diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/i18n/xmb_serializer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/i18n/xmb_serializer.ts
index f39cefb3a6..d6b1d7e857 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/i18n/xmb_serializer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/i18n/xmb_serializer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {Message, id} from './message';
 
-export function serialize(messages: Message[]): string {
+export function serializeXmb(messages: Message[]): string {
   let ms = messages.map((m) => _serializeMessage(m)).join("");
   return `<message-bundle>${ms}</message-bundle>`;
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/i18n/xmb_serializer_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/i18n/xmb_serializer_spec.ts
index 1ef4d071c3..5debf72e6f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/i18n/xmb_serializer_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/i18n/xmb_serializer_spec.ts
@@ -12,24 +12,24 @@ import {
 } from 'angular2/testing_internal';
 
 import {Message, id} from 'angular2/src/i18n/message';
-import {serialize} from 'angular2/src/i18n/xmb_serializer';
+import {serializeXmb} from 'angular2/src/i18n/xmb_serializer';
 
 export function main() {
   describe('Xmb Serialization', () => {
     it("should return an empty message bundle for an empty list of messages",
-       () => { expect(serialize([])).toEqual("<message-bundle></message-bundle>"); });
+       () => { expect(serializeXmb([])).toEqual("<message-bundle></message-bundle>"); });
 
-    it("should serialize messages without desc", () => {
+    it("should serializeXmb messages without desc", () => {
       let m = new Message("content", "meaning", null);
       let expected = `<message-bundle><msg id='${id(m)}'>content</msg></message-bundle>`;
-      expect(serialize([m])).toEqual(expected);
+      expect(serializeXmb([m])).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
-    it("should serialize messages with desc", () => {
+    it("should serializeXmb messages with desc", () => {
       let m = new Message("content", "meaning", "description");
       let expected =
           `<message-bundle><msg id='${id(m)}' desc='description'>content</msg></message-bundle>`;
-      expect(serialize([m])).toEqual(expected);
+      expect(serializeXmb([m])).toEqual(expected);
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/modules_dart/transform/lib/extract_messages.dart b/modules_dart/transform/lib/extract_messages.dart
index e4cdbdc71c..b0b8149168 100644
--- a/modules_dart/transform/lib/extract_messages.dart
+++ b/modules_dart/transform/lib/extract_messages.dart
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class I18nMessageExtractor {
 
   I18nMessageExtractor(this.readInput);
 
-  String get output => serialize(removeDuplicates(messages));
+  String get output => serializeXmb(removeDuplicates(messages));
 
   Future processLibrary(LibraryElement el) async  {
     return Future.wait(el.units.map(processCompilationUnit));