diff --git a/src/lib/button/button.ts b/src/lib/button/button.ts
index 253fb6f911b0..df523a339b9d 100644
--- a/src/lib/button/button.ts
+++ b/src/lib/button/button.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import {MdRippleModule} from '@angular2-material/core';
   moduleId: module.id,
   selector: 'button[md-button], button[md-raised-button], button[md-icon-button], ' +
             'button[md-fab], button[md-mini-fab]',
-  inputs: ['color'],
   host: {
     '[class.md-button-focus]': '_isKeyboardFocused',
     '(mousedown)': '_setMousedown()',
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ export class MdButton {
 
   constructor(private _elementRef: ElementRef, private _renderer: Renderer) { }
 
+  @Input()
   get color(): string {
     return this._color;
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/sidenav/sidenav.spec.ts b/src/lib/sidenav/sidenav.spec.ts
index d2d5e36d0460..7b56aa9fbe3c 100644
--- a/src/lib/sidenav/sidenav.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sidenav/sidenav.spec.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ describe('MdSidenav', () => {
     it('should correctly parse opened="true"', () => {
       let fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SidenavSetToOpenedTrue);
       fixture.detectChanges();
+      endSidenavTransition(fixture);
 
       let sidenavEl = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('md-sidenav')).nativeElement;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/sidenav/sidenav.ts b/src/lib/sidenav/sidenav.ts
index eda8dd5daa05..06e82339e0d1 100644
--- a/src/lib/sidenav/sidenav.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sidenav/sidenav.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
     ViewEncapsulation,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
-import {Dir, MdError, BooleanFieldValue} from '@angular2-material/core';
+import {Dir, MdError} from '@angular2-material/core';
 
 /** Exception thrown when two MdSidenav are matching the same side. */
 export class MdDuplicatedSidenavError extends MdError {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class MdSidenav {
   @Input() mode: 'over' | 'push' | 'side' = 'over';
 
   /** Whether the sidenav is opened. */
-  @Input('opened') @BooleanFieldValue() private _opened: boolean = false;
+  _opened: boolean = false;
 
   /** Event emitted when the sidenav is being opened. Use this to synchronize animations. */
   @Output('open-start') onOpenStart = new EventEmitter<void>();
@@ -75,9 +75,12 @@ export class MdSidenav {
    * Whether the sidenav is opened. We overload this because we trigger an event when it
    * starts or end.
    */
+  @Input()
   get opened(): boolean { return this._opened; }
   set opened(v: boolean) {
-    this.toggle(v);
+    // TODO(jelbourn): this coercion goes away when BooleanFieldValue is removed.
+    let booleanValue = v != null && `${v}` !== 'false';
+    this.toggle(booleanValue);
   }