diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
index ea0b0e1f81e..3243cc4657d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/r3_identifiers.ts
@@ -11,14 +11,8 @@ import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 const CORE = '@angular/core';
 
 export class Identifiers {
-  /* Methods */
-  static NEW_METHOD = 'factory';
-  static TRANSFORM_METHOD = 'transform';
-  static PATCH_DEPS = 'patchedDeps';
-
   static core: o.ExternalReference = {name: null, moduleName: CORE};
 
-  /* Instructions */
   static namespaceHTML: o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵɵnamespaceHTML', moduleName: CORE};
 
   static namespaceMathML: o.ExternalReference = {name: 'ɵɵnamespaceMathML', moduleName: CORE};