diff --git a/lib/utils/binding-parser.html b/lib/utils/binding-parser.html
index 11dd49f6d7..e92a3cc32e 100644
--- a/lib/utils/binding-parser.html
+++ b/lib/utils/binding-parser.html
@@ -95,20 +95,13 @@
         /* eslint-disable no-fallthrough */
 
         const STATE = {
-            INITIAL: bindingData => {
-                let escaped = false;
-                return char => {
-                    if (char === '\\') {
-                        escaped = true;
-                    } else if ((char === '{' || char === '[') && !escaped) {
-                        return STATE.FIRSTOPENINGBINDING({
-                                mode: char,
-                                dependencies: [],
-                                startChar: bindingData.startChar
-                            });
-                    } else {
-                        escaped = false;
-                    }
+            INITIAL: bindingData => char => {
+                if ((char === '{' || char === '[')) {
+                    return STATE.FIRSTOPENINGBINDING({
+                        mode: char,
+                        dependencies: [],
+                        startChar: bindingData.startChar
+                    });
                 }
             },
             FIRSTOPENINGBINDING: bindingData => (char, i) => {
@@ -120,11 +113,13 @@
                 return STATE.INITIAL({});
             },
             FIRSTCHARACTERBINDING: (bindingData) => char => {
-                if (char === '!') {
-                    bindingData.negate = true;
-                    bindingData.startChar = i + 1;
+                if (char !== ' ' && char !== '\t' && char !== '\n') {
+                    if (char === '!') {
+                        bindingData.negate = true;
+                        bindingData.startChar = i + 1;
+                    }
+                    return STATE.BINDING(bindingData)
                 }
-                return STATE.BINDING(bindingData)
             },
             BINDING: bindingData => (char, i) => {
                 switch (char) {
diff --git a/test/unit/property-effects-elements.html b/test/unit/property-effects-elements.html
index 83c53514b9..e06574cebe 100644
--- a/test/unit/property-effects-elements.html
+++ b/test/unit/property-effects-elements.html
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
       <span id="nonEnglishUnicode">{{objectWithNonEnglishUnicode.商品名}}</span>
       <span id="booleanTrue">foo(field, true): {{computeWithBoolean(otherValue, true)}}</span>
       <span id="booleanFalse">foo(field, false): {{computeWithBoolean(otherValue, false)}}</span>
-      <span id="escapeBinding">\{{escapeBinding}}\[[escapeBinding2]]</span>
   </template>
   <script>
     let ComputingBehavior = {
@@ -322,7 +321,6 @@
         return a + (bInfo && bInfo.base ? bInfo.base.value  : 0);
       },
       computeWithBoolean: function(value, bool) {
-        console.log(bool)
         return bool ? value : value * 2;
       },
       fireCustomNotifyingEvent: function() {
diff --git a/test/unit/property-effects.html b/test/unit/property-effects.html
index 419b98d268..bef3730a68 100644
--- a/test/unit/property-effects.html
+++ b/test/unit/property-effects.html
@@ -382,10 +382,6 @@
     assert.equal(el.$.booleanFalse.textContent, 'foo(field, false): 20');
   });
 
-  test('escape bindings', function() {
-    assert.equal(el.$.escapeBinding.textContent, '\{{escapeBinding}}\[[escapeBinding2]]');
-  });
-
   test('class attribute without template scope not erased', function() {
     var el = document.querySelector('.class1');
     assert.notEqual(el, null, 'class without template scope is undefined');