diff --git a/pkg/dev_compiler/lib/src/compiler.dart b/pkg/dev_compiler/lib/src/compiler.dart
index 19370587db2..fa8839ab628 100644
--- a/pkg/dev_compiler/lib/src/compiler.dart
+++ b/pkg/dev_compiler/lib/src/compiler.dart
@@ -288,9 +288,7 @@ abstract class AbstractCompiler {
       : context = context,
         options = options,
         checker = createChecker(context.typeProvider, options.strongOptions,
-            reporter ?? AnalysisErrorListener.NULL_LISTENER) {
-    enableDevCompilerInference(context, options.strongOptions);
-  }
+            reporter ?? AnalysisErrorListener.NULL_LISTENER);
 
   static CodeChecker createChecker(TypeProvider typeProvider,
       StrongModeOptions options, AnalysisErrorListener reporter) {
diff --git a/pkg/dev_compiler/test/codegen_test.dart b/pkg/dev_compiler/test/codegen_test.dart
index 5f552fb86ac..8c030453025 100644
--- a/pkg/dev_compiler/test/codegen_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/dev_compiler/test/codegen_test.dart
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ main(arguments) {
 
   for (var dir in [null, 'language']) {
     if (codeCoverage && dir == 'language') continue;
-    
+
     group('dartdevc ' + path.join('test', 'codegen', dir), () {
       var outDir = new Directory(path.join(expectDir, dir));
       if (!outDir.existsSync()) outDir.createSync(recursive: true);