diff --git a/src/ng/parse.js b/src/ng/parse.js
index 92279b05a0d6..f90f69debf9b 100644
--- a/src/ng/parse.js
+++ b/src/ng/parse.js
@@ -120,11 +120,8 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
 
   lex: function (text) {
     this.text = text;
-
     this.index = 0;
     this.ch = undefined;
-    this.lastCh = ':'; // can start regexp
-
     this.tokens = [];
 
     while (this.index < this.text.length) {
@@ -143,7 +140,6 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
         this.index++;
       } else if (this.isWhitespace(this.ch)) {
         this.index++;
-        continue;
       } else {
         var ch2 = this.ch + this.peek();
         var ch3 = ch2 + this.peek(2);
@@ -167,7 +163,6 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
           this.throwError('Unexpected next character ', this.index, this.index + 1);
         }
       }
-      this.lastCh = this.ch;
     }
     return this.tokens;
   },
@@ -176,10 +171,6 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
     return chars.indexOf(this.ch) !== -1;
   },
 
-  was: function(chars) {
-    return chars.indexOf(this.lastCh) !== -1;
-  },
-
   peek: function(i) {
     var num = i || 1;
     return (this.index + num < this.text.length) ? this.text.charAt(this.index + num) : false;
@@ -243,7 +234,6 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
     this.tokens.push({
       index: start,
       text: number,
-      literal: true,
       constant: true,
       fn: function() { return number; }
     });
@@ -296,7 +286,6 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
     // OPERATORS is our own object so we don't need to use special hasOwnPropertyFn
     if (OPERATORS.hasOwnProperty(ident)) {
       token.fn = OPERATORS[ident];
-      token.literal = true;
       token.constant = true;
     } else {
       var getter = getterFn(ident, this.options, this.text);
@@ -304,7 +293,7 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
         return (getter(self, locals));
       }, {
         assign: function(self, value) {
-          return setter(self, ident, value, parser.text, parser.options);
+          return setter(self, ident, value, parser.text);
         }
       });
     }
@@ -313,7 +302,7 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
 
     if (methodName) {
       this.tokens.push({
-        index:lastDot,
+        index: lastDot,
         text: '.'
       });
       this.tokens.push({
@@ -356,7 +345,6 @@ Lexer.prototype = {
           index: start,
           text: rawString,
           string: string,
-          literal: true,
           constant: true,
           fn: function() { return string; }
         });
@@ -391,7 +379,6 @@ Parser.prototype = {
 
   parse: function (text) {
     this.text = text;
-
     this.tokens = this.lexer.lex(text);
 
     var value = this.statements();
@@ -421,8 +408,10 @@ Parser.prototype = {
       if (!primary) {
         this.throwError('not a primary expression', token);
       }
-      primary.literal = !!token.literal;
-      primary.constant = !!token.constant;
+      if (token.constant) {
+        primary.constant = true;
+        primary.literal = true;
+      }
     }
 
     var next, context;
@@ -546,21 +535,17 @@ Parser.prototype = {
     var token = this.expect();
     var fn = this.$filter(token.text);
     var argsFn = [];
-    while (true) {
-      if ((token = this.expect(':'))) {
-        argsFn.push(this.expression());
-      } else {
-        var fnInvoke = function(self, locals, input) {
-          var args = [input];
-          for (var i = 0; i < argsFn.length; i++) {
-            args.push(argsFn[i](self, locals));
-          }
-          return fn.apply(self, args);
-        };
-        return function() {
-          return fnInvoke;
-        };
+    while(this.expect(':')) {
+      argsFn.push(this.expression());
+    }
+    return valueFn(fnInvoke);
+
+    function fnInvoke(self, locals, input) {
+      var args = [input];
+      for (var i = 0; i < argsFn.length; i++) {
+        args.push(argsFn[i](self, locals));
       }
+      return fn.apply(self, args);
     }
   },
 
@@ -680,7 +665,7 @@ Parser.prototype = {
       return getter(self || object(scope, locals));
     }, {
       assign: function(scope, value, locals) {
-        return setter(object(scope, locals), field, value, parser.text, parser.options);
+        return setter(object(scope, locals), field, value, parser.text);
       }
     });
   },
@@ -694,7 +679,7 @@ Parser.prototype = {
     return extend(function(self, locals) {
       var o = obj(self, locals),
           i = indexFn(self, locals),
-          v, p;
+          v;
 
       if (!o) return undefined;
       v = ensureSafeObject(o[i], parser.text);
@@ -812,9 +797,7 @@ Parser.prototype = {
 // Parser helper functions
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-function setter(obj, path, setValue, fullExp, options) {
-  //needed?
-  options = options || {};
+function setter(obj, path, setValue, fullExp) {
 
   var element = path.split('.'), key;
   for (var i = 0; element.length > 1; i++) {
@@ -838,7 +821,7 @@ var getterFnCache = {};
  * - http://jsperf.com/angularjs-parse-getter/4
  * - http://jsperf.com/path-evaluation-simplified/7
  */
-function cspSafeGetterFn(key0, key1, key2, key3, key4, fullExp, options) {
+function cspSafeGetterFn(key0, key1, key2, key3, key4, fullExp) {
   ensureSafeMemberName(key0, fullExp);
   ensureSafeMemberName(key1, fullExp);
   ensureSafeMemberName(key2, fullExp);
@@ -911,14 +894,13 @@ function getterFn(path, options, fullExp) {
     fn = simpleGetterFn2(pathKeys[0], pathKeys[1], fullExp);
   } else if (options.csp) {
     if (pathKeysLength < 6) {
-      fn = cspSafeGetterFn(pathKeys[0], pathKeys[1], pathKeys[2], pathKeys[3], pathKeys[4], fullExp,
-                          options);
+      fn = cspSafeGetterFn(pathKeys[0], pathKeys[1], pathKeys[2], pathKeys[3], pathKeys[4], fullExp);
     } else {
       fn = function(scope, locals) {
         var i = 0, val;
         do {
           val = cspSafeGetterFn(pathKeys[i++], pathKeys[i++], pathKeys[i++], pathKeys[i++],
-                                pathKeys[i++], fullExp, options)(scope, locals);
+                                pathKeys[i++], fullExp)(scope, locals);
 
           locals = undefined; // clear after first iteration
           scope = val;
@@ -1014,7 +996,7 @@ function $ParseProvider() {
   };
 
 
-  this.$get = ['$filter', '$sniffer', '$log', function($filter, $sniffer, $log) {
+  this.$get = ['$filter', '$sniffer', function($filter, $sniffer) {
     $parseOptions.csp = $sniffer.csp;
 
     return function(exp) {