diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/test_lib/test_lib.es6 b/modules/angular2/src/test_lib/test_lib.es6
index 3abdbcaac0..628dc44d3c 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/test_lib/test_lib.es6
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/test_lib/test_lib.es6
@@ -153,9 +153,8 @@ export class SpyObject {
 
 
 function elementText(n) {
+  var hasNodes = (n) => {var children = DOM.childNodes(n); return children && children.length > 0;}
   if (!IS_NODEJS) {
-    var hasNodes = (n) => {var children = DOM.childNodes(n); return children && children.length > 0;}
-
     if (n instanceof Comment)         return '';
 
     if (n instanceof Array)           return n.map((nn) => elementText(nn)).join("");
@@ -166,33 +165,10 @@ function elementText(n) {
 
     return n.textContent;
   } else {
-    if (DOM.hasShadowRoot(n)) {
-      return elementText(DOM.getShadowRoot(n).childNodes);
-    } else if (n instanceof Array) {
+    if (n instanceof Array) {
       return n.map((nn) => elementText(nn)).join("");
-    } else if (DOM.tagName(n) == 'content') {
-      //minimal implementation of getDistributedNodes()
-      var host = null;
-      var temp = n;
-      while (temp.parent) {
-        if (DOM.hasShadowRoot(temp)) {
-          host = temp;
-        }
-        temp = temp.parent;
-      }
-      if (host) {
-        var list = [];
-        var select = DOM.getAttribute(n, "select");
-        var selectClass = select? select.substring(1): null;
-        DOM.childNodes(host).forEach((child) => {
-          var classList = DOM.classList(child);
-          if (selectClass && classList.indexOf(selectClass) > -1 || selectClass == null && classList.length == 0) {
-            list.push(child);
-          }
-        });
-        return list.length > 0? elementText(list): "";
-      }
-      return "";
+    } else if (hasNodes(n)) {
+      return elementText(DOM.childNodesAsList(n));
     } else {
       return DOM.getText(n);
     }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js
index d227eada69..fd0eb65f30 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {describe, xit, it, expect, beforeEach, ddescribe, iit, el} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+import {describe, xit, it, expect, beforeEach, ddescribe, iit, el, IS_NODEJS} from 'angular2/test_lib';
 
 import {StringMapWrapper, List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {Type} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ export function main() {
     var urlResolver = new UrlResolver();
     var styleUrlResolver = new StyleUrlResolver(urlResolver);
     var styleInliner = new StyleInliner(null, styleUrlResolver, urlResolver);
+    var strategies = {
+      "scoped" : new EmulatedScopedShadowDomStrategy(styleInliner, styleUrlResolver, DOM.createElement('div')),
+      "unscoped" : new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver, DOM.createElement('div'))
+    }
+    if (!IS_NODEJS) {
+      StringMapWrapper.set(strategies, "native", new NativeShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver));
+    }
 
-    StringMapWrapper.forEach({
-        "native" : new NativeShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver),
-        "scoped" : new EmulatedScopedShadowDomStrategy(styleInliner, styleUrlResolver, DOM.createElement('div')),
-        "unscoped" : new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(styleUrlResolver, DOM.createElement('div')),
-      },
+    StringMapWrapper.forEach(strategies,
       (strategy, name) => {
 
       describe(`${name} shadow dom strategy`, () => {