diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/lexer.js b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/lexer.js
index 287faf999f40..94ab81de44c1 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/lexer.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/lexer.js
@@ -160,10 +160,7 @@ export const $QUESTION  = 63;
 const $0 = 48;
 const $9 = 57;
 
-const $A = 65, $B = 66, $C = 67, $D = 68, $E = 69, $F = 70, $G = 71, $H = 72,
-      $I = 73, $J = 74, $K = 75, $L = 76, $M = 77, $N = 78, $O = 79, $P = 80,
-      $Q = 81, $R = 82, $S = 83, $T = 84, $U = 85, $V = 86, $W = 87, $X = 88,
-      $Y = 89, $Z = 90;
+const $A = 65, $E = 69, $Z = 90;
 
 export const $LBRACKET  = 91;
 export const $BACKSLASH = 92;
@@ -171,10 +168,7 @@ export const $RBRACKET  = 93;
 const $CARET     = 94;
 const $_         = 95;
 
-const $a =  97, $b =  98, $c =  99, $d = 100, $e = 101, $f = 102, $g = 103,
-      $h = 104, $i = 105, $j = 106, $k = 107, $l = 108, $m = 109, $n = 110,
-      $o = 111, $p = 112, $q = 113, $r = 114, $s = 115, $t = 116, $u = 117,
-      $v = 118, $w = 119, $x = 120, $y = 121, $z = 122;
+const $a =  97, $e = 101, $f = 102, $n = 110, $r = 114, $t = 116, $u = 117, $v = 118, $z = 122;
 
 export const $LBRACE = 123;
 export const $BAR    = 124;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.js b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.js
index 57bf05b7bb57..a64382d4d640 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import {
 var _implicitReceiver = new ImplicitReceiver();
 // TODO(tbosch): Cannot make this const/final right now because of the transpiler...
 var INTERPOLATION_REGEXP = RegExpWrapper.create('\\{\\{(.*?)\\}\\}');
-var QUOTE_REGEXP = RegExpWrapper.create("'");
 
 @Injectable()
 export class Parser {
@@ -492,7 +491,7 @@ class _ParseAST {
     var positionals = [];
     do {
       ListWrapper.push(positionals, this.parseExpression());
-    } while (this.optionalCharacter($COMMA))
+    } while (this.optionalCharacter($COMMA));
     return positionals;
   }
 
@@ -538,7 +537,7 @@ class _ParseAST {
       ListWrapper.push(bindings, new TemplateBinding(key, keyIsVar, name, expression));
       if (!this.optionalCharacter($SEMICOLON)) {
         this.optionalCharacter($COMMA);
-      };
+      }
     }
     return bindings;
   }