diff --git a/src/standard/notify-path.html b/src/standard/notify-path.html
index 8933ff1c6a..302045bb84 100644
--- a/src/standard/notify-path.html
+++ b/src/standard/notify-path.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 subject to an additional IP rights grant found at http://polymer.github.io/PATENTS.txt
 -->
 <link rel="import" href="../lib/case-map.html">
+<link rel="import" href="../lib/path.html">
 <script>
 
   /**
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@
     // Using strict here to ensure fast argument manipulation in array methods
     'use strict';
 
+    var Path = Polymer.Path;
+
     Polymer.Base._addFeature({
       /**
        * Notify that a path has changed.
@@ -303,30 +306,23 @@
       },
 
       _complexObserverPathEffect: function(path, value, effect) {
-        if (this._pathMatchesEffect(path, effect)) {
+        if (Path.matches(effect.trigger.name, effect.trigger.wildcard, path)) {
           Polymer.Bind._complexObserverEffect.call(this, path, value, effect);
         }
       },
 
       _computePathEffect: function(path, value, effect) {
-        if (this._pathMatchesEffect(path, effect)) {
+        if (Path.matches(effect.trigger.name, effect.trigger.wildcard, path)) {
           Polymer.Bind._computeEffect.call(this, path, value, effect);
         }
       },
 
       _annotatedComputationPathEffect: function(path, value, effect) {
-        if (this._pathMatchesEffect(path, effect)) {
+        if (Path.matches(effect.trigger.name, effect.trigger.wildcard, path)) {
           Polymer.Bind._annotatedComputationEffect.call(this, path, value, effect);
         }
       },
 
-      _pathMatchesEffect: function(path, effect) {
-        var effectArg = effect.trigger.name;
-        return (effectArg == path) ||
-          (effectArg.indexOf(path + '.') === 0) ||
-          (effect.trigger.wildcard && path.indexOf(effectArg) === 0);
-      },
-
       /**
        * Aliases one data path as another, such that path notifications from one
        * are routed to the other.
@@ -612,7 +608,6 @@
           _annotatedComputationPathEffect: Polymer.Base._annotatedComputationPathEffect,
           _computePathEffect: Polymer.Base._computePathEffect,
           _modelForPath: Polymer.Base._modelForPath,
-          _pathMatchesEffect: Polymer.Base._pathMatchesEffect,
           _notifyBoundPaths: Polymer.Base._notifyBoundPaths,
           _getPathParts: Polymer.Base._getPathParts
         });