diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83aaa8c7..6c8672ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - injection name inference no longer supports method curry and linking functions. Both must be
   explicitly specified using $inject property.
 - Dynamic Iteration (ng:repeater) on <option> elements is no longer supported. Use ng:options
+- Removal of index formatter since its only use was with repeated options (see above)
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/formatters.js b/src/formatters.js
index b484f26f..3eb71bfd 100644
--- a/src/formatters.js
+++ b/src/formatters.js
@@ -199,64 +199,3 @@ angularFormatter.list = formatter(
 angularFormatter.trim = formatter(
   function(obj) { return obj ? trim("" + obj) : ""; }
 );
-
-/**
- * @workInProgress
- * @ngdoc formatter
- * @name angular.formatter.index
- * @deprecated
- * @description
- * Index formatter is meant to be used with `select` input widget. It is useful when one needs
- * to select from a set of objects. To create pull-down one can iterate over the array of object
- * to build the UI. However  the value of the pull-down must be a string. This means that when on
- * object is selected form the pull-down, the pull-down value is a string which needs to be
- * converted back to an object. This conversion from string to on object is not possible, at best
- * the converted object is a copy of the original object. To solve this issue we create a pull-down
- * where the value strings are an index of the object in the array. When pull-down is selected the
- * index can be used to look up the original user object.
- *
- * @inputType select
- * @param {array} array to be used for selecting an object.
- * @returns {object} object which is located at the selected position.
- *
- * @example
-   <doc:example>
-     <doc:source>
-        <script>
-        function DemoCntl(){
-          this.users = [
-            {name:'guest', password:'guest'},
-            {name:'user', password:'123'},
-            {name:'admin', password:'abc'}
-          ];
-        }
-        </script>
-        <div ng:controller="DemoCntl">
-          User:
-          <select name="currentUser" ng:format="index:users">
-            <option ng:repeat="user in users" value="{{$index}}">{{user.name}}</option>
-          </select>
-          <select name="currentUser" ng:format="index:users">
-            <option ng:repeat="user in users" value="{{$index}}">{{user.name}}</option>
-          </select>
-          user={{currentUser.name}}<br/>
-          password={{currentUser.password}}<br/>
-     </doc:source>
-     <doc:scenario>
-        it('should retrieve object by index', function(){
-          expect(binding('currentUser.password')).toEqual('guest');
-          select('currentUser').option('2');
-          expect(binding('currentUser.password')).toEqual('abc');
-        });
-     </doc:scenario>
-   </doc:example>
- */
-//TODO: delete me since this is replaced by ng:options
-angularFormatter.index = formatter(
-  function(object, array){
-    return '' + indexOf(array || [], object);
-  },
-  function(index, array){
-    return (array||[])[index];
-  }
-);
diff --git a/test/FormattersSpec.js b/test/FormattersSpec.js
index 234a81d6..1e059e6a 100644
--- a/test/FormattersSpec.js
+++ b/test/FormattersSpec.js
@@ -40,13 +40,4 @@ describe("formatter", function(){
     });
   });
 
-  describe('index', function(){
-    it('should parse an object from array', function(){
-      expect(angular.formatter.index.parse('1', ['A', 'B', 'C'])).toEqual('B');
-    });
-    it('should format an index from array', function(){
-      expect(angular.formatter.index.format('B', ['A', 'B', 'C'])).toEqual('1');
-    });
-  });
-
 });
diff --git a/test/ParserSpec.js b/test/ParserSpec.js
index 641420cb..d2a1c5ba 100644
--- a/test/ParserSpec.js
+++ b/test/ParserSpec.js
@@ -405,9 +405,14 @@ describe('parser', function() {
     });
 
     it('should delegate arguments', function(){
-      var index = parser('index:objs').formatter()();
-      expect(index.format({objs:['A','B']}, 'B')).toEqual('1');
-      expect(index.parse({objs:['A','B']}, '1')).toEqual('B');
+      angularFormatter.myArgs = {
+        parse: function(a, b){ return [a, b]; },
+        format: function(a, b){ return [a, b]; }
+      };
+      var myArgs = parser('myArgs:objs').formatter()();
+      expect(myArgs.format({objs:'B'}, 'A')).toEqual(['A', 'B']);
+      expect(myArgs.parse({objs:'D'}, 'C')).toEqual(['C', 'D']);
+      delete angularFormatter.myArgs;
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/test/widgetsSpec.js b/test/widgetsSpec.js
index 176f6b9c..d3b2ec5d 100644
--- a/test/widgetsSpec.js
+++ b/test/widgetsSpec.js
@@ -395,43 +395,6 @@ describe("widget", function(){
         scope.$eval();
         expect(element[0].childNodes[0].selected).toEqual(true);
       });
-
-      it('should allow binding to objects through index', function(){
-        compile('<div ng:init="list = [{name:\'A\'}, {name:\'B\'}, {name:\'C\'}]">' +
-                  '<select name="selection" multiple ng:format="index:list">' +
-                    '<option selected value="0">A</option>' +
-                    '<option selected value="1">B</option>' +
-                    '<option value="2">C</option>' +
-                  '</select>' +
-                 '</div>');
-        scope.$eval();
-        expect(scope.selection).toEqual([{name:'A'}, {name:'B'}]);
-      });
-
-      it('should be empty array when no items are selected', function(){
-        compile(
-          '<select name="selection" multiple ng:format="index:list">' +
-            '<option value="0">A</option>' +
-            '<option value="1">B</option>' +
-            '<option value="2">C</option>' +
-          '</select>');
-        scope.list = [{name:'A'}, {name:'B'}, {name:'C'}];
-        scope.$eval();
-        expect(scope.selection).toEqual([]);
-      });
-
-      it('should be contain the selected object', function(){
-        compile('<div ng:init="list = [{name:\'A\'}, {name:\'B\'}, {name:\'C\'}]">' +
-                  '<select name="selection" multiple ng:format="index:list">' +
-                    '<option value="0">A</option>' +
-                    '<option value="1" selected>B</option>' +
-                    '<option value="2">C</option>' +
-                  '</select>' +
-                '</div>');
-        scope.$eval();
-        expect(scope.selection).toEqual([{name:'B'}]);
-      });
-
     });
 
     it('should ignore text widget which have no name', function(){