diff --git a/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js b/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
index 37dc0f63a0..3bd3bc6478 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/tilejsonsource.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ ol.source.TileJSON.prototype.handleTileJSONResponse = function(tileJSON) {
   this.tileGrid = tileGrid;
 
   this.tileUrlFunction = ol.TileUrlFunction.withTileCoordTransform(
-      tileGrid.createTileCoordTransform({extent: extent}),
+      ol.tilegrid.createOriginTopLeftTileCoordTransform(tileGrid),
       ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplates(tileJSON.tiles));
 
   if (goog.isDef(tileJSON.attribution) &&
diff --git a/src/ol/source/tileutfgridsource.js b/src/ol/source/tileutfgridsource.js
index 549ad82d5c..96c4e1c5d3 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/tileutfgridsource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/tileutfgridsource.js
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ ol.source.TileUTFGrid.prototype.handleTileJSONResponse = function(tileJSON) {
   }
 
   this.tileUrlFunction_ = ol.TileUrlFunction.withTileCoordTransform(
-      tileGrid.createTileCoordTransform({
-        extent: extent
-      }),
+      ol.tilegrid.createOriginTopLeftTileCoordTransform(tileGrid),
       ol.TileUrlFunction.createFromTemplates(grids));
 
   if (goog.isDef(tileJSON.attribution)) {
diff --git a/src/ol/tilegrid/tilegrid.js b/src/ol/tilegrid/tilegrid.js
index 0dcbafc964..46c31d5d7c 100644
--- a/src/ol/tilegrid/tilegrid.js
+++ b/src/ol/tilegrid/tilegrid.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ goog.provide('ol.tilegrid.TileGrid');
 
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.functions');
 goog.require('goog.math');
 goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('ol');
@@ -165,15 +164,13 @@ ol.tilegrid.TileGrid.tmpTileCoord_ = [0, 0, 0];
 
 
 /**
- * Returns the identity function. May be overridden in subclasses.
+ * Source specific TileCoord transform function. May be implemented by
+ * subclasses.
  * @param {{extent: (ol.Extent|undefined)}=} opt_options Options.
  * @return {function(ol.TileCoord, ol.proj.Projection, ol.TileCoord=):
  *     ol.TileCoord} Tile coordinate transform.
  */
-ol.tilegrid.TileGrid.prototype.createTileCoordTransform =
-    function(opt_options) {
-  return goog.functions.identity;
-};
+ol.tilegrid.TileGrid.prototype.createTileCoordTransform = goog.abstractMethod;
 
 
 /**