diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/admin-dashboard.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/admin-dashboard.js.es6
index 20cdbe27721..756de2cc091 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/admin-dashboard.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/admin-dashboard.js.es6
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
 const GENERAL_ATTRIBUTES = [
   "updated_at",
@@ -6,7 +7,7 @@ const GENERAL_ATTRIBUTES = [
   "release_notes_link"
 ];
 
-const AdminDashboard = Discourse.Model.extend({});
+const AdminDashboard = EmberObject.extend({});
 
 AdminDashboard.reopenClass({
   fetch() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/backup-status.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/backup-status.js.es6
index b31d1cb176c..62c360b5326 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/backup-status.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/backup-status.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { not } from "@ember/object/computed";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-export default Discourse.Model.extend({
+export default EmberObject.extend({
   restoreDisabled: not("restoreEnabled"),
 
   @discourseComputed("allowRestore", "isOperationRunning")
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/backup.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/backup.js.es6
index 7cd151378ab..882173300a9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/backup.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/backup.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import { extractError } from "discourse/lib/ajax-error";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const Backup = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const Backup = EmberObject.extend({
   destroy() {
     return ajax("/admin/backups/" + this.filename, { type: "DELETE" });
   },
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/color-scheme-color.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/color-scheme-color.js.es6
index d023295ce59..0d984c77a6b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/color-scheme-color.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/color-scheme-color.js.es6
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import {
   on
 } from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { propertyNotEqual } from "discourse/lib/computed";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const ColorSchemeColor = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const ColorSchemeColor = EmberObject.extend({
   @on("init")
   startTrackingChanges() {
     this.set("originals", { hex: this.hex || "FFFFFF" });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/color-scheme.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/color-scheme.js.es6
index 5d0550d2e01..84860023867 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/color-scheme.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/color-scheme.js.es6
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { not } from "@ember/object/computed";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import ColorSchemeColor from "admin/models/color-scheme-color";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const ColorScheme = Discourse.Model.extend(Ember.Copyable, {
+const ColorScheme = EmberObject.extend(Ember.Copyable, {
   init() {
     this._super(...arguments);
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-log.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-log.js.es6
index f1ac52ac8dc..c2eaaa26e6d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-log.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-log.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import AdminUser from "admin/models/admin-user";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const EmailLog = Discourse.Model.extend({});
+const EmailLog = EmberObject.extend({});
 
 EmailLog.reopenClass({
   create(attrs) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-preview.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-preview.js.es6
index b8585d90803..42b7ab58789 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-preview.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-preview.js.es6
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
-const EmailPreview = Discourse.Model.extend({});
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
+
+const EmailPreview = EmberObject.extend({});
 
 export function oneWeekAgo() {
   return moment()
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-settings.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-settings.js.es6
index e1d838463e2..1730aae7c94 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-settings.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/email-settings.js.es6
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
-const EmailSettings = Discourse.Model.extend({});
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
+
+const EmailSettings = EmberObject.extend({});
 
 EmailSettings.reopenClass({
   find: function() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/incoming-email.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/incoming-email.js.es6
index fd9d68730b7..8d46429a1d9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/incoming-email.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/incoming-email.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import AdminUser from "admin/models/admin-user";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const IncomingEmail = Discourse.Model.extend({});
+const IncomingEmail = EmberObject.extend({});
 
 IncomingEmail.reopenClass({
   create(attrs) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/permalink.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/permalink.js.es6
index 9019bdbc30b..b86e9316923 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/permalink.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/permalink.js.es6
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
-const Permalink = Discourse.Model.extend({
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
+
+const Permalink = EmberObject.extend({
   save: function() {
     return ajax("/admin/permalinks.json", {
       type: "POST",
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/report.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/report.js.es6
index bb745b13024..91a5f54002b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/report.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/report.js.es6
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { renderAvatar } from "discourse/helpers/user-avatar";
 // and you want to ensure cache is reset
 export const SCHEMA_VERSION = 4;
 
-const Report = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const Report = EmberObject.extend({
   average: false,
   percent: false,
   higher_is_better: true,
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-email.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-email.js.es6
index 0d20f2c7d1e..ea725105515 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-email.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-email.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const ScreenedEmail = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const ScreenedEmail = EmberObject.extend({
   @discourseComputed("action")
   actionName(action) {
     return I18n.t("admin.logs.screened_actions." + action);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-ip-address.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-ip-address.js.es6
index e2b60a21088..bfac17d86cf 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-ip-address.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-ip-address.js.es6
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { equal } from "@ember/object/computed";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const ScreenedIpAddress = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const ScreenedIpAddress = EmberObject.extend({
   @discourseComputed("action_name")
   actionName(actionName) {
     return I18n.t(`admin.logs.screened_ips.actions.${actionName}`);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-url.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-url.js.es6
index 515ef6e82c1..31ea850778d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-url.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/screened-url.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const ScreenedUrl = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const ScreenedUrl = EmberObject.extend({
   @discourseComputed("action")
   actionName(action) {
     return I18n.t("admin.logs.screened_actions." + action);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/site-setting.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/site-setting.js.es6
index 7760a611148..4edc89a1b96 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/site-setting.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/site-setting.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import Setting from "admin/mixins/setting-object";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const SiteSetting = Discourse.Model.extend(Setting, {});
+const SiteSetting = EmberObject.extend(Setting, {});
 
 SiteSetting.reopenClass({
   findAll() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/theme-settings.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/theme-settings.js.es6
index ab9e5bf9ce1..a823592ad2f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/theme-settings.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/theme-settings.js.es6
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import Setting from "admin/mixins/setting-object";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-export default Discourse.Model.extend(Setting, {});
+export default EmberObject.extend(Setting, {});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/tl3-requirements.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/tl3-requirements.js.es6
index 966410b41c1..424aea4f58d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/tl3-requirements.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/tl3-requirements.js.es6
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-export default Discourse.Model.extend({
+export default EmberObject.extend({
   @discourseComputed("days_visited", "time_period")
   days_visited_percent(daysVisited, timePeriod) {
     return Math.round((daysVisited * 100) / timePeriod);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/version-check.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/version-check.js.es6
index 54ef9844fe0..cc888b25884 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/version-check.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/version-check.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const VersionCheck = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const VersionCheck = EmberObject.extend({
   @discourseComputed("updated_at")
   noCheckPerformed(updatedAt) {
     return updatedAt === null;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/watched-word.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/watched-word.js.es6
index b9ef7380b68..dac78affe11 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/watched-word.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/models/watched-word.js.es6
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const WatchedWord = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const WatchedWord = EmberObject.extend({
   save() {
     return ajax(
       "/admin/logs/watched_words" + (this.id ? "/" + this.id : "") + ".json",
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index fa5ef288801..10c71ca89b7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 //= require ./discourse/lib/show-modal
 //= require ./discourse/mixins/scrolling
 //= require ./discourse/lib/ajax-error
-//= require ./discourse/models/model
 //= require ./discourse/models/result-set
 //= require ./discourse/models/store
 //= require ./discourse/models/action-summary
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse.js.es6
index c56acf9dc8c..25d2f74ec8b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse.js.es6
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import {
 } from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import computed from "@ember/object/computed";
 import FocusEvent from "discourse-common/mixins/focus-event";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
+import deprecated from "discourse-common/lib/deprecated";
 
 const _pluginCallbacks = [];
 
@@ -206,4 +208,14 @@ const Discourse = Ember.Application.extend(FocusEvent, {
   })
 }).create();
 
+Object.defineProperty(Discourse, "Model", {
+  get() {
+    deprecated("Use an `@ember/object` instead of Discourse.Model", {
+      since: "2.4.0",
+      dropFrom: "2.5.0"
+    });
+    return EmberObject;
+  }
+});
+
 export default Discourse;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/draft.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/draft.js.es6
index 62fefef8c70..178c38f94ac 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/draft.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/draft.js.es6
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
-const Draft = Discourse.Model.extend();
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
+
+const Draft = EmberObject.extend();
 
 Draft.reopenClass({
   clear(key, sequence) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/input-validation.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/input-validation.js.es6
index fcbd0a1536d..c7120db8465 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/input-validation.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/input-validation.js.es6
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-import Model from "discourse/models/model";
-
-// A trivial model we use to handle input validation
-export default Model.extend();
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
+export default EmberObject.extend();
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/invite.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/invite.js.es6
index 54baf013f55..dc2d4c8538e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/invite.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/invite.js.es6
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { popupAjaxError } from "discourse/lib/ajax-error";
 import { userPath } from "discourse/lib/url";
 import { Promise } from "rsvp";
 
-const Invite = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const Invite = EmberObject.extend({
   rescind() {
     ajax("/invites", {
       type: "DELETE",
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/live-post-counts.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/live-post-counts.es6
index b28c525f8df..ac5f14d76f6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/live-post-counts.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/live-post-counts.es6
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
-const LivePostCounts = Discourse.Model.extend({});
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
+
+const LivePostCounts = EmberObject.extend({});
 
 LivePostCounts.reopenClass({
   find() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/model.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/model.js.es6
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ce0eb2eaf3..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/model.js.es6
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { isEmpty } from "@ember/utils";
-import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
-const Model = EmberObject.extend();
-
-Model.reopenClass({
-  extractByKey(collection, klass) {
-    const retval = {};
-    if (isEmpty(collection)) {
-      return retval;
-    }
-
-    collection.forEach(function(item) {
-      retval[item.id] = klass.create(item);
-    });
-    return retval;
-  }
-});
-
-export default Model;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/nav-item.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/nav-item.js.es6
index 72395681be5..4502757aee3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/nav-item.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/nav-item.js.es6
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { toTitleCase } from "discourse/lib/formatter";
 import { emojiUnescape } from "discourse/lib/text";
 import Category from "discourse/models/category";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const NavItem = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const NavItem = EmberObject.extend({
   @discourseComputed("categoryName", "name")
   title(categoryName, name) {
     const extra = {};
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/permission-type.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/permission-type.js.es6
index 94a9af04016..f6ad56c9288 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/permission-type.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/permission-type.js.es6
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import discourseComputed from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const PermissionType = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const PermissionType = EmberObject.extend({
   @discourseComputed("id")
   description(id) {
     var key = "";
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic-list.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic-list.js.es6
index b0ec31a834e..489c926de30 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic-list.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic-list.js.es6
@@ -2,11 +2,24 @@ import { notEmpty } from "@ember/object/computed";
 import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import RestModel from "discourse/models/rest";
-import Model from "discourse/models/model";
 import { getOwner } from "discourse-common/lib/get-owner";
 import { Promise } from "rsvp";
 import Category from "discourse/models/category";
 import Session from "discourse/models/session";
+import { isEmpty } from "@ember/utils";
+import User from "discourse/models/user";
+
+function extractByKey(collection, klass) {
+  const retval = {};
+  if (isEmpty(collection)) {
+    return retval;
+  }
+
+  collection.forEach(function(item) {
+    retval[item.id] = klass.create(item);
+  });
+  return retval;
+}
 
 // Whether to show the category badge in topic lists
 function displayCategoryInList(site, category) {
@@ -139,8 +152,8 @@ TopicList.reopenClass({
     // Stitch together our side loaded data
 
     const categories = Category.list(),
-      users = Model.extractByKey(result.users, Discourse.User),
-      groups = Model.extractByKey(result.primary_groups, EmberObject);
+      users = extractByKey(result.users, User),
+      groups = extractByKey(result.primary_groups, EmberObject);
 
     return result.topic_list[listKey].map(t => {
       t.category = categories.findBy("id", t.category_id);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic-tracking-state.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic-tracking-state.js.es6
index 46569009907..a47a9341704 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic-tracking-state.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic-tracking-state.js.es6
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 import { defaultHomepage } from "discourse/lib/utilities";
 import PreloadStore from "preload-store";
 import Category from "discourse/models/category";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
 function isNew(topic) {
   return (
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function isUnread(topic) {
   );
 }
 
-const TopicTrackingState = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const TopicTrackingState = EmberObject.extend({
   messageCount: 0,
 
   @on("init")
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-action-group.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-action-group.js.es6
index b0706cd324d..c432cd694c3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-action-group.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-action-group.js.es6
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-/**
-  A data model representing a group of UserActions
-**/
-export default Discourse.Model.extend({
-  push: function(item) {
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
+
+export default EmberObject.extend({
+  push(item) {
     if (!this.items) {
       this.items = [];
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-badge.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-badge.js.es6
index 3e00072f6e7..b6a0dbb7cf5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-badge.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-badge.js.es6
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import Badge from "discourse/models/badge";
 import { Promise } from "rsvp";
 import Topic from "discourse/models/topic";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-const UserBadge = Discourse.Model.extend({
+const UserBadge = EmberObject.extend({
   @discourseComputed
   postUrl: function() {
     if (this.topic_title) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-posts-stream.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-posts-stream.js.es6
index 6213d98d143..5a71149fb51 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-posts-stream.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user-posts-stream.js.es6
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import { url } from "discourse/lib/computed";
 import UserAction from "discourse/models/user-action";
 import { Promise } from "rsvp";
+import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
 
-export default Discourse.Model.extend({
+export default EmberObject.extend({
   loaded: false,
 
   @on("init")
diff --git a/lib/es6_module_transpiler/tilt/es6_module_transpiler_template.rb b/lib/es6_module_transpiler/tilt/es6_module_transpiler_template.rb
index 6f25f0823e3..c8dcad49707 100644
--- a/lib/es6_module_transpiler/tilt/es6_module_transpiler_template.rb
+++ b/lib/es6_module_transpiler/tilt/es6_module_transpiler_template.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ JS
          "discourse/routes/discourse",
          "discourse/models/site",
          "discourse/models/user",
-         "discourse/models/model"
         ]
       )
 
diff --git a/test/javascripts/models/model-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/models/model-test.js.es6
deleted file mode 100644
index f38063d6afa..00000000000
--- a/test/javascripts/models/model-test.js.es6
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import EmberObject from "@ember/object";
-import Model from "discourse/models/model";
-
-QUnit.module("model:discourse");
-
-QUnit.test(
-  "extractByKey: converts a list of hashes into a hash of instances of specified class, indexed by their ids",
-  assert => {
-    var firstObject = { id: "id_1", foo: "foo_1" };
-    var secondObject = { id: "id_2", foo: "foo_2" };
-
-    var actual = Model.extractByKey([firstObject, secondObject], EmberObject);
-    var expected = {
-      id_1: EmberObject.create(firstObject),
-      id_2: EmberObject.create(secondObject)
-    };
-
-    assert.ok(_.isEqual(actual, expected));
-  }
-);
-
-QUnit.test(
-  "extractByKey: returns an empty hash if there isn't anything to convert",
-  assert => {
-    assert.deepEqual(
-      Model.extractByKey(),
-      {},
-      "when called without parameters"
-    );
-    assert.deepEqual(
-      Model.extractByKey([]),
-      {},
-      "when called with an empty array"
-    );
-  }
-);