diff --git a/src/apis.js b/src/apis.js
index 098d9cdd6be8..0e94e2a55ce2 100644
--- a/src/apis.js
+++ b/src/apis.js
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ HashQueueMap.prototype = {
       }
     }
   },
-  
+
   /**
    * return the first item without deleting it
    */
   peek: function(key) {
-    var array = this[key = hashKey(key)];
+    var array = this[hashKey(key)];
     if (array) {
     return array[0];
     }
diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js b/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js
index 021845fae0ad..8c934b767210 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngRepeat.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var ngRepeatDirective = ngDirective({
       // We need an array of these objects since the same object can be returned from the iterator.
       // We expect this to be a rare case.
       var lastOrder = new HashQueueMap();
-      var indexValues = [];
+
       scope.$watch(function ngRepeatWatch(scope){
         var index, length,
             collection = scope.$eval(rhs),
@@ -119,18 +119,14 @@ var ngRepeatDirective = ngDirective({
           key = (collection === array) ? index : array[index];
           value = collection[key];
 
-          // if collection is array and value is object, it can be shifted to allow for position change
-          // if collection is array and value is not object, need to first check whether index is same to
-          // avoid shifting wrong value
-          // if collection is not array, need to always check index to avoid shifting wrong value
-          if (lastOrder.peek(value)) {
-            last = collection === array ?
-              ((isObject(value)) ? lastOrder.shift(value) :
-                (index === lastOrder.peek(value).index ? lastOrder.shift(value) : undefined)) :
-              (index === lastOrder.peek(value).index ? lastOrder.shift(value) : undefined);
-          } else {
-            last = undefined;
-          }
+          // if value is object, it can be shifted to allow for position change
+          // if is not object, need to first check whether index is same to avoid shifting wrong val
+          last = isObject(value)
+              ? lastOrder.shift(value)
+              : (last = lastOrder.peek(value)) && (index === last.index)
+                  ? lastOrder.shift(value)
+                  : undefined;
+
 
           if (last) {
             // if we have already seen this object, then we need to reuse the
@@ -151,12 +147,6 @@ var ngRepeatDirective = ngDirective({
               cursor = last.element;
             }
           } else {
-            if (indexValues.hasOwnProperty(index) && collection !== array) {
-              var preValue = indexValues[index];
-              var v = lastOrder.shift(preValue);
-              v.element.remove();
-              v.scope.$destroy();
-            }
             // new item which we don't know about
             childScope = scope.$new();
           }
@@ -178,16 +168,10 @@ var ngRepeatDirective = ngDirective({
                   index: index
                 };
               nextOrder.push(value, last);
-              indexValues[index] = value;
             });
           }
         }
 
-        var i, l;
-        for (i = 0, l = indexValues.length - length; i < l; i++) {
-          indexValues.pop();
-        }
-
         //shrink children
         for (key in lastOrder) {
           if (lastOrder.hasOwnProperty(key)) {