diff --git a/gson/GSON 2.0 NOTES.txt b/gson/GSON 2.0 NOTES.txt
index 9fa8c930..82a216a0 100644
--- a/gson/GSON 2.0 NOTES.txt	
+++ b/gson/GSON 2.0 NOTES.txt	
@@ -45,4 +45,11 @@ GSON 2.x lets the runtime throw a StackOverflowError
 com.google.gson.functional.CircularReferenceTest.testCircularSerialization
 com.google.gson.functional.CircularReferenceTest.testSelfReferenceSerialization
 com.google.gson.functional.CircularReferenceTest.testSelfReferenceArrayFieldSerialization
-com.google.gson.functional.CircularReferenceTest.testSelfReferenceCustomHandlerSerialization
\ No newline at end of file
+com.google.gson.functional.CircularReferenceTest.testSelfReferenceCustomHandlerSerialization
+
+
+GSON 1.x sometimes sets subclass fields when an InstanceCreator returns a subclass.
+    This occurs only when the value is a field of another object: not when its
+    the top level object or a collection element.
+GSON 2.x sets fields of the requested type only
+com.google.gson.functional.InstanceCreatorTest.testInstanceCreatorReturnsSubTypeForField
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java
index b9646330..eaa4d98a 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonToken;
 import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
@@ -63,9 +62,7 @@ public class ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory implements TypeAdapter.Factory {
     }
 
     ObjectConstructor<T> constructor = constructorConstructor.getConstructor(type);
-
-    return new Adapter<T>(context, constructor, type,
-        getBoundFields(context, type, raw));
+    return new Adapter<T>(constructor, getBoundFields(context, type, raw));
   }
 
   private ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory.BoundField createBoundField(
@@ -142,16 +139,11 @@ public class ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory implements TypeAdapter.Factory {
   }
 
   public final class Adapter<T> extends TypeAdapter<T> {
-    private final MiniGson context;
     private final ObjectConstructor<T> constructor;
-    private final TypeToken<T> type;
     private final Map<String, BoundField> boundFields;
 
-    private Adapter(MiniGson context, ObjectConstructor<T> constructor,
-        TypeToken<T> type, Map<String, BoundField> boundFields) {
-      this.context = context;
+    private Adapter(ObjectConstructor<T> constructor, Map<String, BoundField> boundFields) {
       this.constructor = constructor;
-      this.type = type;
       this.boundFields = boundFields;
     }
 
@@ -194,16 +186,6 @@ public class ReflectiveTypeAdapterFactory implements TypeAdapter.Factory {
         return;
       }
 
-      // TODO: GSON includes subclass fields during serialization
-//      if (false) {
-//        Class<?> runtimeType = value.getClass();
-//        if (runtimeType != type.getRawType()) {
-//          TypeAdapter<?> adapter = context.getAdapter(runtimeType);
-//          ((TypeAdapter) adapter).write(writer, value);
-//          return;
-//        }
-//      }
-
       writer.beginObject();
       try {
         for (BoundField boundField : boundFields.values()) {
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/InstanceCreatorTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/InstanceCreatorTest.java
index e673cf86..8446cb37 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/InstanceCreatorTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/InstanceCreatorTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ public class InstanceCreatorTest extends TestCase {
     String json = "{base:{baseName:'Base',subName:'SubRevised'}}";
     ClassWithBaseField target = gson.fromJson(json, ClassWithBaseField.class);
     assertTrue(target.base instanceof Sub);
-    assertEquals("SubRevised", ((Sub)target.base).subName);
+    assertEquals(Sub.SUB_NAME, ((Sub)target.base).subName);
   }
 }