diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a7a9ed56466d..36081975412a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "axe-webdriverjs": "^1.1.1",
     "chalk": "^1.1.3",
     "dgeni": "^0.4.9",
-    "dgeni-packages": "^0.24.1",
+    "dgeni-packages": "^0.24.3",
     "firebase": "^4.0.0",
     "firebase-admin": "^5.0.0",
     "firebase-tools": "^3.11.0",
diff --git a/tools/dgeni/index.ts b/tools/dgeni/index.ts
index 892ae2fb3d14..87f116237380 100644
--- a/tools/dgeni/index.ts
+++ b/tools/dgeni/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {patchLogService} from './patch-log-service';
 import {DocsPrivateFilter} from './processors/docs-private-filter';
 import {Categorizer} from './processors/categorizer';
 import {FilterDuplicateExports} from './processors/filter-duplicate-exports';
-import {FilterExportAliases} from './processors/filter-export-aliases';
 import {MergeInheritedProperties} from './processors/merge-inherited-properties';
 import {ComponentGrouper} from './processors/component-grouper';
 import {ReadTypeScriptModules} from 'dgeni-packages/typescript/processors/readTypeScriptModules';
@@ -53,9 +52,6 @@ export const apiDocsPackage = new Package('material2-api-docs', [
 // Processor that filters out duplicate exports that should not be shown in the docs.
 apiDocsPackage.processor(new FilterDuplicateExports());
 
-// Processor that filters out aliased exports that should not be shown in the docs.
-apiDocsPackage.processor(new FilterExportAliases());
-
 // Processor that merges inherited properties of a class with the class doc.
 apiDocsPackage.processor(new MergeInheritedProperties());
 
diff --git a/tools/dgeni/processors/filter-duplicate-exports.ts b/tools/dgeni/processors/filter-duplicate-exports.ts
index 8438e17b3b14..0bcdc451f0ea 100644
--- a/tools/dgeni/processors/filter-duplicate-exports.ts
+++ b/tools/dgeni/processors/filter-duplicate-exports.ts
@@ -7,36 +7,58 @@ import {ExportDoc} from 'dgeni-packages/typescript/api-doc-types/ExportDoc';
  *
  * ```ts
  *   // Some file in @angular/cdk/scrolling
- *   export {ScrollDispatcher} from './scroll-dispatcher.ts';
+ *   export {ScrollDispatcher} from './scroll-dispatcher';
  *
  *   // Other file in @angular/cdk/overlay
  *   export {ScrollDispatcher} from '@angular/cdk/scrolling';
+ *
+ *   // Re-export of the same export with a different name (alias).
+ *   export {ScrollDispatcher as X} from './scroll-dispatcher';
  * ```
  *
- * This issue occurs sometimes in the Angular Material repository, if specific imports are
- * re-exported from a different secondary entry-point (e.g. ScrollDispatcher in the overlay).
+ * This issue occurs sometimes in the Angular Material repository, because some imports are
+ * re-exported with a different name (for deprecation), or from a different secondary entry-point.
  */
 export class FilterDuplicateExports implements Processor {
   name = 'filter-duplicate-exports';
-  $runBefore = ['filter-export-aliases'];
+  $runBefore = ['categorizer'];
 
   $process(docs: DocCollection) {
-    return docs.forEach(this.checkForDuplicateExports);
+    const duplicateDocs = this.findDuplicateExports(docs);
+    return docs.filter(d => !duplicateDocs.has(d));
   }
 
-  checkForDuplicateExports = (doc: ExportDoc, index: number, docs: DocCollection) => {
-    if (!(doc instanceof ExportDoc)) {
-      return;
-    }
+  findDuplicateExports(docs: DocCollection) {
+    const duplicates = new Set<ExportDoc>();
 
-    // Checks for export documents that have the same name, originate from the same module, but
-    // have a different Dgeni document id. Those documents can be considered as duplicates.
-    const duplicateDocs = docs.filter(d => doc.name === d.name &&
-        doc.originalModule === d.originalModule && doc.id !== d.id);
+    docs.forEach(doc => {
+      if (!(doc instanceof ExportDoc)) {
+        return;
+      }
 
-    if (duplicateDocs.length > 0) {
-      docs.splice(index, 1);
-    }
-  }
+      // Check for Dgeni documents that refer to the same TypeScript symbol. Those can be
+      // considered as duplicates of the current document.
+      const similarDocs = docs.filter(d => d.symbol === doc.symbol);
+
+      if (similarDocs.length > 1) {
+        // If there are multiple docs that refer to the same TypeScript symbol, but have a
+        // different name than the resolved symbol, we can remove those documents, since they
+        // are just aliasing an already existing export.
+        similarDocs
+          .filter(d => d.symbol.name !== d.name)
+          .forEach(d => duplicates.add(d));
 
+        const docsWithSameName = similarDocs
+          .filter(d => d.symbol.name === d.name);
+
+        // If there are multiple docs that refer to the same TypeScript symbol and have
+        // the same name, we need to remove all of those duplicates except one.
+        if (docsWithSameName.length > 1) {
+          docsWithSameName.slice(1).forEach(d => duplicates.add(d));
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
+    return duplicates;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tools/dgeni/processors/filter-export-aliases.ts b/tools/dgeni/processors/filter-export-aliases.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d4743df1bf0f..000000000000
--- a/tools/dgeni/processors/filter-export-aliases.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import {DocCollection, Processor} from 'dgeni';
-
-/**
- * Processor to filter out Dgeni documents that are export aliases. Keeping them means
- * that a given document shows up multiple times in the docs.
- *
- * ```ts
- *   export {ObserveContent} from './X';
- *   export {ObserveContent as CdkObserveContent} from './X';
- * ```
- *
- * This is a common pattern inside of Angular Material, but causes Dgeni to generate
- * documents for both exports. The second document is identical to the original document and
- * doesn't even show the aliased name.
- *
- * See: https://github.com/angular/dgeni-packages/issues/248
- */
-export class FilterExportAliases implements Processor {
-  name = 'filter-export-aliases';
-  $runBefore = ['categorizer'];
-
-  $process(docs: DocCollection) {
-    return docs.filter(doc => {
-      // If the alias symbol and the actual resolved symbol have the same name, then this doc
-      // shouldn't be filtered. This check is necessary, because technically as per TypeScript,
-      // explicit and individual re-exports are being considered as aliases.
-      // For example: export {Test} from './my-file`;
-      return !(doc.aliasSymbol && doc.aliasSymbol.name !== doc.symbol.name);
-    });
-  }
-}