diff --git a/stdlib/core/Dictionary.swift b/stdlib/core/Dictionary.swift
index c4c23d2bf8a..e82d611480a 100644
--- a/stdlib/core/Dictionary.swift
+++ b/stdlib/core/Dictionary.swift
@@ -1772,8 +1772,8 @@ struct Dictionary<KeyType : Hashable, ValueType> : Collection,
 }
 
 @public func == <KeyType : Equatable, ValueType : Equatable>(
-  lhs: Dictionary<KeyType, ValueType>,
-  rhs: Dictionary<KeyType, ValueType>
+  lhs: [KeyType : ValueType],
+  rhs: [KeyType : ValueType]
 ) -> Bool {
   switch (lhs._variantStorage, rhs._variantStorage) {
   case (.Native(let lhsNativeOwner), .Native(let rhsNativeOwner)):
@@ -1838,8 +1838,8 @@ struct Dictionary<KeyType : Hashable, ValueType> : Collection,
 }
 
 @public func != <KeyType : Equatable, ValueType : Equatable>(
-  lhs: Dictionary<KeyType, ValueType>,
-  rhs: Dictionary<KeyType, ValueType>
+  lhs: [KeyType : ValueType],
+  rhs: [KeyType : ValueType]
 ) -> Bool {
   return !(lhs == rhs)
 }
diff --git a/stdlib/core/Reflection.swift b/stdlib/core/Reflection.swift
index 499bdf4f2b1..d8ef86e9a84 100644
--- a/stdlib/core/Reflection.swift
+++ b/stdlib/core/Reflection.swift
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func _getSummary<T>(out: UnsafePointer<String>,
     inout targetStream: TargetStream
 ) -> T {
   var maxItemCounter = maxItems
-  var visitedItems = Dictionary<ObjectIdentifier, Int>()
+  var visitedItems = [ObjectIdentifier : Int]()
   _dumpWithMirror(reflect(x), name, indent, maxDepth,
                   &maxItemCounter, &visitedItems, &targetStream)
   return x
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func _getSummary<T>(out: UnsafePointer<String>,
 func _dumpWithMirror<TargetStream : OutputStream>(
     mirror: Mirror, name: String?, indent: Int, maxDepth: Int,
     inout maxItemCounter: Int,
-    inout visitedItems: Dictionary<ObjectIdentifier, Int>,
+    inout visitedItems: [ObjectIdentifier : Int],
     inout targetStream: TargetStream
 ) {
   if maxItemCounter <= 0 { return }
diff --git a/stdlib/objc/Foundation/Foundation.swift b/stdlib/objc/Foundation/Foundation.swift
index 3a14fc784e5..f4684c1963c 100644
--- a/stdlib/objc/Foundation/Foundation.swift
+++ b/stdlib/objc/Foundation/Foundation.swift
@@ -679,13 +679,13 @@ extension NSDictionary : DictionaryLiteralConvertible {
 /// The entry point for bridging `NSDictionary` to `Dictionary`.
 @public func _convertNSDictionaryToDictionary<K: NSObject, V: AnyObject>(
        d: NSDictionary
-     ) -> Dictionary<K, V> {
-  return Dictionary<K, V>(_cocoaDictionary: reinterpretCast(d))
+     ) -> [K : V] {
+  return [K : V](_cocoaDictionary: reinterpretCast(d))
 }
 
 /// The entry point for bridging `Dictionary` to `NSDictionary`.
 @public func _convertDictionaryToNSDictionary<KeyType, ValueType>(
-    d: Dictionary<KeyType, ValueType>
+    d: [KeyType : ValueType]
 ) -> NSDictionary {
   switch d._variantStorage {
   case .Native(let nativeOwner):
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ extension Dictionary : _ConditionallyBridgedToObjectiveC {
   @public static func bridgeFromObjectiveCConditional(
     x: NSDictionary
   ) -> Dictionary? {
-    let anyDict = x as Dictionary<NSObject, AnyObject>
+    let anyDict = x as [NSObject : AnyObject]
     if isBridgedVerbatimToObjectiveC(KeyType.self) &&
        isBridgedVerbatimToObjectiveC(ValueType.self) {
       return Swift._dictionaryDownCastConditional(anyDict)
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ extension Dictionary : _ConditionallyBridgedToObjectiveC {
 
 extension NSDictionary {
   @conversion @public
-  func __conversion() -> Dictionary<NSObject, AnyObject> {
+  func __conversion() -> [NSObject : AnyObject] {
     return _convertNSDictionaryToDictionary(reinterpretCast(self))
   }
 }
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ extension Dictionary {
 
 extension NSDictionary : Reflectable {
   @public func getMirror() -> Mirror {
-    let dict : Dictionary<NSObject,AnyObject> = _convertNSDictionaryToDictionary(self)
+    let dict : [NSObject : AnyObject] = _convertNSDictionaryToDictionary(self)
     return reflect(dict)
   }
 }
diff --git a/stdlib/objc/Foundation/NSStringAPI.swift b/stdlib/objc/Foundation/NSStringAPI.swift
index 1e2cc8decc2..a0ab5367728 100644
--- a/stdlib/objc/Foundation/NSStringAPI.swift
+++ b/stdlib/objc/Foundation/NSStringAPI.swift
@@ -1047,8 +1047,8 @@ extension String {
   /// Returns a dictionary object initialized with the keys and
   /// values found in the `String`.
   @public
-  func propertyListFromStringsFileFormat() -> Dictionary<String, String> {
-    return _ns.propertyListFromStringsFileFormat() as Dictionary<String, String>
+  func propertyListFromStringsFileFormat() -> [String : String] {
+    return _ns.propertyListFromStringsFileFormat() as [String : String]
   }
 
   // - (NSRange)rangeOfCharacterFromSet:(NSCharacterSet *)aSet