diff --git a/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc b/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc
index 09f46420b..39c307402 100644
--- a/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc
+++ b/docs/content/guide/directive.ngdoc
@@ -172,15 +172,6 @@ For example, we could fix the example above by instead writing:
 </svg>
 ```
 
-If one wants to modify a camelcased attribute (SVG elements have valid camelcased attributes), such as `viewBox` on the `svg` element, one can use underscores to denote that the attribute to bind to is naturally camelcased.
-
-For example, to bind to `viewBox`, we can write:
-
-```html
-<svg ng-attr-view_box="{{viewBox}}">
-</svg>
-```
-
 
 ## Creating Directives
 
diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index 21dc09f40..7254dab9f 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -1051,10 +1051,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
               // support ngAttr attribute binding
               ngAttrName = directiveNormalize(name);
               if (isNgAttr = NG_ATTR_BINDING.test(ngAttrName)) {
-                name = name.replace(PREFIX_REGEXP, '')
-                  .substr(8).replace(/_(.)/g, function(match, letter) {
-                    return letter.toUpperCase();
-                  });
+                name = snake_case(ngAttrName.substr(6), '-');
               }
 
               var directiveNName = ngAttrName.replace(/(Start|End)$/, '');
diff --git a/test/ng/compileSpec.js b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
index 3f11dbb42..992d7edc5 100755
--- a/test/ng/compileSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
@@ -5040,21 +5040,16 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
       expect(element.attr('href')).toBe('test/test');
     }));
 
-    it('should work if they are prefixed with x- or data- and different prefixes', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
+    it('should work if they are prefixed with x- or data-', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
       $rootScope.name = "Misko";
-      element = $compile('<span data-ng-attr-test2="{{name}}" x-ng-attr-test3="{{name}}" data-ng:attr-test4="{{name}}" ' +
-        'x_ng-attr-test5="{{name}}" data:ng-attr-test6="{{name}}"></span>')($rootScope);
+      element = $compile('<span data-ng-attr-test2="{{name}}" x-ng-attr-test3="{{name}}" data-ng:attr-test4="{{name}}"></span>')($rootScope);
       expect(element.attr('test2')).toBeUndefined();
       expect(element.attr('test3')).toBeUndefined();
       expect(element.attr('test4')).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(element.attr('test5')).toBeUndefined();
-      expect(element.attr('test6')).toBeUndefined();
       $rootScope.$digest();
       expect(element.attr('test2')).toBe('Misko');
       expect(element.attr('test3')).toBe('Misko');
       expect(element.attr('test4')).toBe('Misko');
-      expect(element.attr('test5')).toBe('Misko');
-      expect(element.attr('test6')).toBe('Misko');
     }));
 
     describe('when an attribute has a dash-separated name', function () {
@@ -5088,35 +5083,6 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
   });
 
 
-  describe('when an attribute has an underscore-separated name', function() {
-
-    it('should work with different prefixes', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
-      $rootScope.dimensions = "0 0 0 0";
-      element = $compile('<svg ng:attr:view_box="{{dimensions}}"></svg>')($rootScope);
-      expect(element.attr('viewBox')).toBeUndefined();
-      $rootScope.$digest();
-      expect(element.attr('viewBox')).toBe('0 0 0 0');
-    }));
-
-    it('should work if they are prefixed with x- or data-', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
-      $rootScope.dimensions = "0 0 0 0";
-      $rootScope.number = 0.42;
-      $rootScope.scale = 1;
-      element = $compile('<svg data-ng-attr-view_box="{{dimensions}}">' +
-        '<filter x-ng-attr-filter_units="{{number}}">' +
-        '<feDiffuseLighting data-ng:attr_surface_scale="{{scale}}">' +
-        '</feDiffuseLighting>' +
-        '<feSpecularLighting x-ng:attr_surface_scale="{{scale}}">' +
-        '</feSpecularLighting></filter></svg>')($rootScope);
-      expect(element.attr('viewBox')).toBeUndefined();
-      $rootScope.$digest();
-      expect(element.attr('viewBox')).toBe('0 0 0 0');
-      expect(element.find('filter').attr('filterUnits')).toBe('0.42');
-      expect(element.find('feDiffuseLighting').attr('surfaceScale')).toBe('1');
-      expect(element.find('feSpecularLighting').attr('surfaceScale')).toBe('1');
-    }));
-  });
-
   describe('multi-element directive', function() {
     it('should group on link function', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
       $rootScope.show = false;