diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/lib/events.js b/packages/ember-metal/lib/events.js
index e8f20bf56f4..6f609b9bb39 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/lib/events.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/lib/events.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export function sendEvent(obj, eventName, params, actions) {
     actions = meta && meta.matchingListeners(eventName);
   }
 
-  if (!actions) { return; }
+  if (!actions || actions.length === 0) { return; }
 
   for (var i = actions.length - 3; i >= 0; i -= 3) { // looping in reverse for once listeners
     var target = actions[i];
diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/lib/meta.js b/packages/ember-metal/lib/meta.js
index 44e00bbd5df..1c7a395ebdb 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/lib/meta.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/lib/meta.js
@@ -44,12 +44,16 @@ let members = {
 };
 
 let memberNames = Object.keys(members);
-let memberProperties = memberNames.map(memberProperty);
 
 function Meta(obj, parentMeta) {
-  // preallocate a slot for each member
-  memberProperties.forEach(prop => this[prop] = undefined);
-
+  this.cache = undefined;
+  this.watching = undefined;
+  this.mixins = undefined;
+  this.bindings = undefined;
+  this.values = undefined;
+  this.deps = undefined;
+  this.chainWatchers = undefined;
+  this.chains = undefined;
   // used only internally
   this.source = obj;
 
diff --git a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/component.js b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/component.js
index 7cf2539b34a..5767947860f 100644
--- a/packages/ember-views/lib/views/component.js
+++ b/packages/ember-views/lib/views/component.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ var Component = View.extend(TargetActionSupport, ComponentTemplateDeprecation, {
 
   _template: computed('templateName', {
     get() {
-      if (get(this, '_deprecatedFlagForBlockProvided')) {
+      if (this._deprecatedFlagForBlockProvided) {
         return true;
       }
       var templateName = get(this, 'templateName');