diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
index 718c7e5b58..4c2e0f2c8d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ bool isJsObject(o) {
 }
 
 bool assertionsEnabled() {
-  // TODO(yjbanov): verify that this is inlined after https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/24355
-  bool k = false;
+  var k = false;
   assert((k = true));
   return k;
 }