diff --git a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
index 338200b5d1a..92b2a35f429 100644
--- a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
@@ -665,21 +665,6 @@ namespace ts {
         const options = extend(existingOptions, compilerOptions);
         const typingOptions: TypingOptions = convertTypingOptionsFromJsonWorker(json["typingOptions"], basePath, errors, configFileName);
 
-        // Contains the properties on the json we don't recognize, but the
-        // host might so we return them as a property bag. This allows the host to handle
-        // them, but doesn't have to deal with removing comments from the source json.
-        const other: any = {};
-
-        const knownProperties = ["compilerOptions", "typingOptions", "files", "exclude"];
-
-        for (const prop in json) {
-            if (ts.indexOf(knownProperties, prop) >= 0) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            other[prop] = json[prop];
-        }
-
         options.configFilePath = configFileName;
 
         const fileNames = getFileNames(errors);
@@ -688,7 +673,7 @@ namespace ts {
             options,
             fileNames,
             typingOptions,
-            other,
+            raw: json,
             errors
         };
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/types.ts b/src/compiler/types.ts
index aede79fe237..7a850a22701 100644
--- a/src/compiler/types.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/types.ts
@@ -2592,7 +2592,7 @@ namespace ts {
         options: CompilerOptions;
         typingOptions?: TypingOptions;
         fileNames: string[];
-        other?: any;
+        raw?: any;
         errors: Diagnostic[];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/services/shims.ts b/src/services/shims.ts
index 21f2454d7c3..6fbc86d9fc7 100644
--- a/src/services/shims.ts
+++ b/src/services/shims.ts
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         options: configFile.options,
                         typingOptions: configFile.typingOptions,
                         files: configFile.fileNames,
-                        other: configFile.other,
+                        raw: configFile.raw,
                         errors: realizeDiagnostics(configFile.errors, "\r\n")
                     };
                 });