diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/di/reflective_errors.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/di/reflective_errors.ts
index 5659ddf341..12da8a9db8 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/di/reflective_errors.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/di/reflective_errors.ts
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ export class AbstractProviderError extends BaseError {
     this.keys.push(key);
     this.message = this.constructResolvingMessage(this.keys);
   }
-
-  get context() { return this.injectors[this.injectors.length - 1].debugContext(); }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -174,8 +172,6 @@ export class InstantiationError extends WrappedError {
   }
 
   get causeKey(): ReflectiveKey { return this.keys[0]; }
-
-  get context() { return this.injectors[this.injectors.length - 1].debugContext(); }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/di/reflective_injector.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/di/reflective_injector.ts
index 21bfc16937..588234a18f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/di/reflective_injector.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/di/reflective_injector.ts
@@ -473,12 +473,6 @@ export abstract class ReflectiveInjector implements Injector {
    */
   get parent(): Injector { return unimplemented(); }
 
-
-  /**
-   * @internal
-   */
-  debugContext(): any { return null; }
-
   /**
    * Resolves an array of providers and creates a child injector from those providers.
    *
@@ -603,19 +597,12 @@ export class ReflectiveInjector_ implements ReflectiveInjector {
   /**
    * Private
    */
-  constructor(
-      _proto: any /* ProtoInjector */, _parent: Injector = null,
-      private _debugContext: Function = null) {
+  constructor(_proto: any /* ProtoInjector */, _parent: Injector = null) {
     this._proto = _proto;
     this._parent = _parent;
     this._strategy = _proto._strategy.createInjectorStrategy(this);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * @internal
-   */
-  debugContext(): any { return this._debugContext(); }
-
   get(token: any, notFoundValue: any = THROW_IF_NOT_FOUND): any {
     return this._getByKey(ReflectiveKey.get(token), null, null, notFoundValue);
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/di/reflective_injector_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/di/reflective_injector_spec.ts
index 15615d15f0..ab89898234 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/di/reflective_injector_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/di/reflective_injector_spec.ts
@@ -336,25 +336,6 @@ export function main() {
         }
       });
 
-      it('should provide context when throwing an exception ', () => {
-        var engineProvider =
-            ReflectiveInjector.resolve([{provide: Engine, useClass: BrokenEngine}])[0];
-        var protoParent = new ReflectiveProtoInjector([engineProvider]);
-
-        var carProvider = ReflectiveInjector.resolve([Car])[0];
-        var protoChild = new ReflectiveProtoInjector([carProvider]);
-
-        var parent = new ReflectiveInjector_(protoParent, null, () => 'parentContext');
-        var child = new ReflectiveInjector_(protoChild, parent, () => 'childContext');
-
-        try {
-          child.get(Car);
-          throw 'Must throw';
-        } catch (e) {
-          expect(e.context).toEqual('childContext');
-        }
-      });
-
       it('should instantiate an object after a failed attempt', () => {
         var isBroken = true;