diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/mixin.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/mixin.ts
index 5cd76f662a7..ab374685281 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/mixin.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/mixin.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   wrap,
 } from '@ember/-internals/utils';
 import { assert, deprecate } from '@ember/debug';
+import { ALIAS_METHOD } from '@ember/deprecated-features';
 import { assign } from '@ember/polyfills';
 import { DEBUG } from '@glimmer/env';
 import { ComputedProperty, ComputedPropertyGetter, ComputedPropertySetter } from './computed';
@@ -301,28 +302,37 @@ function mergeMixins(
   }
 }
 
-function followMethodAlias(
+let followMethodAlias: (
   obj: object,
   alias: Alias,
   descs: { [key: string]: any },
   values: { [key: string]: any }
-) {
-  let altKey = alias.methodName;
-  let possibleDesc;
-  let desc = descs[altKey];
-  let value = values[altKey];
-
-  if (desc !== undefined || value !== undefined) {
-    // do nothing
-  } else if ((possibleDesc = descriptorFor(obj, altKey)) !== undefined) {
-    desc = possibleDesc;
-    value = undefined;
-  } else {
-    desc = undefined;
-    value = obj[altKey];
-  }
+) => { desc: any; value: any };
+
+if (ALIAS_METHOD) {
+  followMethodAlias = function(
+    obj: object,
+    alias: Alias,
+    descs: { [key: string]: any },
+    values: { [key: string]: any }
+  ) {
+    let altKey = alias.methodName;
+    let possibleDesc;
+    let desc = descs[altKey];
+    let value = values[altKey];
+
+    if (desc !== undefined || value !== undefined) {
+      // do nothing
+    } else if ((possibleDesc = descriptorFor(obj, altKey)) !== undefined) {
+      desc = possibleDesc;
+      value = undefined;
+    } else {
+      desc = undefined;
+      value = obj[altKey];
+    }
 
-  return { desc, value };
+    return { desc, value };
+  };
 }
 
 function updateObserversAndListeners(
@@ -387,10 +397,12 @@ export function applyMixin(obj: { [key: string]: any }, mixins: Mixin[]) {
     desc = descs[key];
     value = values[key];
 
-    while (value && value instanceof Alias) {
-      let followed = followMethodAlias(obj, value, descs, values);
-      desc = followed.desc;
-      value = followed.value;
+    if (ALIAS_METHOD) {
+      while (value && value instanceof AliasImpl) {
+        let followed = followMethodAlias(obj, value, descs, values);
+        desc = followed.desc;
+        value = followed.value;
+      }
     }
 
     if (desc === undefined && value === undefined) {
@@ -703,8 +715,17 @@ function _keys(mixin: Mixin, ret = new Set(), seen = new Set()) {
   return ret;
 }
 
-class Alias {
-  constructor(public methodName: string) {}
+declare class Alias {
+  public methodName: string;
+  constructor(methodName: string);
+}
+
+let AliasImpl: typeof Alias;
+
+if (ALIAS_METHOD) {
+  AliasImpl = class AliasImpl {
+    constructor(public methodName: string) {}
+  } as typeof Alias;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -737,17 +758,21 @@ class Alias {
   @param {String} methodName name of the method to alias
   @public
 */
-export function aliasMethod(methodName: string): Alias {
-  deprecate(
-    `You attempted to alias '${methodName}, but aliasMethod has been deprecated. Consider extracting the method into a shared utility function.`,
-    false,
-    {
-      id: 'object.alias-method',
-      until: '4.0.0',
-      url: 'https://emberjs.com/deprecations/v3.x#toc_object-alias-method',
-    }
-  );
-  return new Alias(methodName);
+export let aliasMethod: (methodName: string) => any;
+
+if (ALIAS_METHOD) {
+  aliasMethod = function aliasMethod(methodName: string): Alias {
+    deprecate(
+      `You attempted to alias '${methodName}, but aliasMethod has been deprecated. Consider extracting the method into a shared utility function.`,
+      false,
+      {
+        id: 'object.alias-method',
+        until: '4.0.0',
+        url: 'https://emberjs.com/deprecations/v3.x#toc_object-alias-method',
+      }
+    );
+    return new AliasImpl(methodName);
+  };
 }
 
 // ..........................................................
diff --git a/packages/@ember/deprecated-features/index.ts b/packages/@ember/deprecated-features/index.ts
index 92eaa91c476..f7ac4f77cb2 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/deprecated-features/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/deprecated-features/index.ts
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ export const ROUTER_EVENTS = !!'3.9.0';
 export const TRANSITION_STATE = !!'3.9.0';
 export const COMPONENT_MANAGER_STRING_LOOKUP = !!'4.0.0';
 export const JQUERY_INTEGRATION = !!'3.9.0';
+export const ALIAS_METHOD = !!'4.0.0';