diff --git a/addon/ng2/commands/build.ts b/addon/ng2/commands/build.ts
index 9b99d6587ff9..1fe80828d0af 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/commands/build.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/commands/build.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 const Command = require('ember-cli/lib/models/command');
-const win = require('ember-cli/lib/utilities/windows-admin');
-
-// const Build = require('../tasks/build');
-// const BuildWatch = require('../tasks/build-watch');
-
-var WebpackBuild = require('../tasks/build-webpack');
-var WebpackBuildWatch = require('../tasks/build-webpack-watch');
+const WebpackBuild = require('../tasks/build-webpack');
+const WebpackBuildWatch = require('../tasks/build-webpack-watch');
 
 interface BuildOptions {
   environment?: string;
diff --git a/addon/ng2/commands/github-pages-deploy.ts b/addon/ng2/commands/github-pages-deploy.ts
index 8ac1478c1e6f..5dae59a40af6 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/commands/github-pages-deploy.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/commands/github-pages-deploy.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as fse from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as BuildTask from 'ember-cli/lib/tasks/build';
-import * as win from 'ember-cli/lib/utilities/windows-admin';
 import * as CreateGithubRepo from '../tasks/create-github-repo';
 
 const fsReadFile = Promise.denodeify(fs.readFile);
@@ -117,8 +116,7 @@ module.exports = Command.extend({
 
     function build() {
       if (options.skipBuild) return Promise.resolve();
-      return win.checkWindowsElevation(ui)
-        .then(() => buildTask.run(buildOptions));
+      return buildTask.run(buildOptions);
     }
 
     function saveStartingBranchName() {
diff --git a/addon/ng2/commands/serve.ts b/addon/ng2/commands/serve.ts
index dd86072e6025..396e167a56ce 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/commands/serve.ts
+++ b/addon/ng2/commands/serve.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ const Command     = require('ember-cli/lib/models/command');
 const Promise     = require('ember-cli/lib/ext/promise');
 const SilentError = require('silent-error');
 const PortFinder  = require('portfinder');
-const win         = require('ember-cli/lib/utilities/windows-admin');
 const EOL         = require('os').EOL;
 
-
 PortFinder.basePort = 49152;
 
 const getPort = Promise.denodeify(PortFinder.getPort);
@@ -81,9 +79,7 @@ module.exports = Command.extend({
           project: this.project,
         });
 
-        return win.checkWindowsElevation(this.ui).then(function() {
-          return serve.run(commandOptions);
-        });
+        return serve.run(commandOptions);
       });
   },
 
diff --git a/addon/ng2/commands/test.js b/addon/ng2/commands/test.js
index c90bb83165d1..e94af33be298 100644
--- a/addon/ng2/commands/test.js
+++ b/addon/ng2/commands/test.js
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var TestCommand = require('ember-cli/lib/commands/test');
-var win = require('ember-cli/lib/utilities/windows-admin');
-
+const TestCommand = require('ember-cli/lib/commands/test');
 const config = require('../models/config');
 const TestTask = require('../tasks/test');
 
-
 module.exports = TestCommand.extend({
   availableOptions: [
     { name: 'watch', type: Boolean, default: true, aliases: ['w'] },
@@ -27,23 +24,11 @@ module.exports = TestCommand.extend({
       project: this.project
     });
 
-    if (commandOptions.watch) {
-      return win.checkWindowsElevation(this.ui)
-        .then(
-          () => {
-          },
-          () => {
-            /* handle build error to allow watch mode to start */
-          })
-        .then(() => testTask.run(commandOptions));
-    } else {
+    if (!commandOptions.watch) {
       // if not watching ensure karma is doing a single run
       commandOptions.singleRun = true;
-      return win.checkWindowsElevation(this.ui)
-        .then(() => {
-          return testTask.run(commandOptions);
-        });
-    }
+    } 
+    return testTask.run(commandOptions);
   }
 });