diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Cache.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Cache.java
similarity index 95%
rename from gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Cache.java
rename to gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Cache.java
index 4fce2de3..ed56cd3c 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Cache.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Cache.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package com.google.gson.internal;
+package com.google.gson;
 
 /**
  * Defines generic cache interface.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ package com.google.gson.internal;
  * @author Inderjeet Singh
  * @author Joel Leitch
  */
-public interface $Cache<K, V> {
+interface Cache<K, V> {
 
   /**
    * Adds the new value object into the cache for the given key.  If the key already
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultConstructorAllocator.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultConstructorAllocator.java
index dacb4d19..d4163ba8 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultConstructorAllocator.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultConstructorAllocator.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Cache;
-import com.google.gson.internal.$LruCache;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 
@@ -30,14 +28,14 @@ class DefaultConstructorAllocator {
   private static final Constructor<Null> NULL_CONSTRUCTOR = createNullConstructor();
 
   // Package private for testing purposes.
-  final $Cache<Class<?>, Constructor<?>> constructorCache;
+  final Cache<Class<?>, Constructor<?>> constructorCache;
 
   public DefaultConstructorAllocator() {
     this(200);
   }
 
   public DefaultConstructorAllocator(int cacheSize) {
-    constructorCache = new $LruCache<Class<?>, Constructor<?>>(cacheSize);
+    constructorCache = new LruCache<Class<?>, Constructor<?>>(cacheSize);
   }
 
   private static final Constructor<Null> createNullConstructor() {
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/FieldAttributes.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/FieldAttributes.java
index b5839c01..9b30ea18 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/FieldAttributes.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/FieldAttributes.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Cache;
-import com.google.gson.internal.$LruCache;
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Pair;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Preconditions;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
@@ -42,8 +39,8 @@ public final class FieldAttributes {
   private static final String MAX_CACHE_PROPERTY_NAME =
       "com.google.gson.annotation_cache_size_hint";
 
-  private static final $Cache<$Pair<Class<?>, String>, Collection<Annotation>> ANNOTATION_CACHE =
-      new $LruCache<$Pair<Class<?>,String>, Collection<Annotation>>(getMaxCacheSize());
+  private static final Cache<Pair<Class<?>, String>, Collection<Annotation>> ANNOTATION_CACHE =
+      new LruCache<Pair<Class<?>,String>, Collection<Annotation>>(getMaxCacheSize());
 
   private final Class<?> declaringClazz;
   private final Field field;
@@ -157,7 +154,7 @@ public final class FieldAttributes {
    */
   public Collection<Annotation> getAnnotations() {
     if (annotations == null) {
-      $Pair<Class<?>, String> key = new $Pair<Class<?>, String>(declaringClazz, name);
+      Pair<Class<?>, String> key = new Pair<Class<?>, String>(declaringClazz, name);
       annotations = ANNOTATION_CACHE.getElement(key);
       if (annotations == null) {
         annotations = Collections.unmodifiableCollection(
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
index 8f6e56d5..20517670 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Primitives;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonToken;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
@@ -388,7 +387,7 @@ public final class Gson {
    */
   public <T> T fromJson(String json, Class<T> classOfT) throws JsonSyntaxException {
     Object object = fromJson(json, (Type) classOfT);
-    return $Primitives.wrap(classOfT).cast(object);
+    return Primitives.wrap(classOfT).cast(object);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -441,7 +440,7 @@ public final class Gson {
     JsonReader jsonReader = new JsonReader(json);
     Object object = fromJson(jsonReader, classOfT);
     assertFullConsumption(object, jsonReader);
-    return $Primitives.wrap(classOfT).cast(object);
+    return Primitives.wrap(classOfT).cast(object);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -520,7 +519,7 @@ public final class Gson {
    */
   public <T> T fromJson(JsonElement json, Class<T> classOfT) throws JsonSyntaxException {
     Object object = fromJson(json, (Type) classOfT);
-    return $Primitives.wrap(classOfT).cast(object);
+    return Primitives.wrap(classOfT).cast(object);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonDeserializationVisitor.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonDeserializationVisitor.java
index 2cb5ef2c..fb497c1b 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonDeserializationVisitor.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonDeserializationVisitor.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Pair;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Preconditions;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ abstract class JsonDeserializationVisitor<T> implements ObjectNavigator.Visitor
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public final boolean visitUsingCustomHandler(ObjectTypePair objTypePair) {
-    $Pair<JsonDeserializer<?>, ObjectTypePair> pair = objTypePair.getMatchingHandler(deserializers);
+    Pair<JsonDeserializer<?>, ObjectTypePair> pair = objTypePair.getMatchingHandler(deserializers);
     if (pair == null) {
       return false;
     }
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ abstract class JsonDeserializationVisitor<T> implements ObjectNavigator.Visitor
   }
 
   protected Object invokeCustomDeserializer(JsonElement element,
-      $Pair<JsonDeserializer<?>, ObjectTypePair> pair) {
+      Pair<JsonDeserializer<?>, ObjectTypePair> pair) {
     if (element == null || element.isJsonNull()) {
       return null;
     }
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonObjectDeserializationVisitor.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonObjectDeserializationVisitor.java
index 716c3890..f1bf51c8 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonObjectDeserializationVisitor.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonObjectDeserializationVisitor.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Pair;
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Primitives;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ final class JsonObjectDeserializationVisitor<T> extends JsonDeserializationVisit
         throw new JsonParseException("Expecting object found: " + json);
       }
       JsonElement child = json.getAsJsonObject().get(fName);
-      boolean isPrimitive = $Primitives.isPrimitive(declaredTypeOfField);
+      boolean isPrimitive = Primitives.isPrimitive(declaredTypeOfField);
       if (child == null) { // Child will be null if the field wasn't present in Json
         return true;
       } else if (child.isJsonNull()) {
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ final class JsonObjectDeserializationVisitor<T> extends JsonDeserializationVisit
         return true;
       }
       ObjectTypePair objTypePair = new ObjectTypePair(null, declaredTypeOfField, false);
-      $Pair<JsonDeserializer<?>, ObjectTypePair> pair = objTypePair.getMatchingHandler(deserializers);
+      Pair<JsonDeserializer<?>, ObjectTypePair> pair = objTypePair.getMatchingHandler(deserializers);
       if (pair == null) {
         return false;
       }
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonSerializationVisitor.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonSerializationVisitor.java
index 17996ead..875d1f75 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonSerializationVisitor.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonSerializationVisitor.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Pair;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Types;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Preconditions;
 
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ final class JsonSerializationVisitor implements ObjectNavigator.Visitor {
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private JsonElement findAndInvokeCustomSerializer(ObjectTypePair objTypePair) {
-    $Pair<JsonSerializer<?>,ObjectTypePair> pair = objTypePair.getMatchingHandler(serializers);
+    Pair<JsonSerializer<?>,ObjectTypePair> pair = objTypePair.getMatchingHandler(serializers);
     if (pair == null) {
       return null;
     }
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$LruCache.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/LruCache.java
similarity index 83%
rename from gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$LruCache.java
rename to gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/LruCache.java
index 7892bc72..f88c5d02 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$LruCache.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/LruCache.java
@@ -14,26 +14,26 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package com.google.gson.internal;
+package com.google.gson;
 
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 /**
- * An implementation of the {@link $Cache} interface that evict objects from the cache using an
+ * An implementation of the {@link Cache} interface that evict objects from the cache using an
  * LRU (least recently used) algorithm.  Object start getting evicted from the cache once the
  * {@code maxCapacity} is reached.
  *
  * @author Inderjeet Singh
  * @author Joel Leitch
  */
-public final class $LruCache<K, V> extends LinkedHashMap<K, V> implements $Cache<K, V> {
+final class LruCache<K, V> extends LinkedHashMap<K, V> implements Cache<K, V> {
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
   private final int maxCapacity;
 
-  public $LruCache(int maxCapacity) {
+  public LruCache(int maxCapacity) {
     super(maxCapacity, 0.7F, true);
     this.maxCapacity = maxCapacity;
   }
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/MappedObjectConstructor.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/MappedObjectConstructor.java
index 1d3e2813..d9afec19 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/MappedObjectConstructor.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/MappedObjectConstructor.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package com.google.gson;
 
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Types;
-import com.google.gson.internal.$UnsafeAllocator;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Type;
  * @author Joel Leitch
  */
 final class MappedObjectConstructor implements ObjectConstructor {
-  private static final $UnsafeAllocator unsafeAllocator = $UnsafeAllocator.create();
+  private static final UnsafeAllocator unsafeAllocator = UnsafeAllocator.create();
   private static final DefaultConstructorAllocator defaultConstructorAllocator =
       new DefaultConstructorAllocator(500);
 
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ObjectNavigator.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ObjectNavigator.java
index 21549cf0..a1db6029 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ObjectNavigator.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ObjectNavigator.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package com.google.gson;
 
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Types;
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Primitives;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 
@@ -129,6 +128,6 @@ final class ObjectNavigator {
   private static boolean isPrimitiveOrString(Object objectToVisit) {
     Class<?> realClazz = objectToVisit.getClass();
     return realClazz == Object.class || realClazz == String.class
-        || $Primitives.unwrap(realClazz).isPrimitive();
+        || Primitives.unwrap(realClazz).isPrimitive();
   }
 }
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ObjectTypePair.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ObjectTypePair.java
index 36f50b60..319ab63d 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ObjectTypePair.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ObjectTypePair.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Pair;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ final class ObjectTypePair {
     return String.format("preserveType: %b, type: %s, obj: %s", preserveType, type, obj);
   }
 
-  <HANDLER> $Pair<HANDLER, ObjectTypePair> getMatchingHandler(
+  <HANDLER> Pair<HANDLER, ObjectTypePair> getMatchingHandler(
       ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap<HANDLER> handlers) {
     HANDLER handler = null;
     if (!preserveType && obj != null) {
@@ -60,12 +59,12 @@ final class ObjectTypePair {
       ObjectTypePair moreSpecificType = toMoreSpecificType();
       handler = handlers.getHandlerFor(moreSpecificType.type);
       if (handler != null) {
-        return new $Pair<HANDLER, ObjectTypePair>(handler, moreSpecificType);
+        return new Pair<HANDLER, ObjectTypePair>(handler, moreSpecificType);
       }
     }
     // Try the specified type
     handler = handlers.getHandlerFor(type);
-    return handler == null ? null : new $Pair<HANDLER, ObjectTypePair>(handler, this);
+    return handler == null ? null : new Pair<HANDLER, ObjectTypePair>(handler, this);
   }
 
   ObjectTypePair toMoreSpecificType() {
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Pair.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Pair.java
similarity index 87%
rename from gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Pair.java
rename to gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Pair.java
index 56c5b069..ce5496f1 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Pair.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Pair.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package com.google.gson.internal;
+package com.google.gson;
 
 /**
  * A simple object that holds onto a pair of object references, first and second.
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ package com.google.gson.internal;
  * @param <FIRST>
  * @param <SECOND>
  */
-public final class $Pair<FIRST, SECOND> {
+final class Pair<FIRST, SECOND> {
   public final FIRST first;
   public final SECOND second;
 
-  public $Pair(FIRST first, SECOND second) {
+  public Pair(FIRST first, SECOND second) {
     this.first = first;
     this.second = second;
   }
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ public final class $Pair<FIRST, SECOND> {
 
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
-    if (!(o instanceof $Pair<?, ?>)) {
+    if (!(o instanceof Pair<?, ?>)) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    $Pair<?, ?> that = ($Pair<?, ?>) o;
+    Pair<?, ?> that = (Pair<?, ?>) o;
     return equal(this.first, that.first) && equal(this.second, that.second);
   }
 
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap.java
index ff3fd4a2..c44aa2ab 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Pair;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Types;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -40,15 +39,15 @@ final class ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap<T> {
   private static final Logger logger =
       Logger.getLogger(ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap.class.getName());
   private final Map<Type, T> map = new HashMap<Type, T>();
-  private final List<$Pair<Class<?>, T>> typeHierarchyList = new ArrayList<$Pair<Class<?>, T>>();
+  private final List<Pair<Class<?>, T>> typeHierarchyList = new ArrayList<Pair<Class<?>, T>>();
   private boolean modifiable = true;
 
   public synchronized void registerForTypeHierarchy(Class<?> typeOfT, T value) {
-    $Pair<Class<?>, T> pair = new $Pair<Class<?>, T>(typeOfT, value);
+    Pair<Class<?>, T> pair = new Pair<Class<?>, T>(typeOfT, value);
     registerForTypeHierarchy(pair);
   }
 
-  public synchronized void registerForTypeHierarchy($Pair<Class<?>, T> pair) {
+  public synchronized void registerForTypeHierarchy(Pair<Class<?>, T> pair) {
     if (!modifiable) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Attempted to modify an unmodifiable map.");
     }
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ final class ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap<T> {
 
   private int getIndexOfAnOverriddenHandler(Class<?> type) {
     for (int i = typeHierarchyList.size()-1; i >= 0; --i) {
-      $Pair<Class<?>, T> entry = typeHierarchyList.get(i);
+      Pair<Class<?>, T> entry = typeHierarchyList.get(i);
       if (type.isAssignableFrom(entry.first)) {
         return i;
       }
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ final class ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap<T> {
     // Quite important to traverse the typeHierarchyList from stack bottom first since
     // we want to register the handlers in the same order to preserve priority order
     for (int i = other.typeHierarchyList.size()-1; i >= 0; --i) {
-      $Pair<Class<?>, T> entry = other.typeHierarchyList.get(i);
+      Pair<Class<?>, T> entry = other.typeHierarchyList.get(i);
       int index = getIndexOfSpecificHandlerForTypeHierarchy(entry.first);
       if (index < 0) {
         registerForTypeHierarchy(entry);
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ final class ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap<T> {
     // Quite important to traverse the typeHierarchyList from stack bottom first since
     // we want to register the handlers in the same order to preserve priority order
     for (int i = other.typeHierarchyList.size()-1; i >= 0; --i) {
-      $Pair<Class<?>, T> entry = other.typeHierarchyList.get(i);
+      Pair<Class<?>, T> entry = other.typeHierarchyList.get(i);
       registerForTypeHierarchy(entry);
     }
   }
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@ final class ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap<T> {
   }
 
   private T getHandlerForTypeHierarchy(Class<?> type) {
-    for ($Pair<Class<?>, T> entry : typeHierarchyList) {
+    for (Pair<Class<?>, T> entry : typeHierarchyList) {
       if (entry.first.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
         return entry.second;
       }
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ final class ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap<T> {
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("{mapForTypeHierarchy:{");
     boolean first = true;
-    for ($Pair<Class<?>, T> entry : typeHierarchyList) {
+    for (Pair<Class<?>, T> entry : typeHierarchyList) {
       if (first) {
         first = false;
       } else {
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Primitives.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Primitives.java
similarity index 96%
rename from gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Primitives.java
rename to gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Primitives.java
index 0b3ef1aa..6ec5f0d1 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$Primitives.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Primitives.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package com.google.gson.internal;
+package com.google.gson;
 
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import com.google.gson.internal.$Preconditions;
+
 /**
  * Contains static utility methods pertaining to primitive types and their
  * corresponding wrapper types.
  *
  * @author Kevin Bourrillion
  */
-public final class $Primitives {
-  private $Primitives() {}
+final class Primitives {
+  private Primitives() {}
 
   /** A map from primitive types to their corresponding wrapper types. */
   private static final Map<Class<?>, Class<?>> PRIMITIVE_TO_WRAPPER_TYPE;
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ReflectingFieldNavigator.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ReflectingFieldNavigator.java
index 1a538a7e..d125049c 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ReflectingFieldNavigator.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ReflectingFieldNavigator.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package com.google.gson;
 
 import com.google.gson.ObjectNavigator.Visitor;
-import com.google.gson.internal.$LruCache;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Types;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Preconditions;
 
@@ -34,10 +33,10 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author Jesse Wilson
  */
 final class ReflectingFieldNavigator {
-  private static final $LruCache<Type, List<Class<?>>> classCache =
-    new $LruCache<Type, List<Class<?>>>(500);
-  private static final $LruCache<Class<?>, Field[]> fieldsCache =
-    new $LruCache<Class<?>, Field[]>(500);
+  private static final LruCache<Type, List<Class<?>>> classCache =
+    new LruCache<Type, List<Class<?>>>(500);
+  private static final LruCache<Class<?>, Field[]> fieldsCache =
+    new LruCache<Class<?>, Field[]>(500);
 
   private final ExclusionStrategy exclusionStrategy;
 
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$UnsafeAllocator.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/UnsafeAllocator.java
similarity index 92%
rename from gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$UnsafeAllocator.java
rename to gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/UnsafeAllocator.java
index c33024ca..d84535dc 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/$UnsafeAllocator.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/UnsafeAllocator.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package com.google.gson.internal;
+package com.google.gson;
 
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectStreamClass;
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
  * @author Joel Leitch
  * @author Jesse Wilson
  */
-public abstract class $UnsafeAllocator {
+abstract class UnsafeAllocator {
   public abstract <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception;
 
-  public static $UnsafeAllocator create() {
+  public static UnsafeAllocator create() {
     // try JVM
     // public class Unsafe {
     //   public Object allocateInstance(Class<?> type);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public abstract class $UnsafeAllocator {
       f.setAccessible(true);
       final Object unsafe = f.get(null);
       final Method allocateInstance = unsafeClass.getMethod("allocateInstance", Class.class);
-      return new $UnsafeAllocator() {
+      return new UnsafeAllocator() {
         @Override
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public abstract class $UnsafeAllocator {
       final Method newInstance = ObjectInputStream.class
           .getDeclaredMethod("newInstance", Class.class, Class.class);
       newInstance.setAccessible(true);
-      return new $UnsafeAllocator() {
+      return new UnsafeAllocator() {
         @Override
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public abstract class $UnsafeAllocator {
       final Method newInstance = ObjectStreamClass.class
           .getDeclaredMethod("newInstance", Class.class, int.class);
       newInstance.setAccessible(true);
-      return new $UnsafeAllocator() {
+      return new UnsafeAllocator() {
         @Override
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) throws Exception {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public abstract class $UnsafeAllocator {
     }
 
     // give up
-    return new $UnsafeAllocator() {
+    return new UnsafeAllocator() {
       @Override
       public <T> T newInstance(Class<T> c) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Cannot allocate " + c);
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/LruCacheTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/LruCacheTest.java
index 4bcd2500..337aec49 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/LruCacheTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/LruCacheTest.java
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Cache;
-import com.google.gson.internal.$LruCache;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 /**
- * Unit test for the {@link $LruCache} class.
+ * Unit test for the {@link LruCache} class.
  *
  * @author Inderjeet Singh
  * @author Joel Leitch
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 public class LruCacheTest extends TestCase {
 
   public void testCacheHitAndMiss() throws Exception {
-    $Cache<String, Integer> cache = new $LruCache<String, Integer>(3);
+    Cache<String, Integer> cache = new LruCache<String, Integer>(3);
 
     String key = "key1";
     assertNull(cache.getElement(key));
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ public class LruCacheTest extends TestCase {
   }
 
   public void testCacheKeyOverwrite() throws Exception {
-    $Cache<String, Integer> cache = new $LruCache<String, Integer>(3);
+    Cache<String, Integer> cache = new LruCache<String, Integer>(3);
 
     String key = "key1";
     assertNull(cache.getElement(key));
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ public class LruCacheTest extends TestCase {
   }
 
   public void testCacheEviction() throws Exception {
-    $Cache<String, Integer> cache = new $LruCache<String, Integer>(5);
+    Cache<String, Integer> cache = new LruCache<String, Integer>(5);
 
     cache.addElement("key1", 1);
     cache.addElement("key2", 2);
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/ParamterizedTypeFixtures.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/ParamterizedTypeFixtures.java
index e687fc14..a533df08 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/ParamterizedTypeFixtures.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/ParamterizedTypeFixtures.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Primitives;
 import com.google.gson.internal.$Types;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ public class ParamterizedTypeFixtures {
 
     private String getExpectedJson(Object obj) {
       Class<?> clazz = obj.getClass();
-      if ($Primitives.isWrapperType($Primitives.wrap(clazz))) {
+      if (Primitives.isWrapperType(Primitives.wrap(clazz))) {
         return obj.toString();
       } else if (obj.getClass().equals(String.class)) {
         return "\"" + obj.toString() + "\"";
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ public class ParamterizedTypeFixtures {
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static<T> String getExpectedJson(MyParameterizedType<T> obj) {
       Class<T> clazz = (Class<T>) obj.value.getClass();
-      boolean addQuotes = !clazz.isArray() && !$Primitives.unwrap(clazz).isPrimitive();
+      boolean addQuotes = !clazz.isArray() && !Primitives.unwrap(clazz).isPrimitive();
       StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("{\"");
       sb.append(obj.value.getClass().getSimpleName()).append("\":");
       if (addQuotes) {
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ public class ParamterizedTypeFixtures {
       Class<?> rawType = $Types.getRawType(genericClass);
       String className = rawType.getSimpleName();
       T value = (T) json.getAsJsonObject().get(className).getAsObject();
-      if ($Primitives.isPrimitive(genericClass)) {
+      if (Primitives.isPrimitive(genericClass)) {
         PrimitiveTypeAdapter typeAdapter = new PrimitiveTypeAdapter();
         value = (T) typeAdapter.adaptType(value, rawType);
       }
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/PrimitiveTypeAdapter.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/PrimitiveTypeAdapter.java
index 5e453c28..801697c2 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/PrimitiveTypeAdapter.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/PrimitiveTypeAdapter.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.gson;
 
-import com.google.gson.internal.$Primitives;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@ final class PrimitiveTypeAdapter {
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public <T> T adaptType(Object from, Class<T> to) {
-    Class<?> aClass = $Primitives.wrap(to);
-    if ($Primitives.isWrapperType(aClass)) {
+    Class<?> aClass = Primitives.wrap(to);
+    if (Primitives.isWrapperType(aClass)) {
       if (aClass == Character.class) {
         String value = from.toString();
         if (value.length() == 1) {