diff --git a/lib/core/directive.dart b/lib/core/directive.dart
index 4e1175995..e336567bc 100644
--- a/lib/core/directive.dart
+++ b/lib/core/directive.dart
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ abstract class NgAnnotation {
 }
 
 
+bool _applyAuthorStylesDeprecationWarningPrinted = false;
+bool _resetStyleInheritanceDeprecationWarningPrinted = false;
+
 /**
  * Meta-data marker placed on a class which should act as a controller for the
  * component. Angular components are a light-weight version of web-components.
@@ -214,14 +217,34 @@ class NgComponent extends NgAnnotation {
   /**
    * Set the shadow root applyAuthorStyles property. See shadow-DOM
    * documentation for further details.
+   *
+   * This feature will be removed in Chrome 35.
    */
-  final bool applyAuthorStyles;
+  @deprecated
+  bool get applyAuthorStyles {
+    if (!_applyAuthorStylesDeprecationWarningPrinted && _applyAuthorStyles == true) {
+      print("WARNING applyAuthorStyles is deprecated in component $selector");
+      _applyAuthorStylesDeprecationWarningPrinted = true;
+    }
+    return _applyAuthorStyles;
+  }
+  final bool _applyAuthorStyles;
 
   /**
    * Set the shadow root resetStyleInheritance property. See shadow-DOM
    * documentation for further details.
+   *
+   * This feature will be removed in Chrome 35.
    */
-  final bool resetStyleInheritance;
+  @deprecated
+  bool get resetStyleInheritance {
+    if (!_resetStyleInheritanceDeprecationWarningPrinted && _resetStyleInheritance == true) {
+      print("WARNING resetStyleInheritance is deprecated in component $selector");
+      _resetStyleInheritanceDeprecationWarningPrinted = true;
+    }
+    return _resetStyleInheritance;
+  }
+  final bool _resetStyleInheritance;
 
   /**
    * An expression under which the component's controller instance will be
@@ -234,8 +257,8 @@ class NgComponent extends NgAnnotation {
     this.template,
     this.templateUrl,
     cssUrl,
-    this.applyAuthorStyles,
-    this.resetStyleInheritance,
+    applyAuthorStyles,
+    resetStyleInheritance,
     this.publishAs,
     module,
     map,
@@ -244,6 +267,8 @@ class NgComponent extends NgAnnotation {
     exportExpressions,
     exportExpressionAttrs})
       : _cssUrls = cssUrl,
+        _applyAuthorStyles = applyAuthorStyles,
+        _resetStyleInheritance = resetStyleInheritance,
         super(selector: selector,
              children: NgAnnotation.COMPILE_CHILDREN,
              visibility: visibility,
diff --git a/test/core/core_directive_spec.dart b/test/core/core_directive_spec.dart
index 2e6168468..9f8159280 100644
--- a/test/core/core_directive_spec.dart
+++ b/test/core/core_directive_spec.dart
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ void main() {
       expect(annotation.template).toEqual('template');
       expect(annotation.templateUrl).toEqual('templateUrl');
       expect(annotation.cssUrls).toEqual(['cssUrls']);
-      expect(annotation.applyAuthorStyles).toEqual(true);
-      expect(annotation.resetStyleInheritance).toEqual(true);
       expect(annotation.publishAs).toEqual('ctrl');
       expect(annotation.map).toEqual({
           'foo': '=>foo',
@@ -83,8 +81,6 @@ class NullParser implements Parser {
     template: 'template',
     templateUrl: 'templateUrl',
     cssUrl: const ['cssUrls'],
-    applyAuthorStyles: true,
-    resetStyleInheritance: true,
     publishAs: 'ctrl',
     module: AnnotatedIoComponent.module,
     visibility: NgDirective.LOCAL_VISIBILITY,
diff --git a/test/core_dom/shadow_root_options_spec.dart b/test/core_dom/shadow_root_options_spec.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a8770c38..000000000
--- a/test/core_dom/shadow_root_options_spec.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-library shadow_root_options_spec;
-
-import '../_specs.dart';
-
-@NgComponent(
-    selector: 'reset-style-inheritance',
-    template: '<div class="c">Reset me foo</div>',
-    applyAuthorStyles: false,
-    resetStyleInheritance: true
-)
-class ResetStyleInheritanceComponent {
-  static var lastTemplateLoader;
-  ResetStyleInheritanceComponent(Element elt, TemplateLoader tl) {
-    lastTemplateLoader = tl.template;
-  }
-}
-
-@NgComponent(
-    selector: 'apply-author-style',
-    template: '<div>Style me foo</div>',
-    applyAuthorStyles: true
-)
-class ApplyAuthorStyleComponent {
-  static var lastTemplateLoader;
-  ApplyAuthorStyleComponent(Element elt, TemplateLoader tl) {
-    lastTemplateLoader = tl.template;
-  }
-}
-
-@NgComponent(
-    selector: 'default-options',
-    template: '<div class="c">Style me foo</div>'
-)
-class DefaultOptionsComponent {
-  static var lastTemplateLoader;
-  DefaultOptionsComponent(Element elt, TemplateLoader tl) {
-    lastTemplateLoader = tl.template;
-  }
-}
-
-main() {
-  describe('shadow dom options', () {
-    Compiler $compile;
-    DirectiveMap directives;
-    Injector injector;
-    Scope $rootScope;
-
-    beforeEachModule((Module module) {
-      module
-      ..type(ApplyAuthorStyleComponent)
-      ..type(ResetStyleInheritanceComponent)
-      ..type(DefaultOptionsComponent);
-      return (Injector _injector) {
-        injector = _injector;
-        $compile = injector.get(Compiler);
-        $rootScope = injector.get(Scope);
-        directives = injector.get(DirectiveMap);
-      };
-    });
-
-    it('should respect the apply-author-style option', async(() {
-      var element = $(
-          '<style>div { border: 3px solid green }</style>' +
-          '<apply-author-style>not included</apply-author-style>' +
-          '<default-options>not included</default-options>');
-      element.forEach((elt) { document.body.append(elt); }); // we need the computed style.
-      $compile(element, directives)(injector, element);
-
-      microLeap();
-      expect(element[1].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().border).toContain('3px solid');
-      // ""0px none"" is the default style.
-      expect(element[2].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().border).toContain('0px none');
-    }));
-
-    it('should respect the reset-style-inheritance option', async(() {
-      var element = $(
-          '<style>body { font-size: 20px; }</style>' +  // font-size inherit's by default
-          '<reset-style-inheritance>not included</reset-style-inheritance>' +
-          '<default-options>not included</default-options>');
-      element.forEach((elt) { document.body.append(elt); }); // we need the computed style.
-      $compile(element, directives)(injector, element);
-
-      microLeap();
-      expect(element[1].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().fontSize).toEqual('16px');
-      expect(element[2].shadowRoot.query('div').getComputedStyle().fontSize).toEqual('20px');
-    }));
-  });
-}