diff --git a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/component.js b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/component.js
index 01da92dab86..bd99576c863 100644
--- a/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/component.js
+++ b/packages/ember-glimmer/lib/component.js
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ const Component = CoreView.extend(
     readDOMAttr(name) {
       let element = getViewElement(this);
       return readDOMAttr(element, name);
-    }
+    },
 
     /**
      The WAI-ARIA role of the control represented by this view. For example, a
@@ -717,24 +717,7 @@ const Component = CoreView.extend(
      @public
      @since 1.13.0
      */
-
-    /**
-     Called when the attributes passed into the component have been updated.
-     Called both during the initial render of a container and during a rerender.
-     Can be used in place of an observer; code placed here will be executed
-     every time any attribute updates.
-     @event didReceiveAttrs
-     @public
-     @since 1.13.0
-     */
-
-    /**
-     Called after a component has been rendered, both on initial render and
-     in subsequent rerenders.
-     @method didRender
-     @public
-     @since 1.13.0
-     */
+    didReceiveAttrs() {},
 
     /**
      Called after a component has been rendered, both on initial render and
@@ -743,14 +726,7 @@ const Component = CoreView.extend(
      @public
      @since 1.13.0
      */
-
-    /**
-     Called before a component has been rendered, both on initial render and
-     in subsequent rerenders.
-     @method willRender
-     @public
-     @since 1.13.0
-     */
+    didRender() {},
 
     /**
      Called before a component has been rendered, both on initial render and
@@ -759,6 +735,7 @@ const Component = CoreView.extend(
      @public
      @since 1.13.0
      */
+    willRender() {},
 
     /**
      Called when the attributes passed into the component have been changed.
@@ -767,14 +744,7 @@ const Component = CoreView.extend(
      @public
      @since 1.13.0
      */
-
-    /**
-     Called when the attributes passed into the component have been changed.
-     Called only during a rerender, not during an initial render.
-     @event didUpdateAttrs
-     @public
-     @since 1.13.0
-     */
+    didUpdateAttrs() {},
 
     /**
      Called when the component is about to update and rerender itself.
@@ -783,14 +753,7 @@ const Component = CoreView.extend(
      @public
      @since 1.13.0
      */
-
-    /**
-     Called when the component is about to update and rerender itself.
-     Called only during a rerender, not during an initial render.
-     @event willUpdate
-     @public
-     @since 1.13.0
-     */
+    willUpdate() {},
 
     /**
      Called when the component has updated and rerendered itself.
@@ -799,14 +762,14 @@ const Component = CoreView.extend(
      @public
      @since 1.13.0
      */
+    didUpdate() {},
 
     /**
-     Called when the component has updated and rerendered itself.
-     Called only during a rerender, not during an initial render.
-     @event didUpdate
+     @event didDestroyElement
      @public
-     @since 1.13.0
+     @since 2.13.0
      */
+    didDestroyElement() {}
 
     /**
       A component may contain a layout. A layout is a regular template but
diff --git a/packages/ember-metal/tests/mixin/method_test.js b/packages/ember-metal/tests/mixin/method_test.js
index bd123de794b..f645864f837 100644
--- a/packages/ember-metal/tests/mixin/method_test.js
+++ b/packages/ember-metal/tests/mixin/method_test.js
@@ -154,6 +154,18 @@ QUnit.test('_super from a first-of-two mixins with no superclass function does n
   ok(true);
 });
 
+QUnit.test('calling _super when there is no method on parent class is deprecated', function() {
+  expectDeprecation('Calling `_super` when there is no method on the parent class is deprecated.');
+
+  let MixinA = Mixin.create({});
+
+  let MixinB = Mixin.create(MixinA, {
+    foo() {
+      this._super(...arguments);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 // ..........................................................
 // CONFLICTS
 //
diff --git a/packages/ember-utils/lib/super.js b/packages/ember-utils/lib/super.js
index ff9aeb94b86..621a99d25ae 100644
--- a/packages/ember-utils/lib/super.js
+++ b/packages/ember-utils/lib/super.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import {
+  deprecate,
+} from 'ember-debug';
 const HAS_SUPER_PATTERN = /\.(_super|call\(this|apply\(this)/;
 const fnToString = Function.prototype.toString;
 
@@ -41,6 +44,12 @@ function hasSuper(func) {
 */
 export function wrap(func, superFunc) {
   if (!hasSuper(func)) {
+    //console.info('super::wrap deprecate here');
+    deprecate(
+      'Calling `_super` when there is no method on the parent class is deprecated.',
+      false,
+      { id: 'ember-metal.missing-super', until: '3.0.0' }
+    );
     return func;
   }
   // ensure an unwrapped super that calls _super is wrapped with a terminal _super