diff --git a/examples/kml-earthquakes.js b/examples/kml-earthquakes.js
index c1bc43ce6e..826f1fb54f 100644
--- a/examples/kml-earthquakes.js
+++ b/examples/kml-earthquakes.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var style = new ol.style.Style({
 
 var vector = new ol.layer.Vector({
   source: new ol.source.Vector({
-    parser: new ol.parser.KML({dimension: 2}),
+    parser: new ol.parser.KML(),
     url: 'data/kml/2012_Earthquakes_Mag5.kml'
   }),
   style: style
diff --git a/examples/kml-timezones.js b/examples/kml-timezones.js
index b768552986..80524a9e00 100644
--- a/examples/kml-timezones.js
+++ b/examples/kml-timezones.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var style = new ol.style.Style({
 
 var vector = new ol.layer.Vector({
   source: new ol.source.Vector({
-    parser: new ol.parser.KML({dimension: 2}),
+    parser: new ol.parser.KML(),
     url: 'data/kml/timezones.kml'
   }),
   style: style
diff --git a/examples/kml.js b/examples/kml.js
index 7e0fce8da3..d99e343ecc 100644
--- a/examples/kml.js
+++ b/examples/kml.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ var raster = new ol.layer.Tile({
 var vector = new ol.layer.Vector({
   source: new ol.source.Vector({
     parser: new ol.parser.KML({
-      maxDepth: 1, dimension: 2, extractStyles: true, extractAttributes: true
+      maxDepth: 1, extractStyles: true, extractAttributes: true
     }),
     url: 'data/kml/lines.kml'
   })
diff --git a/src/objectliterals.jsdoc b/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
index 9386a27feb..332699752c 100644
--- a/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
+++ b/src/objectliterals.jsdoc
@@ -412,8 +412,6 @@
 
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} ol.parser.KMLOptions
- * @property {number|undefined} dimension Create geometries with `dimension`
- *     dimensions. Default is 3.
  * @property {boolean|undefined} extractAttributes Should we extract attributes
  *     from the KML? Default is `true´.
  * @property {boolean|undefined} extractStyles Should we extract styles from the
diff --git a/src/ol/parser/kmlparser.js b/src/ol/parser/kmlparser.js
index 00817e985e..66e426ed0d 100644
--- a/src/ol/parser/kmlparser.js
+++ b/src/ol/parser/kmlparser.js
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ ol.parser.KML = function(opt_options) {
       options.extractStyles : false;
   this.schemaLocation = 'http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2 ' +
       'http://schemas.opengis.net/kml/2.2.0/ogckml22.xsd';
-  // TODO re-evaluate once shared structures support 3D
-  this.dimension = goog.isDef(options.dimension) ? options.dimension : 3;
   this.maxDepth = goog.isDef(options.maxDepth) ? options.maxDepth : 0;
   this.trackAttributes = goog.isDef(options.trackAttributes) ?
       options.trackAttributes : null;
@@ -263,8 +261,7 @@ ol.parser.KML = function(opt_options) {
         for (var i = 0, ii = coords.length; i < ii; i++) {
           var array = coords[i].replace(reg.removeSpace, '').split(',');
           var pair = [];
-          var jj = Math.min(array.length, this.dimension);
-          for (var j = 0; j < jj; j++) {
+          for (var j = 0, jj = array.length; j < jj; j++) {
             pair.push(parseFloat(array[j]));
           }
           coordArray.push(pair);
@@ -544,7 +541,7 @@ ol.parser.KML = function(opt_options) {
       'coord': function(node, container) {
         var str = this.getChildValue(node);
         var coords = str.replace(this.regExes.trimSpace, '').split(/\s+/);
-        for (var i = 0, ii = this.dimension; i < ii; ++i) {
+        for (var i = 0, ii = coords.length; i < ii; ++i) {
           coords[i] = parseFloat(coords[i]);
         }
         var point = {