diff --git a/src/ng/rootScope.js b/src/ng/rootScope.js
index e09e2202b78d..aec16298679b 100644
--- a/src/ng/rootScope.js
+++ b/src/ng/rootScope.js
@@ -731,15 +731,26 @@ function $RootScopeProvider(){
 
         forEach(this.$$listenerCount, bind(null, decrementListenerCount, this));
 
+        // sever all the references to parent scopes (after this cleanup, the current scope should
+        // not be retained by any of our references and should be eligible for garbage collection)
         if (parent.$$childHead == this) parent.$$childHead = this.$$nextSibling;
         if (parent.$$childTail == this) parent.$$childTail = this.$$prevSibling;
         if (this.$$prevSibling) this.$$prevSibling.$$nextSibling = this.$$nextSibling;
         if (this.$$nextSibling) this.$$nextSibling.$$prevSibling = this.$$prevSibling;
 
-        // This is bogus code that works around Chrome's GC leak
-        // see: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/1313#issuecomment-10378451
-        this.$parent = this.$$nextSibling = this.$$prevSibling = this.$$childHead =
-            this.$$childTail = null;
+        // This is bogus code that works around V8's memory leak coming from ICs
+        // see: https://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=2073#c26
+        //
+        // for more info also see:
+        // - https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/6794#issuecomment-38648909
+        // - https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/1313#issuecomment-10378451
+        for (var prop in this) {
+          if (hasOwnProperty.call(this, prop)) {
+            this[prop] = null;
+          }
+        }
+        // recreate the $$destroyed flag
+        this.$$destroyed = true;
       },
 
       /**