diff --git a/test/_specs.dart b/test/_specs.dart
index 093915edb..75d7906e6 100644
--- a/test/_specs.dart
+++ b/test/_specs.dart
@@ -25,24 +25,6 @@ es(String html) {
 
 e(String html) => es(html).first;
 
-renderedText(n, [bool notShadow = false]) {
-  if (n is List) {
-    return n.map((nn) => renderedText(nn)).join("");
-  }
-
-  if (n is Comment) return '';
-
-  if (!notShadow && n is Element && n.shadowRoot != null) {
-    var shadowText = n.shadowRoot.text;
-    var domText = renderedText(n, true);
-    return shadowText.replaceFirst("SHADOW-CONTENT", domText);
-  }
-
-  if (n.nodes == null || n.nodes.length == 0) return n.text;
-
-  return n.nodes.map((cn) => renderedText(cn)).join("");
-}
-
 Expect expect(actual, [unit.Matcher matcher = null]) {
   if (matcher != null) {
     unit.expect(actual, matcher);
@@ -195,6 +177,24 @@ class JQuery extends DelegatingList<Node> {
     }
   }
 
+  _renderedText(n, [bool notShadow = false]) {
+    if (n is List) {
+      return n.map((nn) => _renderedText(nn)).join("");
+    }
+
+    if (n is Comment) return '';
+
+    if (!notShadow && n is Element && n.shadowRoot != null) {
+      var shadowText = n.shadowRoot.text;
+      var domText = _renderedText(n, true);
+      return shadowText.replaceFirst("SHADOW-CONTENT", domText);
+    }
+
+    if (n.nodes == null || n.nodes.length == 0) return n.text;
+
+    return n.nodes.map((cn) => _renderedText(cn)).join("");
+  }
+
   accessor(Function getter, Function setter, [value, single=false]) {
     // TODO(dart): ?value does not work, since value was passed. :-(
     var setterMode = value != null;
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class JQuery extends DelegatingList<Node> {
           (n, v) => getterSetter.setter(name)(n, v),
           null,
           true);
-  textWithShadow() => fold('', (t, n) => '${t}${renderedText(n)}');
+  textWithShadow() => fold('', (t, n) => '${t}${_renderedText(n)}');
   find(selector) => fold(new JQuery(), (jq, n) => jq..addAll(
       (n is Element ? (n as Element).querySelectorAll(selector) : [])));
   hasClass(String name) => fold(false, (hasClass, node) =>
diff --git a/test/_specs_spec.dart b/test/_specs_spec.dart
index 2408d4847..9d4aec4bf 100644
--- a/test/_specs_spec.dart
+++ b/test/_specs_spec.dart
@@ -3,24 +3,7 @@ library _specs_spec;
 import '_specs.dart';
 
 main() {
-  describe('renderedText', () {
-    it('should work on regular DOM nodes', () {
-      expect(renderedText($('<span>A<span>C</span></span><span>B</span>'))).toEqual('ACB');
-    });
-
-    it('should work with shadow DOM', () {
-      var elt = $('<div>DOM content</div>');
-      var shadow = elt[0].createShadowRoot();
-      shadow.setInnerHtml(
-          '<div>Shadow content</div><content>SHADOW-CONTENT</content>',
-          treeSanitizer: new NullTreeSanitizer());
-      expect(renderedText(elt)).toEqual('Shadow contentDOM content');
-    });
 
-    it('should ignore comments', () {
-      expect(renderedText($('<!--e--><span>A<span>C</span></span><span>B</span>'))).toEqual('ACB');
-    });
-  });
 
 
   describe('jquery', () {
@@ -59,5 +42,24 @@ main() {
         expect(elts.shadowRoot().html()).toEqual('<div>Hello shadow</div>');
       });
     });
+
+    describe('textWithShadow', () {
+      it('should work on regular DOM nodes', () {
+        expect($('<span>A<span>C</span></span><span>B</span>').textWithShadow()).toEqual('ACB');
+      });
+
+      it('should work with shadow DOM', () {
+        var elt = $('<div>DOM content</div>');
+        var shadow = elt[0].createShadowRoot();
+        shadow.setInnerHtml(
+            '<div>Shadow content</div><content>SHADOW-CONTENT</content>',
+            treeSanitizer: new NullTreeSanitizer());
+        expect(elt.textWithShadow()).toEqual('Shadow contentDOM content');
+      });
+
+      it('should ignore comments', () {
+        expect($('<!--e--><span>A<span>C</span></span><span>B</span>').textWithShadow()).toEqual('ACB');
+      });
+    });
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/core_dom/compiler_spec.dart b/test/core_dom/compiler_spec.dart
index 5b35e00f8..54e9b9d30 100644
--- a/test/core_dom/compiler_spec.dart
+++ b/test/core_dom/compiler_spec.dart
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void main() {
 
         microLeap();
         _.rootScope.apply();
-        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside poof');
+        expect(element.textWithShadow()).toEqual('inside poof');
       }));
 
       it('should behave nicely if a mapped attribute is missing', async((NgZone zone) {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ void main() {
 
         microLeap();
         _.rootScope.apply();
-        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside ');
+        expect(element.textWithShadow()).toEqual('inside ');
       }));
 
       it('should behave nicely if a mapped attribute evals to null', async((NgZone zone) {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void main() {
 
         microLeap();
         _.rootScope.apply();
-        expect(renderedText(element)).toEqual('inside ');
+        expect(element.textWithShadow()).toEqual('inside ');
       }));
 
       it('should create a component with I/O', async(() {