diff --git a/src/ol/format/wmsgetfeatureinfoformat.js b/src/ol/format/wmsgetfeatureinfoformat.js
index 36c8eee202..c38b508090 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/wmsgetfeatureinfoformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/wmsgetfeatureinfoformat.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('goog.dom.NodeType');
 goog.require('goog.object');
-goog.require('goog.string');
 goog.require('ol.format.GML2');
 goog.require('ol.format.XMLFeature');
 goog.require('ol.xml');
@@ -88,8 +87,8 @@ ol.format.WMSGetFeatureInfo.prototype.readFeatures_ =
           ol.format.WMSGetFeatureInfo.layerIdentifier_) >= 0,
           'localName of layer node should match layerIdentifier');
 
-      var featureType = goog.string.remove(layer.localName,
-          ol.format.WMSGetFeatureInfo.layerIdentifier_) +
+      var toRemove = ol.format.WMSGetFeatureInfo.layerIdentifier_;
+      var featureType = layer.localName.replace(toRemove, '') +
           ol.format.WMSGetFeatureInfo.featureIdentifier_;
 
       context['featureType'] = featureType;