diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngTransclude.js b/src/ng/directive/ngTransclude.js
index 295e47a9922c..86b5ff6100b4 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngTransclude.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngTransclude.js
@@ -56,23 +56,16 @@
  *
  */
 var ngTranscludeDirective = ngDirective({
-  controller: ['$element', '$transclude', function($element, $transclude) {
+  link: function($scope, $element, $attrs, controller, $transclude) {
     if (!$transclude) {
       throw minErr('ngTransclude')('orphan',
-          'Illegal use of ngTransclude directive in the template! ' +
-          'No parent directive that requires a transclusion found. ' +
-          'Element: {0}',
-          startingTag($element));
+       'Illegal use of ngTransclude directive in the template! ' +
+       'No parent directive that requires a transclusion found. ' +
+       'Element: {0}',
+       startingTag($element));
     }
-
-    // remember the transclusion fn but call it during linking so that we don't process transclusion before directives on
-    // the parent element even when the transclusion replaces the current element. (we can't use priority here because
-    // that applies only to compile fns and not controllers
-    this.$transclude = $transclude;
-  }],
-
-  link: function($scope, $element, $attrs, controller) {
-    controller.$transclude(function(clone) {
+    
+    $transclude(function(clone) {
       $element.empty();
       $element.append(clone);
     });