diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
index fca1942793..d0f97d986c 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter.dart
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   void replaceChild(Node el, Node newNode, Node oldNode) {
     oldNode.replaceWith(newNode);
   }
-  Element remove(Element el) {
+  ChildNode remove(ChildNode el) {
     return el..remove();
   }
   void insertBefore(Node el, node) {