path) {
         var BOM_CHAR_CODE = 65279;
         var contents = fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8');
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ var TextLoaderPlugin;
             callback(readFileAndRemoveBOM(this.fs, fileUrl));
         };
         return NodeTextLoader;
-    })();
+    }());
     // ------------------------------ Finally, the plugin
     var TextPlugin = (function () {
         function TextPlugin(textLoader) {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ var TextLoaderPlugin;
         };
         TextPlugin.BUILD_MAP = {};
         return TextPlugin;
-    })();
+    }());
     TextLoaderPlugin.TextPlugin = TextPlugin;
     var Utilities = (function () {
         function Utilities() {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ var TextLoaderPlugin;
             return resultPieces.join('');
         };
         return Utilities;
-    })();
+    }());
     TextLoaderPlugin.Utilities = Utilities;
     (function () {
         var textLoader = null;