diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/html_parser.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/html_parser.ts
index 301f1a3ad7..af1fe27c08 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/html_parser.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/html_parser.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {HtmlAst, HtmlAttrAst, HtmlTextAst, HtmlElementAst} from './html_ast';
 import {Injectable} from 'angular2/src/core/di';
 import {HtmlToken, HtmlTokenType, tokenizeHtml} from './html_lexer';
 import {ParseError, ParseLocation, ParseSourceSpan} from './parse_util';
-import {HtmlTagDefinition, getHtmlTagDefinition, getNsPrefix, mergeNsAndName} from './html_tags';
+import {HtmlTagDefinition, getHtmlTagDefinition, getNsPrefix} from './html_tags';
 
 export class HtmlTreeError extends ParseError {
   static create(elementName: string, location: ParseLocation, msg: string): HtmlTreeError {
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ class TreeBuilder {
   }
 }
 
+function mergeNsAndName(prefix: string, localName: string): string {
+  return isPresent(prefix) ? `@${prefix}:${localName}` : localName;
+}
+
 function getElementFullName(prefix: string, localName: string,
                             parentElement: HtmlElementAst): string {
   if (isBlank(prefix)) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/html_tags.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/html_tags.ts
index 315f0521dd..d749cf3844 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/html_tags.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/html_tags.ts
@@ -420,7 +420,3 @@ export function splitNsName(elementName: string): string[] {
 export function getNsPrefix(elementName: string): string {
   return splitNsName(elementName)[0];
 }
-
-export function mergeNsAndName(prefix: string, localName: string): string {
-  return isPresent(prefix) ? `@${prefix}:${localName}` : localName;
-}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/template_parser.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/template_parser.ts
index f7796caaff..dd3c970d8a 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/template_parser.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/template_parser.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import {Parser, AST, ASTWithSource} from 'angular2/src/core/change_detection/cha
 import {TemplateBinding} from 'angular2/src/core/change_detection/parser/ast';
 import {CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompilePipeMetadata} from './directive_metadata';
 import {HtmlParser} from './html_parser';
-import {splitNsName, mergeNsAndName} from './html_tags';
+import {splitNsName} from './html_tags';
 import {ParseSourceSpan, ParseError, ParseLocation} from './parse_util';
 import {RecursiveAstVisitor, BindingPipe} from 'angular2/src/core/change_detection/parser/ast';
 
+
 import {
   ElementAst,
   BoundElementPropertyAst,
@@ -583,12 +584,6 @@ class TemplateParseVisitor implements HtmlAstVisitor {
     } else {
       if (parts[0] == ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX) {
         boundPropertyName = parts[1];
-        let nsSeparatorIdx = boundPropertyName.indexOf(':');
-        if (nsSeparatorIdx > -1) {
-          let ns = boundPropertyName.substring(0, nsSeparatorIdx);
-          let name = boundPropertyName.substring(nsSeparatorIdx + 1);
-          boundPropertyName = mergeNsAndName(ns, name);
-        }
         bindingType = PropertyBindingType.Attribute;
       } else if (parts[0] == CLASS_PREFIX) {
         boundPropertyName = parts[1];
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/browser_adapter.dart b/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/browser_adapter.dart
index 8ad87e73b1..34ace25a21 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/browser_adapter.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/browser_adapter.dart
@@ -365,15 +365,9 @@ class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   bool hasAttribute(Element element, String attribute) =>
       element.attributes.containsKey(attribute);
 
-  bool hasAttributeNS(Element element, String ns, String attribute) =>
-      element.getAttributeNS(ns, attribute) != null;
-
   String getAttribute(Element element, String attribute) =>
       element.getAttribute(attribute);
 
-  String getAttributeNS(Element element, String ns, String attribute) =>
-      element.getAttributeNS(ns, attribute);
-
   void setAttribute(Element element, String name, String value) {
     element.setAttribute(name, value);
   }
@@ -388,10 +382,6 @@ class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
     element.attributes.remove(name);
   }
 
-  void removeAttributeNS(Element element, String ns, String name) {
-    element.getNamespacedAttributes(ns).remove(name);
-  }
-
   Node templateAwareRoot(Element el) => el is TemplateElement ? el.content : el;
 
   HtmlDocument createHtmlDocument() =>
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/browser_adapter.ts b/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/browser_adapter.ts
index 474e4ea1ff..d01b723923 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/browser_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/browser/browser_adapter.ts
@@ -225,19 +225,12 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
     return res;
   }
   hasAttribute(element, attribute: string): boolean { return element.hasAttribute(attribute); }
-  hasAttributeNS(element, ns: string, attribute: string): boolean {
-    return element.hasAttributeNS(ns, attribute);
-  }
   getAttribute(element, attribute: string): string { return element.getAttribute(attribute); }
-  getAttributeNS(element, ns: string, name: string): string {
-    return element.getAttributeNS(ns, name);
-  }
   setAttribute(element, name: string, value: string) { element.setAttribute(name, value); }
   setAttributeNS(element, ns: string, name: string, value: string) {
     element.setAttributeNS(ns, name, value);
   }
   removeAttribute(element, attribute: string) { element.removeAttribute(attribute); }
-  removeAttributeNS(element, ns: string, name: string) { element.removeAttributeNS(ns, name); }
   templateAwareRoot(el): any { return this.isTemplateElement(el) ? this.content(el) : el; }
   createHtmlDocument(): HTMLDocument {
     return document.implementation.createHTMLDocument('fakeTitle');
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_adapter.ts b/modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_adapter.ts
index b058046cc4..6f183da665 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_adapter.ts
@@ -97,13 +97,10 @@ export abstract class DomAdapter {
   abstract tagName(element): string;
   abstract attributeMap(element): Map<string, string>;
   abstract hasAttribute(element, attribute: string): boolean;
-  abstract hasAttributeNS(element, ns: string, attribute: string): boolean;
   abstract getAttribute(element, attribute: string): string;
-  abstract getAttributeNS(element, ns: string, attribute: string): string;
   abstract setAttribute(element, name: string, value: string);
   abstract setAttributeNS(element, ns: string, name: string, value: string);
   abstract removeAttribute(element, attribute: string);
-  abstract removeAttributeNS(element, ns: string, attribute: string);
   abstract templateAwareRoot(el);
   abstract createHtmlDocument(): HTMLDocument;
   abstract defaultDoc(): HTMLDocument;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_renderer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_renderer.ts
index d64ce1094e..5b7f36551f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_renderer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_renderer.ts
@@ -178,21 +178,17 @@ export class DomRenderer implements Renderer {
     var attrNs;
     var nsAndName = splitNamespace(attributeName);
     if (isPresent(nsAndName[0])) {
-      attributeName = nsAndName[1];
+      attributeName = nsAndName[0] + ':' + nsAndName[1];
       attrNs = NAMESPACE_URIS[nsAndName[0]];
     }
     if (isPresent(attributeValue)) {
       if (isPresent(attrNs)) {
         DOM.setAttributeNS(renderElement, attrNs, attributeName, attributeValue);
       } else {
-        DOM.setAttribute(renderElement, attributeName, attributeValue);
+        DOM.setAttribute(renderElement, nsAndName[1], attributeValue);
       }
     } else {
-      if (isPresent(attrNs)) {
-        DOM.removeAttributeNS(renderElement, attrNs, attributeName);
-      } else {
-        DOM.removeAttribute(renderElement, attributeName);
-      }
+      DOM.removeAttribute(renderElement, attributeName);
     }
   }
 
@@ -336,4 +332,4 @@ function splitNamespace(name: string): string[] {
   }
   let match = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(NS_PREFIX_RE, name);
   return [match[1], match[2]];
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/server/abstract_html_adapter.dart b/modules/angular2/src/platform/server/abstract_html_adapter.dart
index f0b009eee0..7b136601a6 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/server/abstract_html_adapter.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/server/abstract_html_adapter.dart
@@ -295,10 +295,6 @@ abstract class AbstractHtml5LibAdapter implements DomAdapter {
     return element.attributes.keys.any((key) => '$key' == attribute);
   }
 
-  hasAttributeNS(element, String ns, String attribute) {
-    throw 'not implemented';
-  }
-
   getAttribute(element, String attribute) {
     // `attributes` keys can be {@link AttributeName}s.
     var key = element.attributes.keys.firstWhere((key) => '$key' == attribute,
@@ -306,10 +302,6 @@ abstract class AbstractHtml5LibAdapter implements DomAdapter {
     return element.attributes[key];
   }
 
-  getAttributeNS(element, String ns, String attribute) {
-    throw 'not implemented';
-  }
-
   setAttribute(element, String name, String value) {
     element.attributes[name] = value;
   }
@@ -322,10 +314,6 @@ abstract class AbstractHtml5LibAdapter implements DomAdapter {
     element.attributes.remove(attribute);
   }
 
-  removeAttributeNS(element, String ns, String attribute) {
-    throw 'not implemented';
-  }
-
   templateAwareRoot(el) => el;
 
   createHtmlDocument() {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/server/parse5_adapter.ts b/modules/angular2/src/platform/server/parse5_adapter.ts
index 1d9e776229..9570c74e74 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/server/parse5_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/server/parse5_adapter.ts
@@ -429,13 +429,11 @@ export class Parse5DomAdapter extends DomAdapter {
   hasAttribute(element, attribute: string): boolean {
     return element.attribs && element.attribs.hasOwnProperty(attribute);
   }
-  hasAttributeNS(element, ns: string, attribute: string): boolean { throw 'not implemented'; }
   getAttribute(element, attribute: string): string {
     return element.attribs && element.attribs.hasOwnProperty(attribute) ?
                element.attribs[attribute] :
                null;
   }
-  getAttributeNS(element, ns: string, attribute: string): string { throw 'not implemented'; }
   setAttribute(element, attribute: string, value: string) {
     if (attribute) {
       element.attribs[attribute] = value;
@@ -450,7 +448,6 @@ export class Parse5DomAdapter extends DomAdapter {
       StringMapWrapper.delete(element.attribs, attribute);
     }
   }
-  removeAttributeNS(element, ns: string, name: string) { throw 'not implemented'; }
   templateAwareRoot(el): any { return this.isTemplateElement(el) ? this.content(el) : el; }
   createHtmlDocument(): Document {
     var newDoc = treeAdapter.createDocument();
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/linker/integration_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/core/linker/integration_spec.ts
index 8318aea3a5..6eca60cb15 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/linker/integration_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/linker/integration_spec.ts
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ function declareTests() {
 
                    if (!IS_DART) {
                      var firstAttribute = DOM.getProperty(<Element>use, 'attributes')[0];
-                     expect(firstAttribute.name).toEqual('href');
+                     expect(firstAttribute.name).toEqual('xlink:href');
                      expect(firstAttribute.namespaceURI).toEqual('http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink');
                    } else {
                      // For Dart where '_Attr' has no instance getter 'namespaceURI'
@@ -1860,48 +1860,6 @@ function declareTests() {
            }));
 
       });
-
-      describe('attributes', () => {
-
-        it('should support attributes with namespace',
-           inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder,
-                                                               async) => {
-             tcb.overrideView(SomeCmp, new ViewMetadata({template: '<svg:use xlink:href="#id" />'}))
-                 .createAsync(SomeCmp)
-                 .then((fixture) => {
-                   let useEl = DOM.firstChild(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement);
-                   expect(DOM.getAttributeNS(useEl, 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', 'href'))
-                       .toEqual('#id');
-                   async.done();
-                 });
-           }));
-
-        it('should support binding to attributes with namespace',
-           inject([TestComponentBuilder, AsyncTestCompleter], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder,
-                                                               async) => {
-             tcb.overrideView(SomeCmp,
-                              new ViewMetadata({template: '<svg:use [attr.xlink:href]="value" />'}))
-                 .createAsync(SomeCmp)
-                 .then((fixture) => {
-                   let cmp = fixture.debugElement.componentInstance;
-                   let useEl = DOM.firstChild(fixture.debugElement.nativeElement);
-
-                   cmp.value = "#id";
-                   fixture.detectChanges();
-
-                   expect(DOM.getAttributeNS(useEl, 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', 'href'))
-                       .toEqual('#id');
-
-                   cmp.value = null;
-                   fixture.detectChanges();
-
-                   expect(DOM.hasAttributeNS(useEl, 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink', 'href'))
-                       .toEqual(false);
-
-                   async.done();
-                 });
-           }));
-      });
     }
   });
 }
@@ -2481,8 +2439,3 @@ class DirectiveWithPropDecorators {
 
   fireEvent(msg) { ObservableWrapper.callEmit(this.event, msg); }
 }
-
-@Component({selector: 'some-cmp'})
-class SomeCmp {
-  value: any;
-}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/public_api_spec.ts b/modules/angular2/test/public_api_spec.ts
index 1a1e118939..61051abdeb 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/public_api_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/public_api_spec.ts
@@ -1556,7 +1556,6 @@ var NG_PLATFORM_BROWSER = [
   'BrowserDomAdapter.firstChild():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getAnimationPrefix():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getAttribute():js',
-  'BrowserDomAdapter.getAttributeNS():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getBaseHref():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getBoundingClientRect():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getChecked():js',
@@ -1583,7 +1582,6 @@ var NG_PLATFORM_BROWSER = [
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getValue():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getXHR():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.hasAttribute():js',
-  'BrowserDomAdapter.hasAttributeNS():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.hasClass():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.hasProperty():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.hasShadowRoot():js',
@@ -1617,7 +1615,6 @@ var NG_PLATFORM_BROWSER = [
   'BrowserDomAdapter.querySelectorAll():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.remove():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.removeAttribute():js',
-  'BrowserDomAdapter.removeAttributeNS():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.removeChild():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.removeClass():js',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.removeStyle():js',
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/public_api_spec.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/public_api_spec.ts
index da842083c0..fbd6a20ac3 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/public_api_spec.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/public_api_spec.ts
@@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ const BROWSER = [
   'BrowserDomAdapter.elementMatches(n:any, selector:string):boolean',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.firstChild(el:any):Node',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getAttribute(element:any, attribute:string):string',
-  'BrowserDomAdapter.getAttributeNS(element:any, ns:string, name:string):string',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getBaseHref():string',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getBoundingClientRect(el:any):any',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getChecked(el:any):boolean',
@@ -1011,7 +1010,6 @@ const BROWSER = [
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getUserAgent():string',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.getValue(el:any):string',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.hasAttribute(element:any, attribute:string):boolean',
-  'BrowserDomAdapter.hasAttributeNS(element:any, ns:string, attribute:string):boolean',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.hasClass(element:any, className:string):boolean',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.hasProperty(element:any, name:string):boolean',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.hasShadowRoot(node:any):boolean',
@@ -1046,7 +1044,6 @@ const BROWSER = [
   'BrowserDomAdapter.querySelectorAll(el:any, selector:string):any[]',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.remove(node:any):Node',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.removeAttribute(element:any, attribute:string):any',
-  'BrowserDomAdapter.removeAttributeNS(element:any, ns:string, name:string):any',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.removeChild(el:any, node:any):any',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.removeClass(element:any, className:string):any',
   'BrowserDomAdapter.removeStyle(element:any, stylename:string):any',