diff --git a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
index 6816ea6cb1..d859efa16c 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/kmlformat.js
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ ol.format.KML.prototype.readPlacemark_ = function(node, objectStack) {
   }
   var options = /** @type {olx.format.ReadOptions} */ (objectStack[0]);
 
-  var geometry = goog.object.get(object, 'geometry');
+  var geometry = object['geometry'];
   if (goog.isDefAndNotNull(geometry)) {
     ol.format.Feature.transformWithOptions(geometry, false, options);
   }
@@ -1689,8 +1689,8 @@ ol.format.KML.prototype.readPlacemark_ = function(node, objectStack) {
   goog.object.remove(object, 'geometry');
 
   if (this.extractStyles_) {
-    var style = goog.object.get(object, 'Style');
-    var styleUrl = goog.object.get(object, 'styleUrl');
+    var style = object['Style'];
+    var styleUrl = object['styleUrl'];
     var styleFunction = ol.format.KML.createFeatureStyleFunction_(
         style, styleUrl, this.defaultStyle_, this.sharedStyles_);
     feature.setStyle(styleFunction);
diff --git a/src/ol/format/wmtscapabilitiesformat.js b/src/ol/format/wmtscapabilitiesformat.js
index 52d09023ce..aabfff519c 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/wmtscapabilitiesformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/wmtscapabilitiesformat.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.format.WMTSCapabilities');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('goog.dom.NodeType');
-goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('goog.string');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.format.OWS');
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ ol.format.WMTSCapabilities.prototype.readFromNode = function(node) {
   if (!goog.isDef(WMTSCapabilityObject)) {
     return null;
   }
-  goog.object.set(WMTSCapabilityObject, 'version', this.version);
+  WMTSCapabilityObject['version'] = this.version;
   WMTSCapabilityObject = ol.xml.pushParseAndPop(WMTSCapabilityObject,
       ol.format.WMTSCapabilities.PARSERS_, node, []);
   return goog.isDef(WMTSCapabilityObject) ? WMTSCapabilityObject : null;