diff --git a/modules/angular2/angular2.dart b/modules/angular2/angular2.dart
index 0712972173..6dd8a9c701 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/angular2.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/angular2.dart
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ export 'package:angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_tokens.dart';
 export 'package:angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_adapter.dart';
 export 'package:angular2/src/platform/dom/events/event_manager.dart';
 export 'package:angular2/src/compiler/url_resolver.dart';
-export 'package:angular2/src/compiler/app_root_url.dart';
diff --git a/modules/angular2/compiler.ts b/modules/angular2/compiler.ts
index b7a776c8cc..57856c054b 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/compiler.ts
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
  */
 export * from './src/compiler/url_resolver';
 export * from './src/compiler/xhr';
-export * from './src/compiler/compiler';
-export * from './src/compiler/app_root_url';
\ No newline at end of file
+export * from './src/compiler/compiler';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/anchor_based_app_root_url.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/anchor_based_app_root_url.ts
index 7e59c0b553..c0a347de99 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/anchor_based_app_root_url.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/anchor_based_app_root_url.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-import {AppRootUrl} from "angular2/src/compiler/app_root_url";
 import {DOM} from "angular2/src/platform/dom/dom_adapter";
 import {Injectable} from "angular2/src/core/di";
 
 /**
- * Extension of {@link AppRootUrl} that uses a DOM anchor tag to set the root url to
- * the current page's url.
+ * Set the root url to the current page's url.
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class AnchorBasedAppRootUrl extends AppRootUrl {
+export class AnchorBasedAppRootUrl {
+  value: string;
   constructor() {
-    super("");
-    // compute the root url to pass to AppRootUrl
+    // compute the root url
     var a = DOM.createElement('a');
     DOM.resolveAndSetHref(a, './', null);
     this.value = DOM.getHref(a);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/app_root_url.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/app_root_url.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c88be7045..0000000000
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/app_root_url.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import {Injectable} from 'angular2/src/core/di';
-import {isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
-
-/**
- * Specifies app root url for the application.
- *
- * Used by the {@link Compiler} when resolving HTML and CSS template URLs.
- *
- * This interface can be overridden by the application developer to create custom behavior.
- *
- * See {@link Compiler}
- */
-@Injectable()
-export class AppRootUrl {
-  constructor(public value: string) {}
-}
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/compiler.ts b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/compiler.ts
index 93e4c3e32c..4ca4311835 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/compiler/compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/compiler/compiler.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import {RuntimeCompiler} from 'angular2/src/compiler/runtime_compiler';
 import {ElementSchemaRegistry} from 'angular2/src/compiler/schema/element_schema_registry';
 import {DomElementSchemaRegistry} from 'angular2/src/compiler/schema/dom_element_schema_registry';
 import {UrlResolver, DEFAULT_PACKAGE_URL_PROVIDER} from 'angular2/src/compiler/url_resolver';
-import {AppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/compiler/app_root_url';
 import {AnchorBasedAppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/compiler/anchor_based_app_root_url';
 import {Parser, Lexer} from 'angular2/src/core/change_detection/change_detection';
 
@@ -51,6 +50,5 @@ export const COMPILER_PROVIDERS: Array<Type | Provider | any[]> = CONST_EXPR([
   DomElementSchemaRegistry,
   new Provider(ElementSchemaRegistry, {useExisting: DomElementSchemaRegistry}),
   AnchorBasedAppRootUrl,
-  new Provider(AppRootUrl, {useExisting: AnchorBasedAppRootUrl}),
   UrlResolver
 ]);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/worker_app_common.ts b/modules/angular2/src/platform/worker_app_common.ts
index af7eadc416..fef90aaf1d 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/worker_app_common.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/worker_app_common.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/compiler/xhr';
 import {WebWorkerXHRImpl} from 'angular2/src/web_workers/worker/xhr_impl';
 import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
-import {AppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/compiler/app_root_url';
 import {WebWorkerRenderer} from 'angular2/src/web_workers/worker/renderer';
 import {print, Type, CONST_EXPR, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {MessageBus} from 'angular2/src/web_workers/shared/message_bus';
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ export function genericWorkerAppProviders(bus: MessageBus,
   subscription = ObservableWrapper.subscribe(emitter, (initData: {[key: string]: any}) => {
     var bindings = ListWrapper.concat(WORKER_APP_COMMON_PROVIDERS, [
       new Provider(MessageBus, {useValue: bus}),
-      new Provider(AppRootUrl, {useValue: new AppRootUrl(initData['rootUrl'])}),
     ]);
     bootstrapProcess.resolve(bindings);
     ObservableWrapper.dispose(subscription);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/platform/worker_render_common.ts b/modules/angular2/src/platform/worker_render_common.ts
index 7f950c01fe..288c071363 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/platform/worker_render_common.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/platform/worker_render_common.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import {CONST_EXPR, IS_DART} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {MessageBus} from 'angular2/src/web_workers/shared/message_bus';
 import {NgZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/ng_zone';
 import {AnchorBasedAppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/compiler/anchor_based_app_root_url';
-import {AppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/compiler/app_root_url';
 import {
   PLATFORM_DIRECTIVES,
   PLATFORM_PIPES,
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ export const WORKER_RENDER_APP_COMMON: Array<any /*Type | Provider | any[]*/> =
   new Provider(ServiceMessageBrokerFactory, {useClass: ServiceMessageBrokerFactory_}),
   new Provider(ClientMessageBrokerFactory, {useClass: ClientMessageBrokerFactory_}),
   AnchorBasedAppRootUrl,
-  new Provider(AppRootUrl, {useExisting: AnchorBasedAppRootUrl}),
   Serializer,
   new Provider(ON_WEB_WORKER, {useValue: false}),
   RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
diff --git a/modules/angular2/web_worker/worker.ts b/modules/angular2/web_worker/worker.ts
index a540cff63f..a444f923ce 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/web_worker/worker.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/web_worker/worker.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export * from '../common';
 export * from '../core';
 export * from '../platform/worker_app';
-export {UrlResolver, AppRootUrl} from '../compiler';
+export {UrlResolver} from '../compiler';
 export * from '../instrumentation';
 export * from 'angular2/src/platform/worker_app';