diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/get_msg_utils.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/get_msg_utils.ts
index 8c7be771e2..e601904793 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/get_msg_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/get_msg_utils.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {mapLiteral} from '../../../output/map_util';
 import * as o from '../../../output/output_ast';
 
 import {serializeIcuNode} from './icu_serializer';
-import {i18nMetaToDocStmt, metaFromI18nMessage} from './meta';
+import {i18nMetaToDocStmt} from './meta';
 import {formatI18nPlaceholderName} from './util';
 
 /** Closure uses `goog.getMsg(message)` to lookup translations */
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function createGoogleGetMsgStatements(
   // const MSG_... = goog.getMsg(..);
   // I18N_X = MSG_...;
   const statements = [];
-  const jsdocComment = i18nMetaToDocStmt(metaFromI18nMessage(message));
+  const jsdocComment = i18nMetaToDocStmt(message);
   if (jsdocComment !== null) {
     statements.push(jsdocComment);
   }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/localize_utils.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/localize_utils.ts
index 2622677cac..2e8dc4cdb6 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/localize_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/localize_utils.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import * as i18n from '../../../i18n/i18n_ast';
 import * as o from '../../../output/output_ast';
 
 import {serializeIcuNode} from './icu_serializer';
-import {metaFromI18nMessage} from './meta';
 import {formatI18nPlaceholderName} from './util';
 
 export function createLocalizeStatements(
@@ -18,9 +17,8 @@ export function createLocalizeStatements(
   const statements = [];
 
   const {messageParts, placeHolders} = serializeI18nMessageForLocalize(message);
-  statements.push(new o.ExpressionStatement(variable.set(o.localizedString(
-      metaFromI18nMessage(message), messageParts, placeHolders,
-      placeHolders.map(ph => params[ph])))));
+  statements.push(new o.ExpressionStatement(variable.set(
+      o.localizedString(message, messageParts, placeHolders, placeHolders.map(ph => params[ph])))));
 
   return statements;
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/meta.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/meta.ts
index fb4d5fc9d5..98e2ac1329 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/meta.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/i18n/meta.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export class I18nMetaVisitor implements html.Visitor {
    */
   private _parseMetadata(meta: string|i18n.I18nMeta): I18nMeta {
     return typeof meta === 'string' ? parseI18nMeta(meta) :
-                                      meta instanceof i18n.Message ? metaFromI18nMessage(meta) : {};
+                                      meta instanceof i18n.Message ? meta : {};
   }
 
   /**
@@ -187,16 +187,6 @@ export class I18nMetaVisitor implements html.Visitor {
   }
 }
 
-export function metaFromI18nMessage(message: i18n.Message, id: string | null = null): I18nMeta {
-  return {
-    id: typeof id === 'string' ? id : message.id || '',
-    customId: message.customId,
-    legacyIds: message.legacyIds,
-    meaning: message.meaning || '',
-    description: message.description || ''
-  };
-}
-
 /** I18n separators for metadata **/
 const I18N_MEANING_SEPARATOR = '|';
 const I18N_ID_SEPARATOR = '@@';