diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
index 7c0a40c323..0a678e9474 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ class Math {
   static double random() => _random.nextDouble();
 }
 
-int ENUM_INDEX(value) => value.index;
-
 class CONST {
   const CONST();
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
index 222eb39bbe..878698eb45 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ _global.assert = function assert(condition) {
   }
 };
 
-export function ENUM_INDEX(value: number): number {
-  return value;
-}
-
 // This function is needed only to properly support Dart's const expressions
 // see https://github.com/angular/ts2dart/pull/151 for more info
 export function CONST_EXPR<T>(expr: T): T {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/jsonp_backend.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/jsonp_backend.ts
index 9ef2a8fa6c..aa7e657327 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/jsonp_backend.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/jsonp_backend.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {ResponseOptions, BaseResponseOptions} from '../base_response_options';
 import {Injectable} from 'angular2/di';
 import {BrowserJsonp} from './browser_jsonp';
 import {EventEmitter, ObservableWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
-import {StringWrapper, isPresent, ENUM_INDEX, makeTypeError} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
+import {StringWrapper, isPresent, makeTypeError} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 
 export class JSONPConnection implements Connection {
   readyState: ReadyStates;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/xhr_backend.ts b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/xhr_backend.ts
index 3722382474..70128e76c3 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/xhr_backend.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/http/backends/xhr_backend.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {ResponseOptions, BaseResponseOptions} from '../base_response_options';
 import {Injectable} from 'angular2/di';
 import {BrowserXhr} from './browser_xhr';
 import {EventEmitter, ObservableWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/async';
-import {isPresent, ENUM_INDEX} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
+import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
 
 /**
  * Creates connections using `XMLHttpRequest`. Given a fully-qualified
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class XHRConnection implements Connection {
     this.response = new EventEmitter();
     this._xhr = browserXHR.build();
     // TODO(jeffbcross): implement error listening/propagation
-    this._xhr.open(RequestMethods[ENUM_INDEX(req.method)], req.url);
+    this._xhr.open(RequestMethods[req.method], req.url);
     this._xhr.addEventListener('load', (_) => {
       // responseText is the old-school way of retrieving response (supported by IE8 & 9)
       // response/responseType properties were introduced in XHR Level2 spec (supported by IE10)