diff --git a/js/js.dart-ast/src/com/google/dart/compiler/backend/js/ast/metadata/metadataProperties.kt b/js/js.dart-ast/src/com/google/dart/compiler/backend/js/ast/metadata/metadataProperties.kt
index 021cf758878..8da1adf0074 100644
--- a/js/js.dart-ast/src/com/google/dart/compiler/backend/js/ast/metadata/metadataProperties.kt
+++ b/js/js.dart-ast/src/com/google/dart/compiler/backend/js/ast/metadata/metadataProperties.kt
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@ var HasMetadata.sideEffects: Boolean by MetadataProperty(default = true)
 enum class TypeCheck {
     TYPEOF,
     INSTANCEOF,
-    OR_NULL
+    OR_NULL,
+    IS_ANY
 }
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/CastTestGenerated.java b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/CastTestGenerated.java
index 0df6bfd3f07..d0fa327ab62 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/CastTestGenerated.java
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/CastTestGenerated.java
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ public class CastTestGenerated extends AbstractCastTest {
         JetTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.kt$"), true);
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("castToAny.kt")
+    public void testCastToAny() throws Exception {
+        String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToAny.kt");
+        doTest(fileName);
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("castToGenericType.kt")
     public void testCastToGenericType() throws Exception {
         String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToGenericType.kt");
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/context/Namer.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/context/Namer.java
index cb5590502e0..6f301fefdf1 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/context/Namer.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/context/Namer.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import com.google.dart.compiler.backend.js.ast.metadata.MetadataProperties;
 import com.google.dart.compiler.backend.js.ast.metadata.TypeCheck;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.CallableDescriptor;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.TypeParameterDescriptor;
@@ -399,13 +401,23 @@ public final class Namer {
         return invokeFunctionAndSetTypeCheckMetadata("orNull", callable, TypeCheck.OR_NULL);
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    public JsExpression isAny() {
+        return invokeFunctionAndSetTypeCheckMetadata("isAny", null, TypeCheck.IS_ANY);
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     private JsExpression invokeFunctionAndSetTypeCheckMetadata(
             @NotNull String functionName,
-            @NotNull JsExpression argument,
+            @Nullable JsExpression argument,
             @NotNull TypeCheck metadata
     ) {
-        JsInvocation invocation = new JsInvocation(kotlin(functionName), argument);
+        JsInvocation invocation = new JsInvocation(kotlin(functionName));
+
+        if (argument != null) {
+            invocation.getArguments().add(argument);
+        }
+
         MetadataProperties.setTypeCheck(invocation, metadata);
         MetadataProperties.setSideEffects(invocation, false);
         return invocation;
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/expression/PatternTranslator.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/expression/PatternTranslator.java
index ec96e96573c..a7b7c3b5024 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/expression/PatternTranslator.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/expression/PatternTranslator.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.google.dart.compiler.backend.js.ast.*;
 import com.google.dart.compiler.backend.js.ast.metadata.MetadataPackage;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.descriptorUtils.DescriptorUtilsKt;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.patterns.NamePredicate;
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ public final class PatternTranslator extends AbstractTranslator {
 
     @NotNull
     private JsExpression doGetIsTypeCheckCallable(@NotNull KotlinType type) {
+        if (KotlinBuiltIns.isAnyOrNullableAny(type)) return namer().isAny();
+
         JsExpression builtinCheck = getIsTypeCheckCallableForBuiltin(type);
         if (builtinCheck != null) return builtinCheck;
 
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/expandIsCalls.kt b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/expandIsCalls.kt
index 7535502a7f6..ea459fb3053 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/expandIsCalls.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/expandIsCalls.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ private class TypeCheckRewritingVisitor(private val context: TranslationContext)
         val calleeArgument = callee?.arguments?.firstOrNull()
         val argument = x.arguments.firstOrNull()
 
-        if (callee != null && calleeArgument != null && argument != null) {
+        if (callee != null && argument != null) {
             val replacement = getReplacement(callee, calleeArgument, argument)
 
             if (replacement != null) {
@@ -80,7 +80,16 @@ private class TypeCheckRewritingVisitor(private val context: TranslationContext)
         return true
     }
 
-    private fun getReplacement(callee: JsInvocation, calleeArgument: JsExpression, argument: JsExpression): JsExpression? {
+    private fun getReplacement(callee: JsInvocation, calleeArgument: JsExpression?, argument: JsExpression): JsExpression? {
+        if (calleeArgument == null) {
+            // Kotlin.isAny()(argument) -> argument != null
+            if (callee.typeCheck == TypeCheck.IS_ANY) {
+                return TranslationUtils.isNotNullCheck(argument)
+            }
+
+            return null
+        }
+
         // Kotlin.isTypeOf(calleeArgument)(argument) -> typeOf argument === calleeArgument
         if (callee.typeCheck == TypeCheck.TYPEOF) {
             return typeOfIs(argument, calleeArgument as JsStringLiteral)
@@ -93,8 +102,10 @@ private class TypeCheckRewritingVisitor(private val context: TranslationContext)
 
         // Kotlin.orNull(calleeArgument)(argument) -> (tmp = argument) == null || calleeArgument(tmp)
         if (callee.typeCheck == TypeCheck.OR_NULL) {
-            if (calleeArgument is JsInvocation && calleeArgument.typeCheck == TypeCheck.OR_NULL) {
-                return JsInvocation(calleeArgument, argument)
+            if (calleeArgument is JsInvocation) {
+                if (calleeArgument.typeCheck == TypeCheck.OR_NULL) return JsInvocation(calleeArgument, argument)
+
+                if (calleeArgument.typeCheck == TypeCheck.IS_ANY) return argument
             }
 
             var nullCheckTarget = argument
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToAny.kt b/js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToAny.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5c3261b61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/expression/cast/cases/castToAny.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package foo
+
+fun box(): String {
+    val x = 0
+    val y = 1
+    val z = 2
+    val xs = arrayListOf(z, y, x)
+    xs.remove(x as Any)
+    assertEquals(listOf(z, y), xs)
+
+    return "OK"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib_ecma5.js b/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib_ecma5.js
index fc790405024..436a5abdad5 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib_ecma5.js
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/kotlin_lib_ecma5.js
@@ -555,6 +555,12 @@ var Kotlin = {};
         }
     };
 
+    Kotlin.isAny = function () {
+        return function (object) {
+            return object != null;
+        }
+    };
+
     Kotlin.kotlinModuleMetadata = function (abiVersion, moduleName, data) {
     };