diff --git a/lib/6to5/declarations.js b/lib/6to5/declarations.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e86033bce4..0000000000
--- a/lib/6to5/declarations.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-var b = require("recast").types.builders;
-
-exports.slice = b.memberExpression(b.identifier("Array"), b.memberExpression(b.identifier("prototype"), b.identifier("slice"), false), false)
diff --git a/lib/6to5/file.js b/lib/6to5/file.js
index 72f6378797..bcb67ff6db 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/file.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/file.js
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ module.exports = File;
 
 var SHEBANG_REGEX = /^\#\!.*/;
 
-var declarations = require("./declarations");
-var transform    = require("./transform");
-var util         = require("./util");
-var b            = require("recast").types.builders;
-var _            = require("lodash");
+var transform = require("./transform");
+var util      = require("./util");
+var b         = require("recast").types.builders;
+var _         = require("lodash");
 
 function File(opts) {
   this.declarations = {};
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ File.prototype.addDeclaration = function (name) {
   var uid = b.identifier(this.generateUid(name));
   this.declarations[name] = {
     uid: uid,
-    node: declarations[name]
+    node: util.template(name)
   };
   return uid;
 };
diff --git a/lib/6to5/templates/slice.js b/lib/6to5/templates/slice.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f35f3b503b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/6to5/templates/slice.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Array.prototype.slice;