diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/countBadge/countBadge.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/countBadge/countBadge.ts
index 1f6825c5a90b3cf9bf74aa61fd7dac6546a8d95e..36031fb9a1e79b8d57c2277ec182649aad80fa9b 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/countBadge/countBadge.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/countBadge/countBadge.ts
@@ -6,42 +6,33 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import 'vs/css!./countBadge';
-import { Builder, $ } from 'vs/base/browser/builder';
-import strings = require('vs/base/common/strings');
+import { $, append } from 'vs/base/browser/dom';
+import { format } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
 
 export class CountBadge {
 
-	private $el: Builder;
+	private element: HTMLElement;
 	private count: number;
 	private titleFormat: string;
 
-	constructor(container: Builder, count?: number, titleFormat?: string);
-	constructor(container: HTMLElement, count?: number, titleFormat?: string);
-	constructor(container: any, count?: number, titleFormat?: string) {
-		this.$el = $('.monaco-count-badge').appendTo(container);
+	constructor(container: HTMLElement, count?: number, titleFormat?: string) {
+		this.element = append(container, $('.monaco-count-badge'));
 		this.titleFormat = titleFormat || '';
 		this.setCount(count || 0);
 	}
 
-	public setCount(count: number) {
+	setCount(count: number) {
 		this.count = count;
 		this.render();
 	}
 
-	public setTitleFormat(titleFormat: string) {
+	setTitleFormat(titleFormat: string) {
 		this.titleFormat = titleFormat;
 		this.render();
 	}
 
 	private render() {
-		this.$el.text('' + this.count);
-		this.$el.title(strings.format(this.titleFormat, this.count));
-	}
-
-	public dispose() {
-		if (this.$el) {
-			this.$el.destroy();
-			this.$el = null;
-		}
+		this.element.textContent = '' + this.count;
+		this.element.title = format(this.titleFormat, this.count);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/referenceSearch/browser/referencesWidget.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/referenceSearch/browser/referencesWidget.ts
index 9d0d3e7e8f806cd30654070f2efa31a57c27c8ff..213110eaaa48a1746599a32ea520a6d2bcadbc6d 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/referenceSearch/browser/referencesWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/referenceSearch/browser/referencesWidget.ts
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class Renderer extends LegacyRenderer {
 					badge.setTitleFormat(nls.localize('referenceCount', "{0} reference", len));
 				}
 
-				return badge;
+				return null;
 			});
 			/* tslint:enable:no-unused-expression */
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
index 10b3a248a12489dffd2c86ac6d9e526bc24565f1..55d78f31d42376ce7fa5bc2c1dd68c1389222e10 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/searchResultsView.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ export class SearchRenderer extends ActionsRenderer {
 			rightRenderer = (right: HTMLElement) => {
 				let len = fileMatch.count();
 
-				return new CountBadge(right, len, len > 1 ? nls.localize('searchMatches', "{0} matches found", len) : nls.localize('searchMatch', "{0} match found", len));
+				new CountBadge(right, len, len > 1 ? nls.localize('searchMatches', "{0} matches found", len) : nls.localize('searchMatch', "{0} match found", len));
+				return null;
 			};
 
 			widget = new LeftRightWidget(container, leftRenderer, rightRenderer);