diff --git a/src/urlMatcherFactory.js b/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
index f0a921184..fd4a6ea9b 100644
--- a/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
+++ b/src/urlMatcherFactory.js
@@ -623,7 +623,6 @@ function $UrlMatcherFactory() {
     any: { // does not encode/decode
       encode: angular.identity,
       decode: angular.identity,
-      is: angular.identity,
       equals: angular.equals,
       pattern: /.*/
     }
diff --git a/test/stateSpec.js b/test/stateSpec.js
index aae3e7524..a2056c66a 100644
--- a/test/stateSpec.js
+++ b/test/stateSpec.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe('state', function () {
       DD = { parent: D, params: { x: null, y: null, z: null } },
       DDDD = { parent: D, controller: function() {}, template: "hey"},
       E = { params: { i: {} } },
+      F = { params: { a: '', b: false, c: 0, d: undefined, e: -1 }},
       H = { data: {propA: 'propA', propB: 'propB'} },
       HH = { parent: H },
       HHH = {parent: HH, data: {propA: 'overriddenA', propC: 'propC'} },
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ describe('state', function () {
       .state('DD', DD)
       .state('DDDD', DDDD)
       .state('E', E)
+      .state('F', F)
       .state('H', H)
       .state('HH', HH)
       .state('HHH', HHH)
@@ -915,6 +917,7 @@ describe('state', function () {
         'DD',
         'DDDD',
         'E',
+        'F',
         'H',
         'HH',
         'HHH',
@@ -982,6 +985,12 @@ describe('state', function () {
       expect($state.params).toEqual({ x: null, y: null });
     }));
 
+    it("should allow falsy default values for non-url params", inject(function($state, $q) {
+      $state.go("F"); $q.flush();
+      expect($state.current.name).toBe("F");
+      expect($state.params).toEqual({ a: '', b: false, c: 0, d: undefined, e: -1 });
+    }));
+
     it("should allow arbitrary objects to pass for non-url params", inject(function($state, $q) {
       $state.go("D", { x: 100, y: { foo: 'bar' } }); $q.flush();
       expect($state.current.name).toBe("D");