diff --git a/src/lib/dom-innerHTML.html b/src/lib/dom-innerHTML.html
index 5586ec9d77..755eb4a388 100644
--- a/src/lib/dom-innerHTML.html
+++ b/src/lib/dom-innerHTML.html
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
       node = node.content;
     var s = '';
     var c$ = Polymer.dom(node).childNodes;
-    c$ = composed ? node._composedChildren : c$;
     for (var i=0, l=c$.length, child; (i<l) && (child=c$[i]); i++) {  
       s += getOuterHTML(child, node, composed);
     }